Buses replace trains between Witham/Southend Victoria and Newbury Park tube station & between Southminster and Wickford. Sunday 6 October Buses replace trains between Witham and Ingatestone.

Flames quickly grow as firefighters set a backfire on the eastern front of the Park Fire, which has grown to 360,141 acres and is 12 percent contained, on July 28, 2024 near Chico, California.