TV power couple Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan were ordered in July to maintain a public footpath near their home in Ongar.

The former Towie star and wife Michelle Keegan were given permission to replace the property they bought near Ongar for £1.3million with a five bed mansion complete with gym, dressing room, makeup room and a bar.

The couple were told by the council that a public footpath that runs yards from the property must not be interfered with.

A mother and her 92-year-old daughter were reunited following months of Covid-enforced separation.

Winnie Mulgrew and Margaret Godfrey cherished an emotional face to to face reunion after months of separation thanks to a summer house at Lambwood Heights care home in Chigwell.

The care home in Lambourne Road installed a specially designed summer house in its grounds so residents and their relatives can meet safely during the coronavirus lockdown.

A councillor was accused of spreading ‘fake news’ after posting unsubstantiated claims in a Youtube video about asylum seekers housed at a hotel in Epping.

Councillor Julian Leppert and Eddy Butler, both of the far-right For Britain Movement party, claimed food donated to charity 3Food4U was being ‘diverted’ to the Bell Hotel.

The video was reported to the police by councillors who called for it to be removed from the site while the charity denied any food had been ‘diverted’ to the hotel.

Police seized almost 200 cannabis plants after discovering a grow operation in Loughton.

Detectives were tipped-off to the property in Alderton Hall Lane and officers executed a warrant where hydroponic growing equipment was seized along with up to 200 plants.