More than 2,300 houses of multiple occupation are operating across Southend, it has been revealed as a plan to curtail ...

A woman has received £250,000 from Essex County Council after suffering serious injuries when part of a ceiling collapsed on ...

Vue Cinema in East Square, Basildon, which opened in July last year, has applied to extend its opening hours, saying longer ...

A Chelmsford man has been charged with ten offences including rape. A 48-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday May 27 ...

1626: An explosion at the Wanggongchang Gunpowder Factory in Beijing destroys part of the city and kills 20,000 people. 1640: Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens dies aged 62.

Southend must find space to build 24,000 homes under Government targets, despite the council identifying land for just 9,500 ...

The £499,000 grant would be invested into “high-quality, durable design, fixtures, and fittings” in Romford Library. In ...

A controversial £70million leisure development on Seaway car park in Southend could be resurrected if a new plan is devised, ...

On Friday May 23 at Basildon Crown Court, Bunger, of River Drive, Strood, Kent, was jailed for 16 months for the driving ...

A man charged with criminal damage has appeared at Basildon Magistrates’ Court. Police received reports of a suspect seen ...

Waltham Forest councillors have elected the new mayor for 2025/26. Tony Bell, a Labour councillor in the Hale End and ...

Parents moving to one of Chelmsford’s fastest-growing areas are finding they can’t get their children into the local schools ...