In an emergency, the Coastguard advises walking diagonally towards the Halfway House in the direction of Thorpe Bay or Southend centre until reaching shallower water. Anyone who becomes stranded is ...

A fundraiser has been launched to help repatriate the body of Vamshi Krishna Mandala, who is reportedly one of the victims of the Ongar plane crash.

A man has been charged with the murder of former MP and Reform UK spokeswoman Ann Widdecombe. Joshua Kerry, 28, from ...

Rain could finally be on the way in Essex following weeks of dry weather. Forecasters the Met Office have predicted a 50 chance of showers ...

A BURST water main left homes without running water and caused disruption for residents after a street was partially flooded.

Police are investigating a fire that destroyed around 25 acres of wheat - the size of 12 around football pitches. Emergency services were called to the scene in Lindsell on Sunday, July 19, shortly ...

Essex Police have launched an investigation after a car was "deliberately" torched in a field near High House Lane in Linford ...

Southend doctor Olusegun Omosini, who ran The Hollies Surgery in Rectory Road, Hadleigh, was sentenced at Basildon Crown ...

The Crouch Valley line, including the section between Battlesbridge and Southminster, will be closed for a week due to major ...

A man arrested as part of a counter-terrorism investigation into an alleged threat to an Islamic event has received a suspended sentence for ...

An update has been issued following reports of major flooding in Benfleet earlier today. Essex & Suffolk Water has confirmed the incident was caused by a burst pipe in Orchard Road, with crews ...