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Montage: Left, officers behind a cordon looking at a river, Right, a plastic leg bone bobbing in the water

'Bones' in river turn out to be plastic skeleton

The magnet fisher says officers asked to borrow his equipment to get them.

A green and blue Essex Police car with the hip of a police officer in front of it. The officer has a set of handcuffs on them.

PC sacked for off-duty 'inappropriate behaviour'

PC Jonathan Mawson committed "gross misconduct" at a social event, Essex Police finds.

A close-up of a pile of 933 Iron Age gold coins. It shows the rim of a vessel, surrounded by coins with more gold coins heaped within.

Largest Iron Age gold coin hoard 'one of a kind'

The finder of the "nationally significant" hoard of 933 coins was convicted of theft, says museum.

Danny Stapleton in his garden with a medal round his neck, dressed in a red t-shirt and black shorts

Charity 'in awe' of triathlete who has raised £50k

The training is nothing compared with what these people have to go through, Danny Stapleton says.

A police car parked on the single-carriageway road. A red and yellow air ambulance has landed on a large field to the right of the image.

Van driver dies after crash on busy A-road

A man in his 30s has died and a lorry driver remains in a serious but stable condition, police say.

Kemi Badenoch holding her hands in the air. She is wearing a black blazer over a blue top, and has her mouth open while speaking in a sitting room at a hospice.

Calls for resignation are not serious - Badenoch

The Conservative leader insists she is not quitting at "the first sign of trouble".

An ambulance outside an ambulance call centre in Bedford. There is a green bush to the left and a red-brick building in the distance.

Two ambulance 999 call centres to close

There will be a new centre in Essex and the existing Norwich site will remain open.

A choir stands in a group looking at the camera and waving union jack flags and many wearing the same blue white and red colours.

Choirs mark VE Day singing White Cliffs of Dover

Buskerteers Choirs will perform the song at rehearsals across the south and east of England.

Dave and Pam Letch on the pitch at the County Ground. Dave is standing up while wearing glasses and a chequered shirt. Eva Gray is wearing a navy cricket strip and hat, and has her arm around Pam's shoulders. Pam is wearing a purple outfit and presenting Gray with a player of the match award.

Parents' 20-year fight for professional women's cricket team

The side's first professional season starts after a two-decade campaign from Dave and Pam Letch.