World Cup icon Sir Geoff Hurst officially opened the Sir Geoff Hurst Academy on Thursday, a new special school located ...

1626: An explosion at the Wanggongchang Gunpowder Factory in Beijing destroys part of the city and kills 20,000 people. 1640: Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens dies aged 62.

More than 2,300 houses of multiple occupation are operating across Southend, it has been revealed as a plan to curtail ...

A Chelmsford man has been charged with ten offences including rape. A 48-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday May 27 ...

A woman has received £250,000 from Essex County Council after suffering serious injuries when part of a ceiling collapsed on ...

Vue Cinema in East Square, Basildon, which opened in July last year, has applied to extend its opening hours, saying longer ...