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Essex: Huhne Resigns After Speeding Charge

The Energy Secretary steps down from his role after being charged over allegations of a speeding offence in Essex in 2003.

Chelmsford: New Signs For Bridges On A12

Ten new signs are being put up near bridges on the A12 following a number of incidents where objects have been dropped onto vehicles.
Basildon: Dale Farm Clearance Cost £7m

The cost of clearing the UK's largest illegal travellers' site has been confirmed as £7 million.
Coryton: Interest Expressed In Refinery

Administrators to Essex refinery which went bust receive over 40 expressions of interest from companies around the world.
Loughton: Life For Arm In Lake Murderer

A Loughton drug dealer who murdered his friend, dismembered his body and disposed of it like rubbish has been jailed for life.

Essex: Network Rail Boss In Bonus Row

Network Rail's chief executive is under pressure to reject a £340,000 bonus in the week it faced criminal charges in Essex.
Stansted: BAA Loses Sale Appeal

Airports operator BAA has lost its appeal at a tribunal today against a ruling that it must sell Stansted Airport.
Colchester: Posters To Find Missing Woman

Essex Police are handing out posters in the hope to find a woman who disappeared from Colchester hospital.
Colchester: Cassie's Law Petition Growing

More than 15,000 people are calling for laws to be changed after a 16-year-old was killed by an unsafe driver

News From The Eastern Region

Page with audio: East: Thousands Caught Evading TV Licence

Heart's being told nearly 6,000 people have been caught watching TV without a licence in Suffolk and Norfolk
Snow Preparation In Norfolk & Suffolk

Suffolk and Norfolk County Council's make preparations for the snow forecast this weekend.
Cambridge: Machete Robbery

Police are investigating after a man armed with a machete robbed a Spar shop in Cambridge.
Suffolk: 6,000 Knives Shredded After Amnesty

More than 6,000 knives, including daggers and a samari sword, have been shredded after a year long amnesty in Suffolk.
Ipswich: Items Found After Armed Robbery

Police have found some items after investigating an armed robbery on Freehold Road in Ipswich.
Page with audio: Bury St Edmunds: New Appeal in Murder

Suffolk Police are trying to find a 28 year old Polish man in their investigation into the murder of a man above a jewellers
Rickinghall: Photo Released After Burglary

Police have released a picture of a man they want to speak to after three people were threatened with knives in Rickinghall.
Hinchingbrooke: Private Firm Takes Over

Private company now running Hinchingbrooke says it wants to make it one of country's top ten hospitals.

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