Provisional figures from the Met Office show 630 hours of sunshine were clocked up across the country between March 1 and May 27.

Sinner and Draper have been good friends off the court for some time but could meet in the quarter-finals of the French Open.

Stepping up to a mile and six furlongs on her return to York in Group Three company, the bay held off all challengers, including the 6-5 favourite Term Of Endearment, to prevail by a head at 7-2 under ...

David Burton-Sampson, MP for Southend West and Leigh, visited the University of Essex's Southend campus. Here, the East 15 Acting School gave him a tour of their theatre and a display of stage ...

The UK struck a deal with Washington for import taxes on its steel to be removed weeks ago, but its implementation has not been finalised.

Tickets can be purchased by calling the Basildon Towngate Theatre box office on 01268 205300. Aspiring performers can apply for September courses at South Essex College.

A young artist has been awarded a £5,000 commission to create a major installation in Southend. Hannah Wilkins, 23, from Rayleigh, will produce the artwork for Launchpad, Southend's innovation centre ...

Lando Norris admitted mistakes cost him pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix – as championship rival Oscar Piastri secured top spot to deal a blow to the British driver’s bid of winning ...

That was over seven furlongs and Kevin Ryan returned him over that trip in the John of Gaunt at Haydock, where for much of the race he travelled like the winner.

Do Or Do Not seems certain to get his head in front at some point judged on his narrow loss in the Irish Thoroughbred Marketing EBF Restricted Novice Stakes at York.

Hamas has responded to the latest US ceasefire proposal for Gaza while seeking amendments to it. A senior Hamas official told the Associated Press: “There some notes and amendments to some points, ...

A small plane has crashed into a residential building in western Germany as it approached an airport, and two people were killed, police said. The crash happened around midday on Saturday in ...