A free Gruffalo Granny storytime is coming to Canvey, with a book reading and activities planned. The event will take place at Canvey Library from 3pm to 3.30pm on Saturday, November 14. There are 20 ...

Four-year-old Jewel Oluyemi was playing with a tricycle on the balcony of a 16th floor flat in Barking before she fell to her death, an inquest heard.

Manningtree Station pub in Essex is named the East of England’s best railway station pub, ranking 11th nationally among 46 across Great Britain.

UK petrol prices have fallen by 5p a litre, according to the AA, which says lower wholesale costs could lead to further reductions.

Plans to fell a lime tree in Billericay have been refused by Basildon Council . The application proposed section-felling the tree, identified as T1, to ground level at a property in Quilters Drive, ...

Basildon Council 's The Crunch event takes place from 9am to 12.30pm on Saturday, November 14, with sites in Billericay, Wickford, Basildon, Langdon Hills, Craylands and Pitsea. Residents are being ...

Three councils are joining forces to create a long-term strategy for growth across Greater Essex. Essex County Council, Southend Council and Thurrock Council are taking the first formal steps towards ...

Josh King aspires to become the “best midfielder of all time” and a World Cup winner with England as the teenage high achiever looks to use off-field intelligence to better his game.

The Rose Bay Seafront Hotel opens in Thorpe Bay, replacing empty Premier Inn site with 43 rooms, Thames Estuary views and plans for further investment.

Manchester City’s defeat by Nottingham Forest on Saturday means they go into the international break with a top-flight record not seen in more than a century. City won their first seven Premier League ...

Boy taken to Colchester Hospital after being hit by a car on Bergholt Road. Road closed temporarily as ambulance crews attended the crash in Essex.

M25 crash causes major delays clockwise between Junction 30 and 31 near Lakeside and Purfleet, with traffic held and queues building. Drivers warned of delays.