Updates on Tuesday, 24 May 2016
More news, sport, travel and weather updates from 08:00 on Wednesday
That's it from us at Essex Live today - but before we go, we've received news of another Essex winner at Chelsea Flower Show today.
Weeley-based Ken Muir, external won silver for their strawberries. Kevin Lynch from the company looks thrilled.
We'll be back tomorrow from 08:00 with another day's coverage of Essex news. Have a great evening.
As the band Iron Maiden parked their Boeing at Stansted Airport for the next few days, we've been wondering what other famous faces have left their jets at the north Essex terminal recently.
Image source, Stansted AirportAir Force One spent a few days there (below) when Barack and Michelle Obama came to visit in April...
Image source, Simon Dedman...And just last week the King of Bahrain's plane (below) parked up.
Image source, Twitter/@STN_Airport
Julie Reinger
BBC Look East weather
It will be staying generally fine and dry overnight with clear spells, though there may be the odd spot of light rain or drizzle later around the coast.
Minimum temperature: 8C (46F).
It will be rather cloudy tomorrow with the odd spot of rain. Most parts staying dry though, with some brighter spells possible during the afternoon. Highs of 13C (55F).
Get the latest forecast for your city, town or village at BBC Weather.
British Transport Police is looking to trace this man after five teenagers were left with burns when a substance was squirted in their faces.
Image source, British Transport PoliceThe attack happened at about 00:40 at South Ockendon railway station on Sunday, when a group of men jumped off a train travelling towards Barking.
A man then squirted a substance at the victims before re-boarding.
The force said the liquid caused potentially life-changing injuries to two of the victims, both aged 17, and minor burns to three others, aged 16, 17 and 18. All have since been discharged from hospital.
Two lanes are once again closed on the clockwise M25 at J1a, which is just over the Dartford Crossing.
Traffic suggests it's not having a major effect on the QE2 Bridge at the moment, however you'll find regular updates here.
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Jack Warren
BBC Local Live
Here are the top stories we've covering on Essex Live today:
BBC Newsbeat
Boyband Five, which includes Essex lad Scott Robinson (pictured), have pulled out of a "Brexit gig" funded by the Leave.EU campaign.
Their management said they had made the decision after realising the concert was "more a political rally". BPop Live will take place in Birmingham on 19 June - four days before the EU referendum.
Image source, Getty ImagesQuote MessageAs it has come to light that this is more a political rally with entertainment included they have both decided to cancel their involvement. They would like to make it clear that as a band Five have no political allegiances or opinions for either side."
Five management
Jack Warren
BBC Local Live
Now, more details on a trial that began at Basildon Crown Court this morning.
Two lorry drivers from Northern Ireland have been accused of being part of a people-smuggling operation in which an Afghan man died of a heart attack.
Image source, UGCMeet Singh Kapoor, 40, was found dead in a shipping container being transported from Belgium to Tilbury in August 2014. Mr Kapoor, his wife and two sons were among 35 Afghan Sikhs in the container.
Stephen McLaughlin, 36, and Martin McGlinchey, 49, deny conspiring to smuggle illegal immigrants into the UK. The trial continues.
Glenn Speller
BBC Essex sport
Southend United striker Jason Williams has signed a new one-year contract, external with the Shrimpers.
The 20-year-old played on loan at Chelmsford City for much of last season.
Image source, Getty Images
Image source, Essex PoliceEssex Police wants to trace this man, external after a brick was thrown at a mosque in Southend.
The incident took place at the Faizane-e-Madina mosque on Milton Road.
Lots of you gave your views about a new Lower Thames Crossing...
Sticking with the topic of the Dartford Crossing, Highways England said more than 47,000 people gave their views on a new Lower Thames Crossing, making it the "largest ever" public consultation for a UK road project.
Image source, Highways EnglandTransport bosses want a tunnel linking East Tilbury to Gravesend with various roads to the M25.
Responses collected during the eight-week consultation will now be looked over before a final decision on the route is made later this year.
Congratulations to Coggleshall-based Todd's Botanics, external which has won a silver-gilt at Chelsea Flower Show 2016.
Here's Mark MacDonald from the company with BBC Essex's Lucy Chamberlain.
Cloud will gradually begin to increase through this afternoon.
It will be staying on the breezy side, especially near the coast where there'll be a cool onshore breeze. But in the sunshine it will feel rather pleasant.
Maximum temperature: 17C (63F).
If you're heading out for lunch, you can find the latest forecast for your area here.
Nick Alliker
BBC Essex
Good afternoon. If you're just joining us here are the top stories we've covered on Essex Live this morning:
BBC Travel
Traffic is now easing after an accident at J1a on the clockwise M25.
Earlier today, motorists were queuing back over the Dartford Crossing to J29 for the A127 as three lanes were closed.
You'll find regular travel updates here.
Jack Warren
BBC Local Live
We've got an update on the three lorry crash we've been following this morning on the M25 in Kent, which caused nine miles of queues back into Essex.
The South East Coast Ambulance Service told me one ambulance crew attended the scene at about 07:20.
Paramedics treated a man in his 40s who suffered potential chest and knee injuries, and he was taken to hospital for treatment.
This was Iron Maiden's plane coming into land at Stansted on Sunday. These photos were tweeted by Stewart Jack, external.
Image source, Twitter/@OasisStew
Image source, Twitter/@OasisStew
Image source, Twitter/@OasisStewHave you spotted Iron Maiden's Boeing 747 at Stansted Airport?
Image source, Stansted AirportIt's being used as part of the metal titans' world tour and is piloted by vocalist Bruce Dickinson, according the group's website, external.
It landed at the north Essex terminal on Sunday from South Africa, and is parked there until Thursday when the band heads to Germany.
A trial is under way of two men accused of smuggling 35 immigrants into the UK via Tilbury in a shipping container.
Meet Singh Kapoor, 40, died during an overnight crossing from Belgium. He was one of 35 Afghan Sikhs, including 15 children, found at Tilbury Docks on the morning of 16 August 2014.
Image source, Essex PoliceStephen McLaughlin, 36, of Limavady, Londonderry, and Martin McGlinchey, 49, of Derryloughan Road, Coalisland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, both face a charge of conspiring to facilitate illegal entry into the UK.
The trial at Basildon Crown Court is expected to last four weeks.
