AS well as watching out for Father Christmas, residents in Thurrock are being asked to keep a Christmas Eve eye out for a wanted man with connections across the borough.

Police want to speak to 23-year-old Joshua Wiggins in connection with two burglaries in Chafford Hundred and Stanford-le-Hope. He is also wanted on suspicion of failing to comply with notification requirements for the Sex Offenders Register.

Wiggins has links to Grays, Purfleet and South Ockendon.

Anyone who knows of his whereabouts is asked to contact police online via this link where you can email or use the 'Live Chat' button to speak to an online operator between 7am and 11pm. Alternatively, you can call 101.

Information can also be given to independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or via this link.