A "PLEASANT and charming" man who was unwell with dementia was found trying to dig under a fence to escape a care home, an inquest has heard.

Thurrock Council's Trading Standards Imports Team joined forces with Border Force for the operation at Tilbury Port and London Gateway Port on September 22.

Three weeks after an investigation was launched into the alleged unauthorised access of Noah Woods' patient records, there is still no indication of when the inquiry will conclude.

Drivers are facing severe delays on the M11 this morning with eight miles of congestion on the major route after a serious crash.

Huge tree crashes onto car on A129 Southend Road near Billericay, Essex, scattering debris across the carriageway late on October 21.

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Bushey's horse-riding community are hoping their “safe space” will not be turned into a housing development as an appeal verdict looms.

A group of eight men reportedly went from pub to pub “looking to cause trouble” in Oxhey as CCTV shows “threatening behaviour”.

An Abbots Langley man is set to appear in crown court charged with child sexual offences.

All four tyres of a parked vehicle were reportedly stabbed with a knife before a home was ransacked the next day in Moor Park.