Essex and Suffolk Water says its hosepipe ban is unlikely to end soon, despite Storm Austen rain, as Hanningfield Reservoir ...

Home Secretary considers changes to UK knife laws after Henry Nowak’s murder in Southampton; father seeks clearer rules on Sikh kirpans and sentencing.

A woman has been sentenced for failing to identify a driver in Billericay. Katrina Sullivan, 40, of Regiment Gate, Chelmsford, failed to give police information identifying the driver of a Kia XCeed ...

The Saffron Walden Recycling Centre shut down on Saturday, October 31, after an incident that required an air ambulance and resulted in the hospitalisation of an employee. Essex County Council has ...

Andy Burnham says Russell Brand’s crimes are horrific and Labour had no idea, after Brand’s 2014 support and conviction for ...

Xabi Alonso said he has no time to spend worrying about international call-ups for his players after Cole Palmer was omitted from the England’s Nations League squad.

Fin Smith will steer England through their crucial autumn opener against Australia on Sunday after completing his recovery from a calf problem. Smith starts at fly-half after coming through Friday’s ...

Basildon Home Bargains at Westgate Shopping Centre will close on December 24, 2026, for five months to double in size, ...

Rail passengers are facing delays and disruption due to an ongoing incident. The disruption is affecting c2c services, with ...

Plans to fell a protected London plane tree in Shoebury have been refused by Southend Council. The application for the tree at Officers Mess in Mess Road proposed cutting it to a low stump and ...

Churchill’s Fish & Chips opens a 60-seat restaurant and takeaway on The Broadway, Thorpe Bay, on November 9, becoming its ...

Russell Brand was reportedly "petrified and humiliated" during his first night behind bars following his conviction.