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The Colchester-based Packing Shed Theatre is reimagining John Constable's The Hay Wain.

India Hanson, 21, a student of Colchester Sixth Form who has autism, received her results of one A and two Bs this morning.

Captain Charles Fryatt was a civilian mariner executed by a German firing squad during the First World War.

Nine new on-call firefighters have been recruited to join Essex County Fire and Rescue Service.

A new veterinary practice has officially opened its doors to the public and their furry companions.

Almost 100 train services have been cancelled after a Greater Anglia train derailed in Wickford, causing major disruption across Essex.

A train has derailed on a railway line in Wickford. Salcott Crescent has been closed off by emergency crews.

A train has derailed on a railway line in Wickford, near Salcott Crescent, which has been closed off by police and fire crews.

A huge wildfire in the West Midlands completely destroyed 19 homes after it rapidly spread to buildings during the UK’s hottest day of the year.

A second train has derailed less than 24 hours after two passengers were seriously injured when a Southern Rail service came off the tracks in East Sussex.

Fire crews are making progress tackling huge blazes in the West Midlands that led to thousands of 999 calls and caused “extensive” devastation, a fire chief said.

Nigel Farage has won the Clacton by-election amid contested claims he was told by police not to attend the election count due to a “credible threat” against him.

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