Fare dodgers have been fined over £32,000 by magistrates in Southend. Greater Anglia brought prosecutions against 185 people caught deliberately evading buying a train ticket.

Greater Anglia is promoting weekend trips by train to London this summer – and some lucky competition winners will even be able to travel first class for free.

With a normal service in place, additional Sunday services on the Norwich to London line, and weekends clear of disruptive engineering work every weekend for the rest of June, July and until the August Bank Holiday weekend, it’s a good time to take advantage of all the attractions the capital has to offer.