Provisional figures from the Met Office show 630 hours of sunshine were clocked up across the country between March 1 and May 27.

That was over seven furlongs and Kevin Ryan returned him over that trip in the John of Gaunt at Haydock, where for much of the race he travelled like the winner.

Stepping up to a mile and six furlongs on her return to York in Group Three company, the bay held off all challengers, including the 6-5 favourite Term Of Endearment, to prevail by a head at 7-2 under ...

Lando Norris admitted mistakes cost him pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix – as championship rival Oscar Piastri secured top spot to deal a blow to the British driver’s bid of winning ...

A small plane has crashed into a residential building in western Germany as it approached an airport, and two people were killed, police said. The crash happened around midday on Saturday in ...

A body has been found in the search for a girl missing in the River Thames, police said. A body was recovered from the river near Gravesend with the assistance of the RNLI at around 11.40am on ...

But these images from our archives show the homes taking shape in from 1981 and into 1983 and ‘84 when a new property would have set homebuyers back around £32,000 for a family property. A few years ...

COLCHESTER’s town crier and his wife have won a trophy at a national competition. Rennie Chivers, 67, and his wife Denise, 65, won the best dressed couple trophy at the British Town Crier ...

The rally came four days before the Balkan country is expected to receive the green light from Brussels to enter the eurozone.

Simon Yates stands to win the Giro d’Italia after putting to bed his personal demons on the Colle delle Finestre with a stunning solo attack that put him in pink after the penultimate stage.

AN award-winning songwriter for artists like Tina Turner and George Harrison is coming to Colchester for a special concert next month.

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