Met Office warns of torrential rain for up to 10 hours, with heaviest downpours from 10am to 2pm and 31mph gusts.

Residents, businesses and community groups across Basildon are being given the chance to influence how council money is spent in the years ahead ...

Lorry fire on the M25 anti-clockwise past Junction 26 for Waltham Abbey closes two lanes, causing 11-minute delays as fire crews currently tackle the blaze.

UK house prices stalled in September, with 0% growth on both a monthly and an annual basis, according to an index. Lloyds recorded a 0.0% month-on-month change in property values in September, ...

M25 traffic delays: eight-mile queues northbound from Junction 28 near Brentwood, with 25-minute delays; AA reports speeds of 15mph.

Shell said it was forecasting higher integrated gas production between July and September than previous guidance.

The Tories will fight a “battle for the soul of the nation” at the next election, Kemi Badenoch will say in a major speech expected to be centred on tax-cutting promises.

Air ambulance dispatched to Billericay, Essex, amid reports of a crash on Chapel Street. Essex and Herts Air Ambulance sent a helicopter.

Police footage shows officers chasing Kieran Mansfield after he followed and attacked an 11-year-old girl in Leigh. He was ...

The flat rate would be slashed from 15 to 7.5 for workers aged 21 to 24 at an estimated cost of £2.3 billion, the ...

Kam & Co, based in the town's Eastgate Shopping Centre, has served customers since 1985, offering martial arts clothing and accessories, oriental foods, and furniture . A Kam & Co spokesman said: ...

A veteran of the Royal Navy has accused people of using the St George’s Cross and Union Jack to promote “xenophobic ...