Police say man and woman arrested over alleged hit-and-run in Pitsea remain in custody

Tributes have been paid to two children who died after an alleged hit-and-run in Essex.

Police said officers received reports that a girl and a boy had been involved in a collision with a car on Ashlyns, in Pitsea, near Basildon, at about 6.25pm on Saturday, and that the car had failed to stop at the scene.