Ciaran_Gold published Ivory Peg Wetherspoon mass brawl: five arrested and five more...

Five men were arrested and five other people were injured after reports of a mass brawl at a Chelmsford bar yesterday (December 21).Police were called to the Ivory Peg Wetherspoon, in New London Road, at about 8.30pm on Monday.A 47-year-old man suffered a head wound requiring treatment at the scene, while two women aged 64 and 29, and two men aged 20 and 21 suffered minor injuries. Five men were arrested on suspicion of assault, with two released without charge following questioning.A...

Essex Chronicle published 'Flirty' Sandon School teacher alleged to have had sex with...

A MARRIED music teacher accused of having sex with two teenage pupils in the grounds of a Chelmsford school bombarded one girl with 7,000 messages over eight months, a court heard.Former Sandon School teacher Kieran Hope faces three charges of sexual activity with a child, aged 13 to 15, and four counts of sexual activity with a child, aged 16 to 18, in a position of trust.The 33-year-old, of Keith Avenue, Wickford, denies all charges said to have happened from September 2011 to April 2014.At...