Divya Kohli has the latest stories from the region.

An Essex hospital under investigation for higher than expected death rates has been criticised by the Health Service Ombudsman.

Detectives are treating the death of a 20-month-old girl in Oxfordshire as murder and named her mother as a suspect.

Options for a new Thames crossing include a scheme that would pass through "environmentally sensitive areas" and cost up to £5 billion.

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