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

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

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...