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A man holding a two-foot-high poster featuring a big pound sign in Union Jack colours and the words "Keep the Pound" and "Conservatives". He is wearing a hi-vis waistcoat and a black T-shirt and holding a litter grabber and a pink plastic bag.

Roadside litter-picker unearths pieces of history

Chris Thorogood clears rubbish near Braintree, even though the council thinks it is too dangerous.

Two women dressed in blouses with high-visibility neon gilet's and hard hats look a large sheet of paper with plans on. Their hard hats have "NHS" written on them.

New room to enable 3,000 extra procedures - trust

The new £1.3m hospital space will offer orthopedic treatments to patients.

Roy Daines smiling at the camera. He has white hair and is wearing a black suit jacket. He is indoors and there is a poppy attached to a brick wall in the background.

Veteran who saw flattened Hiroshima dies aged 102

He was among the first British personnel to see the Japanese city following its bombing by the US.

Custody mugshot of Brandon Tyler wearing a black hoodie

Man jailed for using AI to create deepfake porn

A judge says Brandon Tyler shows "the worst kind of toxic masculinity" in his offending.

A haystack on fire, underneath a metal framed structure, with metal containers in front and to the left. A fire engine is to the right. There are a large number of flames and the hay is badly burnt.

Crews tackle 100-tonne haystack fire

Crews do a "great job" protecting the surrounding area and preventing the flames from spreading.

Carolyn Hobbs, stood in front of four transparent fridge doors. She is wearing a grey jumper with two hedgehogs embroidered on the front. She has a leather brown handbag strap across her chest. She has large thin-rimmed spectacles, and grey hair. She is smiling at the camera

'Scary' demand for community supermarket

The Braintree Hub has opened after a similar facility nearby struggled to cope with high demand.

A pile of waste ablaze on the site in Braintree. Orange flames can be seen, and some netting in the foreground.

Fire likely caused by dumped lithium battery

The fire service is reminding residents to safely dispose of batteries.

Two firefighters are at a waste recycling centre. One of them is holding a hose and the other is holding a pitch fork. They are both wearing firefighter uniform including a yellow fluorescent helmet and yellow fluorescent jackets which says FIRE & RESCUE on the back.

Firefighters tackle recycling centre blaze

Essex Fire and Rescue Service says there is "a lot of smoke" due to a recycling centre fire.

A man stands by a plinth at Markshall, with a microphone surrounded by a crowd commemorating an event. Some of the crowd are standing, some are sitting down. The event is held on grass with a stone monument present. Small American and British flags can be seen, sticking out from the ground.

Ceremony will honour pilots of key WW2 operation

An estate in Essex is preparing to host a service to commemorate the Operation Varsity pilots.