Essex News & Investigations

A MAN has been accused of a sex attack on a woman on a cruise ship in international waters. Arvie Oporto, 36, a Filipino national, was arrested on an international arrest warrant from Bermuda in the Hampshire area and brought before Westminster Magistrates' extradition court on October 10 2025. The warrant alleges that he sexually assaulted a woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, aboard a Bermuda ship, the Queen Anne (above), on August 13 this year. It is understood t

ARMED police swarmed an Rotherham street after reports that a woman had been assaulted at a property, we can reveal. Several police vehicles, some containing armed officers, were seen blocking the street in Swinton, on the morning of Thursday, October 8 2025. There was speculation online as to what had happened after South Yorkshire Police released no details of the incident. Activist Sammy Woodhouse posted on X with an image of police at the scene: "The situation in Swinton,

THE Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is assessing how Greater Manchester Police handled an investigation into an alleged rape...

POLICE are seeking the riding of this electric bike after a man came off a motorbike in an attempted robbery in Harlow. An Essex Police...

THREE teenage girls have been detained in a youth detention centre after they pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 75-year-old Fredi...

COUNTER terror police have been granted warrants of further detention for four people arrested in connection with the Manchester...

Terrorist Jihad al-Shamie (above) had been arrested and bailed in connection with an alleged rape, had a criminal history and was in...

A man who incited and recorded thousands of children engaging in sexual activity online from his Croydon home has been jailed following a...

AN EFL Assistant Referee has been jailed for 14 years for grooming and sexually abusing three underage girls. Gareth Viccars, 47...

SIX members of a gang of Pakistani heritage child sex groomers were finally brought to justice for offences committed (in some cases)...