A COCKY driver amused by a fellow motorist’s dealings with the police was himself apprehended after he was found to also be driving illegally.Essex Police’s Operational Support Group found an uninsured car being driven otherwise in accordance with a li…
A HUNT has “offered its condolences” after its hounds raced on to private land and scared a horse which subsequently had to be put down.Lisa Line’s horse, Barney, who lived in the Grove Estate, Wormingford, was panicked when about 40 dogs gained access…
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after thousands of pounds was stolen from pick-up truck driver that was assalted near Sadlers Farm.The incident, that occured on the A130 between Sadler’s Farm and the Fairglen Interchange, was shortly befor…
A CAFE has been taken over by new owners as they grow their existing food business.Ian and Vickie Birch, from High Garrett, bought the Corner Cafe in Halstead, renaming it the Torsbeanie Corner Cafe.
The couple already own the Torsbeanie Food Truck, wh…
More than 100 local authorities across Britain are pursuing legal action against European truck manufacturers including Volvo and Daimler over £450 million of alleged losses incurred from a price-fixing cartel.
Authorities ranging from Basildon borough…
Albanian traffickers are using social media to smuggle fellow citizens from their homeland into the United Kingdom, the British media report.
The mobsters specifically use Tick-Tok to enable the passage of migrants by truck, where each person will hav…
By Dang Khoa  December 22, 2021 | 03:15 am PT
A still from ‘One year on – The Essex Lorry Tragedy’. Photo courtesy of Vietnam News
‘One year on – The Essex Lorry Tragedy’ won first prize in the Documentary Short category at 2021 Erie …
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Party hats and boozy puds – it’s a perfect parcel of Christmas tellyBy Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 01:52, 22 December 2021 | Updated: 02:02, 22 December 2021
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Vietnamese ‘gang leader who sent 39 of his own countrymen to their deaths’: 23 ‘smugglers’ go on trial in Belgium over migrants found suffocated in the back of a lorry in Essex23 men on trial in Belgium accused of being part of gang that smuggled 39 Vi…
A FLAGSHIP vehicle aftersales centre has launched in Witham as Christmas came early for a car dealer company.Essex-based operators of Mercedes-Benz and FUSO commercial vehicles opened a Motus Truck and Van service and parts centre.
This is the latest a…