A plan to build 27,000 new homes in Basildon over the next 20 years will move into a new phase as councillors prepare to launch a new ...

Plans to fund a full re-opening of a "much-loved" community space are tabled for discussion at a meeting of Rochford Council next week.

A Basildon-based business has been named a finalist for one of the top honours at the 2026 Essex Wedding Awards. Wedding Video Essex is in the running for “Videographer of the Year”, a category that ...

Young adults with long-term health conditions across south Essex are being urged to get their free flu jab. Health leaders are asking those aged 18 to 50 with conditions such as asthma, diabetes, ...

Filming took place at Patch Chelmsford at the end of last week, led by Southend director Natalie Scarsbrook of Blatella Films.

A concerned community group is calling for Government intervention to secure a fire-damaged heritage building before it is “completely lost” ...

Dozens of additional trains will be calling at Basildon Station every week following a months-long platform improvement project.

Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood is due to appear in court on Monday after being charged with rape and sexual assault. The Metropolitan Police said the 68-year-old is accused of offences against seven ...

Hadar Goldin, 23, was killed two hours after a ceasefire took effect in that year’s war between Israel and Hamas.

The Republican leader in the US senate said a potential deal was “coming together” on the government shutdown but that there ...

Super Typhoon Fung-wong has slammed ashore in the north-eastern coast of the Philippines, where the massive storm has already ...

More than one million people have been evacuated from high-risk villages in north-eastern provinces, including in Bicol, a ...