A US special forces soldier involved in the operation to capture Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than 400,000 ...

The Office for National Statistics said the total volume of retail sales, which measures the quantity bought, rose by 0.7 in March.

A fire in Basildon last night was tackled by crews. A strong emergency response arrived in Kirby Road, with reports of a house fire which resulted in a number of residents leaving their homes. It is ...

With You Garden’s Pre-Planted Fuchsia Trailing hanging baskets, you will give your garden some instant colour and not have to worry about planting them yourself... simply hang them up, water, and let ...

Flagship football programme Football Focus will be axed by the BBC due to “changing audience behaviours”. The Saturday lunchtime show will be cut at the end of the season, after 52 years on air. The ...

The BBC confirmed Football Focus will be taken off air at the end of the season after more than 50 years in a move described as “crazy” by former presenter Bob Wilson.

The duo behind Towntickers, a TikTok and Instagram account on a quest to "poetically" review towns across the country, left a ...

The Victoria Avenue shop lies just metres away from Southend United's home Roots Hall, and has been a "landmark" of the area since the 1940s, existing as both a pram and bicycle r ...

An appeal for controversial plans to build 350 homes on green belt land has been submitted, in an "aggressive" move by the developer ...

A fundraising football match is set to be held in south Essex to honour the memory of a teenager who died after a sudden cardiac arrest.  Rachael’s Charity Cup will take place on May 2, bringing ...

PLANS for a major extension of a GP surgery are progressing after the practice took on an extra 2,000 patients to help meet demand. The Jones Family Practice in Hockley is preparing to expand its ...

Cecil Frimpong, caught dealing Class A drugs in Basildon, was let off with a suspended sentence months earlier for doing the same thing, ...