Essex News & Investigations

A HELICOPTER seen hovering over Woodford Green on Saturday was searching for a wanted man who climbed onto a building, police said. The police chopper was filmed by residents as it hovered over the area for about an hour, causing locals to question what happened from the morning of Saturday, June 20, 2026. One woman posted on the local Nextdoor app: "Does anyone know what is going on in Woodford Green or nearby? We have had helicopters circling for the last hour." Another wom

TWO males were killed in separate stabbings in under 24 hours and just five miles apart in the capital as the menace of knife crime continues. A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a man in Crystal Palace overnight. Police were called to Westow Hill at 3:39am today, Sunday, 21 June 2026, by the London Ambulance Service following reports of a stabbing. Officers arrived to find a man in his 30’s with serious injuries. He was treated on scene before bei

THIS is the police mugshot of former Met Police chief Peter Kirkham who a judge said "exploited his standing to have drug-fuelled sex with vulnerable young gay men" , a sentencing judge today, June 18 2026, said. Kirkham, 65, who has been a regular political commentator about crime and justice issues on Sky News, Channel 4, GB News and the BBC had pleaded guilty to two drug supply offences and three possession of controlled drug offences at Kingston Crown Court ahead of a sex

POLICE have said there was no incident at Hornchurch police station last night after a large presence of officers and ambulances was present. A Met Police spokesperson: "We’ve checked and there was no incident at the police station, which was being used as a rendezvous point by officers." A witness at the scene in Station Lane, Hornchurch, at about 10pm on Wednesday June 17 2026 said: "There was an ambulance service vehicle outside when lots of police vehicles both marked an

A 15-YEAR-old boy is being treated in hospital after the latest stabbing in Ilford. Around 4:55pm on Saturday, 13 June 2026, officers from the Met Police attended Ilford Lane, Ilford, east London, following reports of a stabbing. A Met Police spokesperson said: "Police attended with the London Ambulance Service. A 15-year-old boy was treated at the scene for stab injuries. We await an update on his condition. "A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murd

The sister of a man who has been missing for 38 years has appealed for him to get in touch with his family. Ian Bushell was reported missing by his father in 1988, when he was aged 21. At the time of his disappearance he was of medium build with short, black cropped hair and was living in the Abbey Wood area of south east London. He is 5ft 6ins tall. He is believed to have been seen by a family friend in Upton Park, east London, in 2007, when he answered to the name of Adrian

A Metropolitan Police operation in Wembley has resulted in 64 vehicle seizures, 32 arrests and the recovery of five weapons. Officers carried out uniformed patrols and plain clothed in known shoplifting hotspots, conducted traffic stop sites to check vehicles, including e-bikes were compliant and carried out licensing visits at retail premises to ensure retailers are cooperating with their operational regulations. It says this is part of the Met’s work to crackdown on neighbo

Two brothers have been convicted of murder after detectives re-opened an investigation almost 40 years after the killing. Following a trial at the Old Bailey, Michael Stewart, 57 (11.04.69) of Station Road, EN5 and Anthony Stewart, 60 (19.11.65) of Old Farm Road, N29 were found guilty of murdering Anthony Littler in East Finchley in 1984. Anthony, aged 45, was found dead in an alleyway close to East Finchley tube station on 1 May 1984, with no-one ever being identified as res

AN investigation into the death of a man whose body was found in a van in Leicester has been transferred to the Metropolitan Police. Police were called to a car park in Garden Street just after 5.30pm on Wednesday (27 May) 2026 by a member of the public reporting concern about the condition of the vehicle. When officers forced entry to the van, the body of a man was found inside. Enquiries surrounding the circumstances of the man's death were undertaken by the East Midlands S

Detectives investigating a serious sexual assault in Hyde Park have released an e-fit of a man they want to speak to as part of their enquiries. On 31 August 2024 police received a report that a man in his 30s had been sexually assaulted around two months previously near Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park. The man reported being approached by another man, who demanded sex from him and then produced a knife. He reported that the suspect cut his abdomen when he refused and subsequen