This is the main menu bar at the top of the page. It has seperate links for news, sport, weather, iPlayer, TV, radio and more. The colours through out the website, not just Essex, are red, white and black/grey. There is also an option to listen to the radio live online.
The page is set out into various sections. At the top of the page, shown in the printscreen above are the most recently updated or added articles, along with headlines of 'other top local stories', and 'local sports headlines'. This section also offers a story within a video. Thre are three photographs in this section, therefore it isn't overcrowded with pictures and there is also not too much text. The headlines and other links are in blue, making them stand out and making it obvious that they are links that lead you elsewhere.
As shown above, there is a three day weather forecast, and it is possible to select the area of Essex that you live in with a drop down menu. There is also a second option to watch a video forecast. At the bottom of this section is a link to see 'more detailed weather.'
The section that I have printscreened above is located down the left side of the website. This offers readers more information and there is a selected amount of links that include getting in touch with BBC Essex, looking at school reports, local events and various news articles. Each article and other information link has a small description next to the photograph/image. This allows the reader to know whether there is a link that they are looking for or interested in without having to click on the link and look through the more detailed information. The pictures draw attention to this part of the web page.
Similar to what is at the top of the web page, there is a whole section dedicated to listening to the radio and watching videos. There is a choice of 'listening live' or to 'listen again' along with the schedule and the list of programmes in alphabetical order. Beneath this, are two more sections; these are links to videos. One of them relates to the area (Look East - East Anglia), and the other is for BBC London TV. This allows the reader to view information on a less local scale, and they are able to find out information about other areas in the country.
As a fairly frequent listener to BBC Essex, I know that they have a fairly regular travel news programme. Especially in the mornings; every 15 minutes. This is also shown on the website, as printscreened above. It is constantly updated with the most recent travel news. Beneath this it shows news that may affect drivers in the long run. along with links that can take the reader to a Live Travel Cam, along with another directing them to a 'Journey Planner'
At the bottom of all of the news web pages I have looked at, including newspaper websites, there is a section that has various links. These links tend to summarise the most important links for readers, for example contact details.
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