Council leaders write to Government in bid to tackle rising cases
The letter, from Mr Callaghan, Mr Gilbert, Mark Ingall - the leader of Harlow Council, Tina Bourne - the Labour Leader of Colchester Council, and Ivan Henderson - the Labour leader at Essex County Council, reads: "Covid deaths in Essex hospitals have risen sharply from 44 in the week ending 20th December to over 150 in the week ending the 29th December. "On December we were the first county to be forced to declare a major incident at our hospitals. "Since then, patients have been transferred to Cambridge and even further afield. Currently, despite urgent measures, there are still more...