M25 traffic delays of around 30 minutes after a lorry breaks down anticlockwise beyond Junction 27, with queues back towards Junction 29 and the A127.

M25 crash causes three-mile queues anti-clockwise before J29 for A127, while a broken-down lorry delays traffic at J27. Drivers advised to allow extra time.

Drivers will face temporary parking restrictions across 19 roads in Leigh while drain cleaning works are carried out ...

Dame Esther Rantzen's final message backed assisted dying as the Childline founder urged campaigners to battle on after her death on September 30, aged 86.

A family is bringing Portuguese food to the Broadway while helping their daughter prove epilepsy will not hold her back.

Chios Airport on Chios, Greece’s fifth-biggest island, will be closing down for four months, with all flights suspended.

Essex Police investigate two indecent exposure incidents at Barn Mead Playing Fields, Harlow, appealing for CCTV.

Essex Police seek 31-year-old Klodjan Doci over investigations into drug dealing and burglary, with links to Basildon, London and the West Midlands.

South Essex music tutor Mark Yeldham is on trial at Basildon Crown Court, accused of telling a schoolgirl to pull down her knickers in lessons.

A trainee teacher in Rayleigh has donated stem cells to help save the life of a baby with blood cancer. Grace Smart, 25, underwent an outpatient procedure organised by blood cancer charity DKMS after ...

A widower from Basildon is supporting a hospice appeal after staff helped his family create precious memories with his wife during her final days ...