Essex News & Investigations

A TEENAGER has denied the murder of a 12-year-old boy who died after being struck by a car. Bobby Bloomfield (above) died in hospital hours after the collision on Sunday, June 7. A 15-year-old boy, who was allegedly driving the car and cannot be named for legal reasons, today appeared in the dock at Basildon Crown Court where he pleaded not guilty to one count of murder. William Lunnon, 43, (below) of Ashwells Road, Pilgrims Hatch, near Brentwood, Essex, who is alleged to hav

THE Home Office has finally issued a statement after four illegal migrants were filmed clambering off a lorry at the side of a busy Maldon road in broad daylight before disappearing. The four men were recorded emerging onto the roof of a removals lorry that is understood to have travelled from Portugal to Essex before jumping off and heading towards bushes. It is believed they cut a hole through the soft top of the lorry to gain access. The remarkable scene was filmed by a co

POLICE stopped searching for four migrants filmed leaping from the top of a removals lorry after less than 48 hours and have admitted they are unlikely to be found. The four men were recorded emerging onto the roof of a removals lorry that is understood to have travelled from Portugal to Essex before jumping off and heading towards bushes. It is believed they cut a hole through the soft top of the lorry to gain access at Rouen in France, before border security in Calais faile

A MAJOR fire is happening at an industrial site in Essex. Firefighters are dealing with the "significant incident" at an industrial building on farmland in Southend Road, between East Hanningfield and Rettendon, today, Friday July 24 2026. Many people have reported an explosion that sounded like a bomb. This video, being shared on WhatsApp showed the moment of the explosion. Essex County Fire & Rescue Service urged people to avoid the area and said: "If you live or are travel

A WOMAN who was taken to Broomfield Hospital in an ambulance was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a paramedic. The patient was seen shouting and laying on the floor by the ambulance bays with hospital security staff involved during a very busy night in A&E. Police were later seen to arrive in a car before officers went over to assess the situation. See the video on our sister TikTok account Newsjunkie3 (@newsaddictclub). "It was reported a paramedic had been assaulted at a

MORE than 60 firefighters have been sent to deal with a blaze at an Ilford hair salon. residents have reported to UK News and Investigations seeing more than 12 London fire service vehicles heading on blue lights down the A12 at Gants Hill towards Ilford. The fire service has so far confirmed that eight fire engines with about 60 firefighters have been sent to the Horns Road area. Our sister TikTok account @Newsaddictclub has released video of the incident: Its incident repor

TRAVELLERS who set up camp on a Braintree field moved off this evening (Sunday, July 5 2026). About 15 caravans with utility trucks and other vehicles pulled onto the field west of the A131 between Broad Road and Coggeshall Road (A120) earlier this week. The caravans had been spread out across the entire field south of Thistley Green Road. However, this evening, from about 7pm, they began to group together before leaving the site. Just before 9pm a lone security guard, who go

THE Essex & Herts Air Ambulance landed today (Sunday July 5 2026) at a busy Maldon Promenade. The red and yellow helicopter was seen coming into land at just after 3pm as families were enjoying the sunshine. Footage of it coming into land were posted on Facebook and can be seen here. It landed in the south-eastern corner of Promenade Park. According to unconfirmed reports from onlookers someone had fallen off equipment and twisted their leg. The chopper was seen to take off a

THIS is the dramatic moment one of three men who took part in an attempted murder with shotguns was arrested by armed police officers. It has been released by Essex Police after the trio were jailed for a total of 44 years thanks to an investigation by specialist officers into a shooting incident in Crays Hill. Thanks to the meticulous work of our Serious and Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) Johnny Smith, 20, Donny Archer, 27, and Nelson Buckland, 21, were convicted on Thursday 12

British Transport Police (BTP) has refused to if a child was involved in an incident that led to all train lines across the Greater Anglia network between Essex and London being affected on Monday morning, June 22 2026, after reports of a "person on the tracks". Some Elizabeth Line services through Shenfield were also affected. According to unconfirmed reports from a source a ten-year-old child was found to be in distress on a gantry at Goodmayes station. BTP was asked about