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Johnnie Walker in a blue patterened shirt and dark sunglasses.

Tributes to broadcasting 'icon' Johnnie Walker

The Pharos Trust say that Walker "paved the way" for its success.

A police car travelling on a main road

Pedestrian in his 80s dies after collision with van

Essex Police is appealing for witnesses to the incident that happened in Main Road, Harwich.

A fire engine with 'fire rescue' written on the front with red paint in the background

Phone charger thought to have caused house fire

Fire crews say the terrace house was filled with smoke after the charger was left on.

Derren Fox is sitting on the ground smiling at the camera. He has a beard and moustache and is wearing a black and yellow anorak, jeans and walking boots. He is surrounded by dozens of penguins and there is a cliff and the sea behind him. Large icebergs are in the sea

'This Christmas I'll be counting penguins'

Staff working out in the wilds of Antarctica share their Christmas Day plans.

A man with no hair in a hospital bed strokes the nose of a reindeer.

School Santa gets visit from reindeer in hospice

Mick Hodgson is not able to be Santa for the first time in 20 years but loved the reindeer visit.

Six people - including a police officer - stand on a paved street with amusement arcades in the background.

Radio rollout to help seaside shoppers feel safer

One hundred businesses are being handed radios to help crack down on anti-social behaviour.

A boy sitting on the floor in front of a mosaic of Queen Elizabeth II made out of 3,000 Rubik's Cubes. He is wearing a white blazer and black trousers.

Boy, 11, beats Rubik's Cube world record

The record-breaking mosaic of Queen Elizabeth II uses 3,000 Rubik's Cubes.

The RSS Sir David Attenborough is a large red ship with a green helipad on the front. It is shown sailing through icy, snow-covered water

Preparing for Christmas in the wilds of Antarctica

A few hundred people get ready for Christmas in the snowy continent thousands of miles from home.

Emergency vehicles block a road in Harwich. There are two police cars and three ambulances

Off-duty nurses help injured pensioner hit by car

A man in his 80s suffers "potentially serious" injuries in the incident in Harwich.