London Essex

RSPCA inspectors had to smash the drain to get the hedgehog out of the sewer pipe before the poor creature was overcome with fumes.

Faye Barker ITV London Presenter

A teenager is in a serious condition under police guard at Basildon Hospital after being shot in Tilbury.

The garden of The King Harold pub in Harold Wood, east London, remains sealed off following what appeared to be a tragic accident.

Other dangerous animals including cobras, copperheads, pythons and a Madagascar giant hognose were also found.

Two lorries collided near the Dartford Crossing, one of the lorries overturned and slid down an embankment.

Hundreds of officers were to sleep in cramped lines of camp beds filling a vast gymnasium.

The RSPCA says it handled more than 10,000 calls about abandoned animals in just three months.

Three men were taken to hospital from the Garage Nation festival in Hainault Forest Country Park on Saturday evening.

The 15-year-old from Grays in Essex was killed after a fight started at a birthday party.

Footage shows a blue car floating in the waves as the tide threatens to sweep it off a slipway in Essex.