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Five schools in the county still giving online lessons are to return to face-to-face teaching.

The figure covers 24-hour on-site security, insurance premiums and other charges, the BBC learns.

Essex County Council says it is doing all it can "to support schools to manage the situation".

A school which has already dealt with crumbling concrete tells how it was forced to close overnight.

Dame Priti claims the Home Office is not "sharing any information" on funding of local services.

A long-awaited report says there were "systemic weaknesses" at debt-ridden Thurrock Council.

The Lib Dems will run an Essex council as a minority administration after failed talks with Labour.

The essex city had been run by a labour—led coalition for the past four years but voters changed that in yesterdays local election. 0ur reporter simon dedman has more. well, the conservatives had a dreadful set of local elections around london. but here in southend, they gained one seat, which has meant that theyve been able to take this finely—balanced council off labour, who were running it as a coalition for the last four years. so this is one bit of good news for the conservatives in wha...

"We've got to take it on the chin," says Thurrock Conservative MP Jackie Doyle-Price.

A council in Essex is challenging the government's policy on asylum seekers in the High Court.