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 ...

A controversial £70million leisure development on Seaway car park in Southend could be resurrected if a new plan is devised, ...

The play-off could have been concluded long before June 1. The matches have been too far apart. The organisation, particularly as the league authorities would have been aware of engineering works on ...

Southend must find space to build 24,000 homes under Government targets, despite the council identifying land for just 9,500 ...

The £499,000 grant would be invested into “high-quality, durable design, fixtures, and fittings” in Romford Library. In ...

The new leader of Thurrock Council has hit back at claims the Labour and Conservatives groups “colluded to give themselves ...

A man charged with criminal damage has appeared at Basildon Magistrates’ Court. Police received reports of a suspect seen ...