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Man dies following assault in Grays
A MAN has sadly died after being admitted to hospital with head injuries. The 40-year-old local man was reported to have been assaulted in Southend Road, Grays, at around 12am on Monday 30 November....
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Grays man among 17 charged over drugs
A GRAYS man is among charged with drugs offences following a proactive operation by officers from the Met Police. Riz Khan, 22, of Rectory Road was among those charged on Wednesday, 2 December with...
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Essex Police launch Christmas anti-drink and drug driving campaign
“Pubs and restaurants might be shutting at 11pm but our cells are open 24/7 for the most dangerous drivers” – that’s our message as we start our Christmas anti-drink and drug driving campaign. THROUGH...
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Help Essex Police to brighten a vulnerable child’s Christmas
CHRISTMAS is a time for giving and Essex Police wants to brighten Christmas for vulnerable children who may otherwise receive little or nothing. A spokesperson said: “And we are appealing to our...
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Tyrell Robinson sex offence sentence date set
FORMER Bradford City player Tyrell Robinson will be sentenced for child sex offences in January after his co-accused changed his plea reports the BBC. Korie Berman, 21, had originally pleaded not...
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Scheme to protect children exposed to domestic abuse expanded into Thurrock
OPERATION Encompass, a scheme which helps to protect children exposed to domestic abuse at home, is being expanded in Thurrock and introduced in Southend. Police officers attending reports of domestic...
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Tonne of cocaine worth £100m found in banana shipment from Colombia at...
MORE than a tonne of cocaine worth about £100million was found hidden in a shipment of banana pulp from Colombia, the Home Office says. Border Force officers discovered the concealed drugs, which were...
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Police appeal after man dies in Grays
ESSEX Police are releasing images of two people we need to trace who may have information about an assault on a man who later died. Gary Clark, 40, from Grays, was assaulted in Southend Road #Grays at...
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Police investigate hit and run between moped and child in Grays
ESSEX Police is investigating following a collision in Grays involving a girl and moped. It was reported the collision took place at around 2.40pm on Tuesday 8 December in Grangewood Avenue. It was...
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Boy injured by dog at Langdon Hills recreation ground
A NINE-year-old boy has been taken to hospital with injuries after he was attacked by a dog in Langdon. Police were called on Friday 27 November with reports that the boy had been walking his dog...
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Stanford-le-Hope lawyer escapes ban after upskirting offence
A SENIOR government lawyer convicted of upskirting a woman has escaped being banned from the profession because his vile behaviour happened “in the heat of the moment”. Daren Timson-Hunt targeted a...
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Man admits to causing fatal collision in Orsett
A MAN has admitted causing a fatal collision in Orsett where a taxi driver died. Sixty-five year-old Norman Bullock from Grays died after a collision involving his red Peugeot 308 and a black BMW X5...
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Essex crime chief: Hundreds more officers needed to do job properly
By Local Democracy Reporter ESSEX’S crime chief has said the force requires hundreds more officers to do the job he wants it to. Crime commissioner Roger Hirst was speaking in light of the...
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Hand in dangerous weapons to Grays Police Station
A NATIONAL scheme has been launched for people to hand in dangerous weapons. It is illegal to have blades and weapons including knuckledusters, flick knives, batons, and rapid firing rifles in a...
View ArticleEssex Police issue statement on move to Tier 4
AS of 00:01 (Sunday 20 December) most of Essex moves into Tier 4 of the Government’s COVID-19 restrictions. This will have an impact on what we can and can’t do. Tier 4 covers all areas of the county...
View Article157 drink and drug driving arrests during December so far
OFFICERS have made nearly 160 drink or drug driving-related offences in the first half of December. Between 1 and 17 December, 157 people were arrested – 81 on suspicion of drug driving, 64 on...
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Grays 39: Essex Chief Constable issues statement after verdict
Statement by Essex Police Chief Constable, BJ Harrington “Fourteen months ago, in October 2019, I made a promise. I promised Essex Police would do everything in its power to catch and convict the...
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Grays 39 deaths: Statement from DCI Daniel Stoten
Grays 39 deaths: Statement from DCI Daniel Stoten EVERY man, woman and child, who died in the lorry trailer came from Vietnam. They may have started their journeys at different times but, ultimately,...
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Grays lorry deaths: Trial was halted after Priti Patel tweet
A TWITTER post by the home secretary about the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants led to the trial of alleged people-smugglers being halted reports the BBC. The migrants were found dead in a lorry...
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Chief Constable thanks Essex residents for uniting to keep each other safe...
ESSEX Police Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington has thanked Essex residents for uniting to keep each other safe during the coronavirus pandemic. New figures released today (Wednesday 23 December)...
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