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Girl, 3, knocked off scooter by car outside school

Her mother says the toddler was "millimetres from being crushed" by the vehicle.

A light blue car driving past a pothole, which has been marked with paint.

Major resurfacing scheme begins across Essex

Overnight work on "two key roads" in Chelmsford and Rochford is set to continue this week.

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Firefighters tackle 180-tonne haystack blaze

The fire service says windy conditions meant the fire burned though the bales "quite quickly".

Janet Finch, a blonde woman with shoulder length hair and a fringe.
She is wearing a black dress with white floral designs and pink tinted sunglasses. Ms Finch is smiling at the camera.

Family tributes to 'selfless' mother

Essex Police is urging anyone who might have dashcam footage of the crash to come forward.

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Fire spreads across eight hectares of land

Residents are warned to shut their windows and doors because of the amount of smoke.

Shazad Miah looking at the camera. He is wearing a navy blue puffer jacket.

Drug dealer jailed following airport arrest

The 30-year-old defendant is sentenced to nine years in prison.

A red-brick building with a glass fronted door and wooden trim, with a garden at the front

GP banned for bulk diagnosing hundreds of patients

A tribunal hears patients were diagnosed with conditions without any examination.

Sophie Alderman

Woman's death at mental health unit 'misadventure'

Sophie Alderman, 27, was "a wonderful, loving person", say her family's legal representatives.

A woman putting a banana skin in a green plastic food caddy with a liner in a kitchen

Council needs £400,000 to start food waste service

Rochford is one of just two districts in Essex that still collects mixed food and garden waste.