The Co-op Group is planning to take over Southern Co-op in a deal that would add hundreds of food and funeral shops to the ...

Charlotte Brown, who faked having cancer, worked with Upminster dad-of-two Bradley Johnson to blackmail an elderly couple.

Rex Heuermann, 62, of Long Island, entered the pleas in a courtroom packed with reporters, police and victims’ relatives.

US President Donald Trump announced early on Wednesday morning he was suspending a proposed extension of the offensive in Iran to include attacks on bridges and power stations for two weeks after ...

A prolific shoplifter arrested after he was spotted by a sharp-eyed police officer has been banned for three years from shops he targeted ...

A WOMAN is desperately appealing for help to find her late husband’s wedding ring, fearing it was “stolen” in Basildon Hospital. Mick Neighbour, from Basildon, died from bladder cancer at the age of ...

Two men have been arrested by Essex Police and released on bail following reports of a knife chase on Hereford Walk in Basildon. Both arrested ...

The record temperature is the highest recorded in the United Kingdom during the first half of April in the last 80 years. It comfortably surpassed this year’s previous warmest day, recorded on Tuesday ...

The Hezbollah official said the group will not accept a return to the pre-March 2 status quo, when Israel carried out ...

Owned by Bradford-based Stewart Andrews, last year’s emotional 33-1 winner has been overlooked by the trainer’s son Patrick Mullins in favour of the third from 12 months ago Grangeclare West, leaving ...

A man who blew up a terraced house by leaking gas from a pipe and setting fire to a chair after his partner kicked him out has been jailed for 11 years. Paul Solway was having a “meltdown” when he ...

Applications are now open for artists from Southend, across the UK and internationally to take part in the 2026 festival. Aida Esposito, director of culture, leisure, music and tourism at Southend ...