ESSEX Police have a dedicated team who are already planning how to help police the 2012 Olympic Games.
A GROUP of pensioners have formed their own Dad’s Army to stop the growing number of parties taking place on a picturesque beach.
DISGUSTED parishioners arrived at church to find obscene graffiti scrawled all over benches and tiles in their sensory garden.
A GRIEVING woman has pleaded with thieves to return stolen jewellery and First World War medals belonging to her recently deceased mother.
ILLEGAL immigrants are targeting Southend to flog cheap counterfeit DVDs – and the money is going to fund organised crime and terrorism.
A MAN was stabbed in the head and arm after a row broke out in a Southend tower block.
THE family of a woman killed in a road crash have accepted police claims that stone-throwing yobs did not play a part in her death.
BUSINESSES may be invited to sponsor Essex Police, to help put more officers on the beat. Companies could have their logos and brand names splashed over police cars or uniforms to fund the extra 600 officers promised by the Chief Constable last month. In London, where a pilot system has already been launched, businesses have offered to pay for police overtime. However, some local businessmen have voiced their concern about the possible scheme.
POLICE have targeted antisocial behaviour by stepping up patrols in parks in Southend and Leigh.
