The party negotiates with Labour to run a district council after Tory losses in the local elections.

"We've got to take it on the chin," says Thurrock's Conservative MP Jackie Doyle-Price.

The company, which exports its product to more than 60 countries, will build a new site in Essex.

Chrisy Morris is sentenced for breaching a non-molestation order and must do 200 hours of unpaid work.

New councillor Simon Morgan says he will make sure the area is a place where everyone can feel safe.

A meeting is terminated amid claims of "disorderly conduct" centred on an independent councillor.

Police were called to a Maldon District Council meeting after a councillor used a megaphone.

A video on social media appears to show a scuffle involving a councillor who disrupted a meeting.