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People caught street drinking, abusing passers-by or using nitrous oxide in Grays town centre could be ordered to leave and banned from returning for up to 48 hours under renewed council powers.

A shortage of care workers in Southend, plus a rising number of people who need home care, has forced council bosses to add £5.5 million to next year’s social care budget. The shortage of staff has ...

Campaigners fighting against plans for 5,000 homes on a huge swathe of green belt land between Southend and Rochford gathered for a protest walk. The group, who are objecting to two planning ...

A man has been arrested after a car crashed into a house in Grays on Christmas morning. The building in Argent Street suffered significant damage in the collision, which occurred at around 9.50am, but ...

The Government has a launched an investigation into an Essex council after concerns were raised about “serious issues.” Basildon Borough Council has been ordered “to secure continuous improvement” ...

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Tottenham Hotspur have confirmed that Czech goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky has signed a new contract with the North London club. Kinsky produced a series of excellent performances during the latter part of ...

The architect of Thurrock Council’s descent into virtual bankruptcy has been barred from ever working in local authority finance again. Sean Clark, a former chief finance officer who left the council ...

Ray Crawford fears that Colchester United will face a Southampton backlash when the two sides go head-to-head at the first round stage of the Carabao Cup on Saturday evening. Speaking to Yellow Sport ...

Plans to demolish a Wickes Extra store in Barking and build 850 flats have been given the green light by councillors. The development in Hertford Road includes six towers between 18 and 31 storeys ...

Further limits on the questions residents can ask Redbridge councillors at public meetings are “undemocratic,” campaigners say. Under the new ‘public participation protocol,’ their questions will be ...