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Kate Williams

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  1. Welcome back to live updates from Essex

    Katy Lewis

    BBC Local Live

    Good morning and welcome back to the live page for Essex where we'll bring you all the news, sport, weather and travel as they happen until 18:00.

    Today, we'll be looking at a confidential report, exclusively obtained by BBC Essex, which shows that no evidence of misconduct has been found against a chief fire officer suspended on full pay for nearly two years.

    But first, there'll be a full regional weather forecast from Kate Kinsella.

  2. Overnight weather: Dry with a widespread frost

    Julie Reinger

    BBC Look East weather

    It’ll be a dry night across the BBC East region with mainly clear skies, a widespread frost and some patchy mist and freezing fog.  

    There’ll be light winds and temperatures in some spots could fall as low as -5C (23F).

    Overnight weather map

    Some mist and fog may be slow to clear Saturday morning. 

    Overall it’ll be a dry day, but thicker cloud is likely to feed in from the North Sea, perhaps producing some patchy rain in north Norfolk. 

    The best of any sunshine and brightness will be in the south of the region with highs around 6C (43F).

    Get a full forecast where you live from BBC Weather.

  3. Our live coverage across the day

    Kate Williams

    BBC Local Live

    It's that time of the week when we sign off, thank you for your company, and remind you that we'll be here again from 08:00 on Monday.

    Before we go, here's a quick look at some of the stories we've brought you:

    Have a good weekend.

  4. News 900-pupil secondary school for town a step closer

    A business case for a new 900-pupil secondary school in Colchester has been approved by Essex County Council.

    It would be built on the former Alderman Blaxill School site in Paxman Avenue.

    Alderman Blaxill School site, Colchester

    If planning permission and associated infrastructure gets approval, the local authority hopes the existing school buildings could be demolished in September, with the new school ready for the start of the school year in 2019.

    A rival bid to create a free school on the site has also been made to the Department for Education, but the council said it was pressing ahead with its own planning process because the government was unlikely to make a decision on the alternative proposal until spring.

  5. Video: School will have memories of Prince William's helicopter role

    As Prince William announces he's to step down as a helicopter pilot with the East Anglian Ambulance Service, one school with have fond memories.

    HRH touched down at on the playing field at John Henry Newman School in Stevenage earlier this year and joined children for lunch.

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    Video caption: Prince William lands for school dinner