A woman is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after she was found in a street in Jaywick, Essex by police with a serious head.

Arrests made in attempted murder investigation

A woman in her 20s was walking along Jaywick Lane at around 6.30pm on Tuesday 19, November when a man attempted to rape her. 

Police investigate attempted rape in Jaywick

People living in three Essex villages have been told to evacuate their homes immediate as the flood warning returns to the highest levels.

An evacuation of homes in Jaywick will begin this afternoon with the severe weather expected to reach its peak on Friday lunchtime.

A kayaker who drowned off the coast of Jaywick faced an "impossible" battle against the tide in rough seas, an inquest has been told.

The community east of Jaywick near Clacton-on-Sea has topped a list that measured deprivation in over 32,000 areas across the country.

Two men have been rescued from their homemade boat after their oars broke and they drifted 200 metres off Jaywick, Essex.

News that the most deprived area of Jaywick in Essex is to get £5m to smarten up its roads has been cautiously welcomed by the town.


In Norfolk, 9,000 homes are being evacuated as local officials attempt to stem the damage from the coastal surge.


A man has been rescued by a volunteer lifeboat crew after a motorboat hit rocks off Jaywick.

A man has been sent to prison for five years for stabbing a man in Clacton in Essex.  

Police have arrested a nineteen year-old man from Clacton after a suspected arson attack on a house in Essex. 