A man has died after a collision in Colchester earlier this month. A 76-year-old from Clacton sadly died in hospital on July 11 after the incident on July 3.

Authorities are reviewing video footage and seeking witness accounts after a 43-year-old died while being restrained by officers.

Seven Haverhill police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave since the incident, which remains under investigation.

A planned protest outside a hotel housing asylum seekers remained peaceful with no arrests or offences reported according to Essex Police. Large crowds of people attended a demonstration outside the Bell Hotel in Epping on Sunday (July 13).

A New Jersey Transit bus driver is accused of causing a crash that critically injured a police officer in Essex County last month, authorities said Monday. Djimmy Evra, 40, of Orange, was charged with fourth-degree assault by auto with serious bodily injury in the crash last month in Roseland, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.

OFFICERS want to speak to a man in connection with the theft of meat products from a shop in Wivenhoe. Essex Police enquiries are ongoing after reports of a man entering the Co-op store in The Avenue on multiple occasions since the beginning of July.

An Essex police officer accused of assaulting a Colchester man as he tried to arrest him repeatedly punched him in the face, a trial has been told.