News in Basildon

AN Essex police inspector, who served in Basildon and was found to have carried out sexually inappropriate actions towards female colleagues would have been dismissed had he not already resigned, a misconduct hearing has found.

The hearing heard how former inspector Jon McLeod pursued a course of sexual misconduct. The hearing, which began on Monday 6 December and concluded on Wednesday, 8 December, was told that McLeod, who resigned from the force in March 2020, behaved inappropriately towards a number of female colleagues by sending them emails and making comments of a sexual nature.

ESSEX Police officers made five arrests, seized £20,000 in cash, and safeguarded 12 people and nine dogs during warrants at addresses across Essex in connection with an investigation into modern slavery.

Officers executed warrants at around 5am today (Tuesday, 14 December), which included two at Hovefields Avenue, Wickford. arrests were also made in Tiptree.

POLICE officers in Basildon have called for the help of the public after arresting a man.

Officers from Basildon's Community Policing Team have made an arrest as part of an investigation into reports of a man indecently exposing himself in Laindon.

NOMINATIONs are now open for the 2022 Basildon Borough Volunteer Awards

The Basildon Borough Volunteer Awards are back for 2022 to recognise the achievements and contributions that volunteers make across the borough.

PATIENTS of an Basildon GP surgery could be seeing their doctor in a transportable building on a sports field.

New proposals have been submitted for a temporary GP surgery for thousands of patients to replace a practice closed because it was unsafe.

POLICE have released CCTV pictures of men they wish to interview following a stabbing in Basildon.

A statement from Essex Police says: "We would like to speak with them in connection with an assault at the Eastgate Shopping Centre car park in Basildon.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was stabbed in Basildon.

Officers were called to Eastgate shopping centre car park in Southernhay shortly after 3.45pm yesterday (Friday, 10 December). A man in his 20s was found with a stab wound and was taken to hospital where his condition was said to be 'stable'.

CONSERVATIVES in Basildon have rounded on a former activist who yesterday announced his resignation as a leading official in the local Tory organisation - by saying he has fabricated his position and his relevance within the local party.

Basildon Nub News reported on the 'resignation' yesterday (Thursday, 9 December) live on BBC Radio Essex by Charlie Sansom, who announced he was standing down as the chair of South Basildon Conservatives because he was 'sick to his stomach' of the party's leadership over Covid-19.

A LEADING Conservative activist in South Essex, with strong links to South Basildon MP Stephen Metcalfe has dramatically resigned from the party on air during a radio interview in protest against the government's plans for tighter Covid restrictions.

Charlie Sansom, the chair of South Basildon Conservatives and a strong voice and campaigner inside the Basildon and Thurrock Conservative Federation told BBC Essex he did not agree with the Plan B proposals from the government.

BASILDON Council has launched a consultation regarding the implementation of a borough-wide Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) prohibiting various types of anti-social behaviour (ASB).

A PSPO is a legal order to tackle ASB that would cover specific restricted areas within the borough, such as parks and town centres, and the breaching of it is a criminal offence which could be subject to a fine on prosecution (up to £1,000).