At least 246 frontline health and care workers have been identified after dying with coronavirus. But this figure is likely to be lower than the true number of workers who have died, as the names of some victims will not yet be in the public domain. In Essex we have seen doctors, nurses and paramedics lose their lives after battling the virus. Here we remember them. Dr Habib Zaidi Leigh GP Dr Zaidi was the first doctor in the UK to die after contracting Covid-19. He died on March 25, aged 76. Dr Zaidi, a GP at Eastwood Group Practice in Leigh, was described as a hugely respected, selfless man .
12:46 EDT, 25 February 2021
A man, 55, is at the centre of a murder investigation today after a woman aged in her 60s was found dead in a trendy dockland area in the early hours.
The woman is thought to have died in a ground floor flat in a block called Cardinal Lofts in a former industrial building in Ipswich, Suffolk.
A man from Ipswich has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being questioned in custody at the Police Investigation Centre in Martlesham near Ipswich.
The ten-storey block is just yards away from the redeveloped Waterfront area in Ipswich which is known for its bars, restaurants and its marina containing scores of luxury yachts.