Essex

The South African variant was discovered in Essex (Jacob King/PA)

Surge testing rolled out in part of Essex after South African variant detected

February 21, 2021

A runner crosses the millennium bridge as snow falls in London on Monday (John Walton/PA)

Snow and ice warnings still in place for most of Britain

February 9, 2021

Abandoned cars in a snow-filled ditch in Needham Market in Suffolk (Joe Giddens/PA)

Snow and ice bring disruption to parts of UK as people warned not to travel

February 8, 2021

Various warnings for snow and ice across the eastern length of Britain are in place until Wednesday (Owen Humphreys/PA)

Storm Darcy to bring snow, ice and rain to parts of Britain

February 6, 2021

A couple cross-country skiing, with their dog, in the Cairngorm National Park near Aviemore. Picture date: Thursday February 4, 2021.

Storm Darcy on the way as south east of England braced for heavy snow

February 6, 2021

Libby Cotts has severe aplastic anemia, a rare bone marrow condition (libbys.lockdown/Instagram/PA)

Family fear time running out for 12-year-old in need of bone marrow transplant

January 27, 2021

Firefighters rescued a 31-stone pig called Dolly who got stuck in the mud in Felsted, Essex (Essex County Fire and Rescue Service/PA)

Firefighters free 31-stone pig who got stuck in the mud

January 21, 2021

(Essex Police)

Police trying to track down ‘reckless’ party organisers and revellers in Essex

January 2, 2021

A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Donald Ralph (Essex Police/PA)

Man arrested in connection with pensioner murder

January 1, 2021

The church in Essex was damaged (Essex Police/PA)

Three arrested after revellers trash 500-year-old church on New Year’s Eve

January 1, 2021

Social distancing signs in Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire (Mike Egerton/PA)

Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in England

December 31, 2020