Thurrock Council

Councillors want to consider more evidence about the old oak before deciding its fate.

The council is effectively bankrupt after a series of investments.

Reform UK gains three seats across two councils in Essex after the by-elections.

Thurrock Council has debts of about £900m after a series of failed investments in solar farms.

Almost 45,000 illegal vapes have been seized by officers in Thurrock in the last three years.

Essex County Council wants a larger share of the vote on a planned combined authority.

The State Cinema in Grays has been empty since 1998 and needs vital work on its roof, a council says.

Andrew Jefferies says he is "passing on the baton" as the local authority works on devolution plan.