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A Google streetview image of a roundabout with trees on it. There are three cars being driven around it. There are lampposts dotted around the roundabout and dry grass. It is sunny and the picture has clearly been taken in summertime.

Arrest made after women seriously injured in crash

Three women are taken to hospital after the crash in the early hours of the morning.

Julie Watson (right), who is wearing a red blazer, stands with her arms around the waist of a man as they pose for a photo in front of a small airplane on a grass field.

Tributes to grandmother killed in crash

She will be "forever remembered as a bringer of joy, good food and laughter", her family say.

A cat's face is pictured from the side. She has green soulful eyes and is striped ginger and brown with a white nose. She is sitting next to a pot plant in a garden

Support for cat shelter gives owners strength

Ongoing support for a centre facing sky high bills enables it to keep running.

An officer is pointing at hundreds of cannabis plants being kept under red lights.

Two arrests as police seize 500 cannabis plants

Hundreds of the plants are uncovered by police in an Essex town.

Three men stand outside the Essex Pizza and Chicken takeaway. The front of the building is completely open and you can see into the takeaway unit.

Takeaway temporarily closes after windows blown out

The front of the Essex Pizza and Chicken unit appears to have been blasted on to the ground.

Fresh white road marking and a rectangle-shaped new chunk of road that has been laid over the pothole.

Potholes repaired after line painting mishap

Residents have been poking holes at Essex Highways' botch job in Wakes Colne.

Two potholes with white road lines going through the middle of them. They are on a winding country road flanked by grass.

Potholes given a fresh look after diary blunder

A local motorist brands the premature painting an "astonishing waste of money".

A dental nurse wearing a mask and gloves inspects a young boy's mouth using a pen-type torch. They are standing in a school library.

Dentists carry out school check-ups in new trial

It is hoped the scheme will result in fewer children ending up in hospital with dental problems.

A black and white photo of Alfred Edward Thomas (Eddie) Annetts in Army uniform during World War Two. He has a beret on his head and the shoulders of his uniform can be glimpsed. He has short dark hair and is smiling at the camera.

'It's important to remember ordinary fighting men'

About 16,000 men took off from Essex and Suffolk airfields to take part in the crucial 1945 battle.