West Horndon Station (c) Google Street View

West Horndon station was closed for several hours during the morning rush hour as police began an investigation.

Girl, 14, allegedly raped at Essex train station

Photos showed newspapers scattered across the floor, signs ripped down, a photo booth tipped on its side frames designed to hold poster bent out of shape.

Vandals trash train station leaving ticket hall in shocking state

Previously unissued undated photo of Ford Research and Development centre, Dunton, Essex, as the global carmaker has announced it will be scrapping 3,800 jobs across Europe, including 1,300 in the UK, over the next three years amid plans to reinvent the brand and focus on a smaller range of electric vehicles.



Some jobs are also set to disappear at a Ford software development centre in London’s Olympic park.

Basildon Ford workers brace for redundancies as car giant cuts workforce

Great Britain's Max Whitlock celebrates with his gold medal after winning the Men's Pommel Horse Final at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre on the ninth day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games 

Whitlock said the sport is “thriving” and claimed the rise in male participation is down to major victories from British men’s teams.

Max Whitlock: Male gymnastics participation ‘through the roof’ due to UK success

Philip Mersh was trick or treating with his twin boys when he was killed by a martial arts fighter.

Dad killed 'with two punches' in front of kids after Halloween trick-or-treating

Steve Holloway was a lifelong fan and those who knew him wanted to make his funeral as quirky as possible.

Only Fools and Horses superfan gets 'Lovely Jubbly' farewell funeral

Police officers were given additional stop and search powers as a result of the influx of reported incidents in the Billericay area.

Reports of assaults and weapons seen in Basildon during Bank Holiday weekend

James Gibbons who was stabbed to death during an alleged altercation with a group of young people after 

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder and is due to appear before Chelmsford Crown Court on Monday.

Father-of-four died of stab wounds to the abdomen, inquest hears

Undated handout photo issued by Essex Police of James Gibbons who was stabbed to death during an alleged altercation with a group of young people after he went to the aid of another man. Essex Police said the 34 year old was found stabbed in Iris Mews, Laindon, shortly after 9.30pm on Sunday. He died despite the efforts of paramedics. Issue date: Wednesday May 5, 2021.


James Gibbons died soon after he was attacked in the street where he lived in Laindon at about 9.30pm on Sunday.

Father-of-four stabbed to death after celebrating daughters’ birthday

Undated handout photo issued by the Royal Papworth Hospital of Eva Gicain, 30, with her husband Limuel and baby Elleana. She has met her baby daughter for the first time after giving birth while in hospital and seriously ill with Covid-19.

Eva Gicain from Essex was off work from September as she entered the third trimester of her pregnancy and her risk of becoming ill with Covid-19 increased.

Nurse who gave birth while ill with Covid meets daughter for first time

A 17-year-old boy has been jailed for eight years after spraying acid at five teenage boys waiting on a train platform.

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