BREAKING: Epping Forest district now has one of the highest Covid-19 rates in the country with more than 1,000 cases per 100,000 population. Thurrock has the highest infection rate in England with 1,179 cases per 100,000 people in the week to December 17. Basildon is also 1000+.

I was waiting at a pedestrian crossing on the A128 on Sunday when two cyclists approached down the hill. I waved them through and the rider in blue and white top gave me a cheery "Thanks". It was Alex. Had I known, I could have flagged him down and put in a Tesco order for today

WATCH LIVE: NASA is expected to land its Perseverance rover on Mars, as part of one of the agency's most ambitious deep-space missions to search for signs of ancient life on the red planet. pscp.tv/w/cv10LjM3Mzg2…

Watching Mars landing live. gripping stuff!

Brilliant!! 😄😄😄

Hello, world. My first look at my forever home. #CountdownToMars

This week I have been training the #Roxy crew led by Rannoch Adventure We are a crew of 12 leaving Tenerife on Monday or Tuesday and hope to arrive in Antigua in about 30 days. 💪🚣‍♀️ You can track our progress at: rannochadventure.com/rowing-adventu… And click on ‘Track Roxy’

HE'S DONE IT! 💚 Mark Cavendish WINS his 34th stage of the Le Tour de France 🤯 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 #TDF2021

🐐 CAV𝟯𝟰DISH 🐐 #TDF2021

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic A350Ks simultaneous takeoff from Heathrow, seen from helicopter

Awesome coverage from the BIG JET TV team this morning 👏👏👏 Great that the #BA1 #VR3 simultaneous departure coincided with the resumption of British Airways #A380 passenger ops ✈️

'3,2,1...Now!' The story behind the huge team effort that made today's British Airways and virginatlantic parallel take-off at Heathrow Airport possible ➡️ bit.ly/31HFIoA 🛫 🛫 #avgeek

So not only is Boris Johnson too cowardly to turn up to Parliament to defend the sleazy corrupt government shenanigans of recent days. He’s now irresponsibly parading round a hospital without a mask. Patients and NHS staff deserve better than this.

Stop the privatisation of Channel 4 Rt Hon Nadine Dorries - Sign the Petition! chng.it/NHhXJcgp via Change.org UK

Tonight's Aretha Franklin Prom BBC Proms with Shelea and the Jules Buckley Orchestra was quite possibly one of the best concerts I have ever heard live. It was perfection. The vocals had us in shock with how RIDICULOUS they were. Check it out if you can in playback. Wow.

My favourite story about the Queen… just lovely

Ewan Bleach's Fleeting Paradise Orchestra - Live Broadcast | Sands Films Music Room watch.eventive.org/sandsmusic/pla…

Good to hear retired Essex pro cyclist Alex Dowsett joining ITV4 commentators during live coverage of the Tour of Britain’s Felixstowe stage. Hope he does the same tomorrow for the Southend to Harlow stage.

Stuart Bolton, 38, a ground worker said he had 'anger issues' because of his small stature was jailed today following the Rotherham riots. One of #30pLeenoch's 'lads who'd had one too many'. Except he hadn't.