Essex News & Investigations

MORE than a quarter of the around 1,000 people arrested during the country's biggest ever crackdown on county lines drug dealing were...

A MAN was found on fire in the street by a dog walker this morning. Police are treating the death as unexplained but the murder squad is...

Police have recovered a suspected sawn off shotgun (pictured above) after two vehicles were found abandoned in Dagenham. At 5.39pm...

FORMER detectives involved in investigating the criminal empire of East End legend Billy Blundell have paid "tribute" to how the gangster...

ESSEX gangster Billy Blundell (pictured above) has died, aged 77, his family have announced. Son, Billy Blundell Junior, announced on...

OFFICERS from the Met Police War Crimes Team have today (Thursday August 27) arrested a man on suspicion of war crimes, contrary to...

A MURDER investigation is underway following the death of a man in Lambeth. Police were called at approximately 5.55pm today, on...

A BLACK man told a mixed race police officer he was "not black and hated his own race," a court heard today. Abel Solomon Hadgu, 24, also...

A MAN was arrested at about 4am today at Gatwick Airport after he flew in from Turkey. Officers from the Met Police Counter Terrorism...

A POLICE officer who made homophobic and racist remarks and "liked" online comments linked to far-right group Britain First has been...