Incident - In Chelmsford

Man charged with attempted arson after ‘major incident’ in Essex

There will be a few closures on some of Essex's main roads over the weekend

M25, Dartford Crossing and A12 road closures in Essex this weekend

Kebab shop - Maldon King Kebab, in High Street, Maldon

Essex kebab shop which 'paid illegal worker in cigarettes' fined £15k by government

Can you give any of these Essex pets a home?

5 pets at RSPCA Essex who are on the lookout for their forever homes

HMRC has published details of people and businesses given financial penalties

Named: The north Essex man fined thousands over £140k unpaid tax bill

Support - players from the Colchester Kings at The Outhouse

Generous rugby players swap muddy kits for cosy jumpers to donate Christmas gifts

CJMAC owner Kathy Rawlinson and her daughter Claire Eastaugh

Dunmow hairdressers opens at new High Street premises

Cllr John Evans, Uttlesford's portfolio holder for planning

Drop-in exhibitions held to inform residents about Uttlesford's draft Local Plan

Leigh-on-Sea and Clacton-on-Sea were Essex's only representatives in Rightmove's top 20 happiest places to live for 2023

2 Essex towns feature among Great Britain's happiest places to live for 2023

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Transport - Greater Anglia train

Train passengers can give their feedback in Greater Anglia online event

Pleased – Sir Bernard Jenkin has said he has welcomed the funding which would explore more offshore options

Hopes raised pylon project could be ditched after offshore project is granted £1.7m

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Essex and Herts have reached a reciprocal agreement about use of recycling centres

Hertfordshire and Essex confirm reciprocal arrangements for recycling centres

Micky Grout and Scout Burkle from Thaxted Primary School accepted the Summer Reading Challenge cup

Thaxted Primary School wins Essex Summer Reading Challenge cup

Things to do

Father Christmas attended the Dunmow Christmas Bazaar

Great Dunmow Christmas Bazaar raises £4,000 for upkeep of parish churches

St Mary's Church in Dunmow is bedecked with personalised stars for Christmas

Stars light up St Mary's Church in Dunmow to celebrate Christmas

George Muscrost, nine, switching on the Dunmow Christmas lights

Crowds gather for festive fun at Dunmow Christmas lights switch-on

Rebecca Birkbeck, director of community and member participation at Co-op

Dunmow community causes share fundraising support thanks to Co-op

Staff dressed up for the Mad Hatters Tea Party at Croft House Care Home

Dunmow care home holds Matt Hatter's Tea Party to celebrate 25th anniversary

Thaxted Parish Church is holding a Christmas Fayre

Thaxted Church to host Moorcroft Pottery at annual Christmas Fayre

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Sport

Jessica Olorenshaw playing during her time at Felsted

Felsted named as 'one of the best schools in the country' for cricket

Thaxted Dragons fly the flag in France. Picture: THAXTED DRAGONS KARATE

Thaxted Dragons shine at European karate tournament

Dunmow Town on the attack at Tower Hamlets. Picture: TIM EDWARDS

Football round-up: Dunmow Town continue to slide down table

Teachers are invited to become cycling champions at RideLondon-Essex

Teachers invited to become 'cycling champions' for Ford RideLondon-Essex

Saffron Walden Community Girls U15s. Picture: SWCGFC

Football round-up: Defeat for Bloods but Takeley draw

Manith De Silva of Aythorpe Roding with the prize for being the league's best young player. Picture: ARCC

Young Aythorpe Roding cricketer claims massive league honour

Saffron Walden Town score in their FA Vase win over Hullbridge Sports. Picture: DOMINIC DAVEY PHOTOGRAPHY

Football round-up: Saffron Walden Town march on in FA Vase

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Lifestyle

Work underway on the Shell House

18th-century house 'restored to former glory' at Hatfield Forest Nature Reserve

A wheelchair ramp will be installed at the Dunmow Maltings

Great Dunmow Maltings receives £5,000 grant to improve access

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The Moat House Care Home grand opening

Sponsored The Moat House Care Home Grand Opening

Great Dunmow War Memorial

Great Dunmow War Memorial to be cleaned following council vote

London Stansted began life as an American Air Force Second World War base in 1943

Stansted Airport celebrates 80th anniversary of runway

Mountfitchet House care home in Stansted held a 70s party

Care home residents enjoy ultimate 70s summer festival

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National News

Argentina’s incoming President Javier Milei waves after his swearing-in ceremony at the Congress in Buenos Aires (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)

Right-wing Javier Milei sworn in as Argentina’s president

Bristol Airport said no flights were cancelled (Alamy/PA)

Fire at Bristol Airport car park destroys vehicles and causes flight delays

The Mutange neighborhood in Maceio, Brazil, where a mine belonging to Brazilian petrochemical giant Braskem collapsed on Sunday (Itawi Albuquerque/AP)

Collapse fears as petrochemical giant’s salt mine ruptures in Brazil

Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron has alleged Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf broke protocol during the Cop28 summit (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Lord Cameron reprimands Humza Yousaf over Erdogan meeting ‘protocol breach’

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Kiana and Ali Rahmani receive the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of their mother, imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, in Oslo City Hall (Javad Parsa/NTB via AP)

Twins accept Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of mother jailed in Iran

People walk along the seafront in Doolin in County Clare on the west coast of Ireland (Niall Carson/PA)

Village in Ireland hit by ‘possible tornado’ as homes and cars seriously damaged

Skiers dressed as Santa Claus gathered in Maine to raise money for charity (Robert F Bukaty/AP)

Skiing Santas hit the slopes in US resort

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