Councillors have refused plans for more than 900 homes across south Essex - as they outlined reasons at a crunch meeting. The decisions were made at a Basildon planning committee meeting last night, ...

Romford's lost Liberty Fountain will return in a free light and sound spectacular at Romford Market as part of the ...

Adam and Diaa Khanifis, pupils at Woodbridge High School in Woodford Green, received their grades on their birthday.

The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls in Romford is celebrating a 'significant improvement' on last year's GCSE results.

Hornchurch High School is celebrating a strong set of GCSE results with several individuals earning top grades.

Kingsley Godfrey, who attends Haggerston School in Hackney, was only three marks off of the top score in his GCSE maths exam - but he says he ...

Pupils at The Coopers’ Company and Coborn School have this morning (August 20) achieved 649 GCSE grades from 7 to 9 - the ...

Lumiere Cinema in the Mercury Shopping Centre in Romford says it is not closing - hours after initially saying it would.

Trevor Nelson has shared that he was recently diagnosed with a brain tumour, which is why he took a break from his radio work on the BBC ...

Police are searching for missing Hayes siblings, Mukarma (16) and Muhammed (14), last seen in a white Toyota Prius, reg KR10 NTF. Call 999 ...

A school in Hornchurch is celebrating "record breaking" GCSE results and "exceptional" grades. The Campion School, in Wingletye Lane, has today (August 20) celebrated GCSE grades described as "record ...

Kaani Kaana, with a branch in St Mary's Lane Upminster, has been named the best takeaway in Essex but is "only getting ...