Essex County Council deferred adopting its new Procedure By-Law, which provides rules governing the order and proceedings of the Council of the Corporation of the County of Essex, committees, and
Many petrol stations across the south of the UK are closed after running out of petrol and diesel following days of disruption from Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil.
Queues of cars and vans have been reported at fuel pumps from Portsmouth to Cambridge, while other stations have been forced to close amid huge supply disruptions by protest group Just Stop Oil.
Hundreds of officers who would normally be doing other police work were forced to combat the protests (pictured) in Thurrock as the force has said it is under real strain .