Several Southend council websites, including the main site, are offline while systems undergo review following a National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) security alert ...

Four people were taken to hospital after a crash near an airfield. The collision happened on the B181 Epping Road at Woodside, close to North Weald Airfield. An East of England Ambulance Service ...

The investment would transform the sewage system around England’s largest natural lake where climate change is worsening impacts of pollution.

A man charged with murder after another man was found dead in a Clacton caravan is expected to stand trial next year.

Andy Burnham has said ministers will consider whether standing charges can be removed from gas bills to ease cost pressures ...

An Uber driver who flew into a "fury" and killed his passenger in Basildon has been jailed for 5 years. Hayadulla Turkmani, ...

Andy Burnham said it cannot always be the responsibility of the UK Government to resolve the Northern Ireland Executive’s financial problems.

A south Essex councillor has moved to Reform UK, increasing the party's presence on Basildon Council citing Nigel Farage as a reason ...

A passenger whose leg was broken during the fatal Bedford rail crash said the UK’s railways “don’t appear fit for purpose” after the collision and summer derailments.

Wickford Town Council is giving away bags of mixed Narcissus bulbs to plant beneath street signs, along grass verges and around trees. Bags can be collected from the council office from 10am to noon ...

Manchester United fell to one of the most embarrassing European defeats in their history as Champions League upstarts Como ran out 4-1 victors to heap pressure on head coach Michael Carrick.