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Travellers defy eviction with High Court hearing
Sunday 28 August 2011
Grandmother 'prepared to die' rather than swap her lifestyle for town-centre bricks and mortar
£335 fine for throwing £1 coin
Thursday 11 August 2011
A 17-year-old youth arrested for throwing a £1 coin at a bus door is considerably worse off today after being fined £335.22p.
Hampshire target Essex captain Foster
Tuesday 09 August 2011
Hampshire have launched an audacious attempt to sign the Essex captain James Foster.
TV star Mark Wright cleared over club incident
Thursday 04 August 2011
Reality TV personality Mark Wright has been found not guilty of using threatening behaviour towards a man outside a nightclub.
Three people injured in police car crash
Monday 25 July 2011
Two police officers and a taxi driver have been taken to hospital after a crash.
Alastair Cook signs new deal with Essex
Tuesday 19 July 2011
England opener Alastair Cook has signed a two-year contract extension with Essex.
Weather thwarts lost mine operation
Monday 18 July 2011
The Royal Navy has had to abandon a second attempt to detonate a live 2,000lb Second World War mine off the Essex coast after the device was "mislaid" during the first operation.
Bad behaviour of Essex costs Foster two-match ban
Wednesday 06 July 2011
James Foster, the Essex captain, was banned for two matches last night for his side's repeated disciplinary offences.
Key finds form to send Bopara and Essex tumbling
Saturday 02 July 2011
Robert Key has not enjoyed the best of seasons; to be brutally honest, he hasn't enjoyed a really good season for a while now.
Huhne driving papers handed to CPS
Friday 10 June 2011
Police investigating allegations that Energy Secretary Chris Huhne dodged speeding points to escape a driving ban have handed preliminary papers to prosecutors.
County round-up: Shah shines as Essex romp to victory
Friday 10 June 2011
Owais Shah guided Essex to victory over Middlesex last night, hitting 78 to steady the Eagles after openers Ravi Bopara and Mark Pettini were out for ducks. Essex overhauled the home side's score of 150 for the loss of five wickets.
Murdered mother wanted police to end 'harassment'
Wednesday 08 June 2011
Man who allegedly killed woman and two-year-old daughter had been reported to officers
Police 'could have saved mother and daughter'
Tuesday 07 June 2011
A mother and daughter shot dead yesterday could have been saved by police, angry neighbours claimed as a double murder inquiry was launched.
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