Brentwood man Scott Allaker faces sentencing after admitting five shop thefts; police found £1,117.55 of champagne, Prosecco and meat in his car in Essex.

Sam Journet, councillor responsible for education, SEND and skills at Essex County Council, said: "Connect to Work shows what we can achieve when we put people at the heart of emp ...

Halstead’s historic Bull Hotel will close before reopening as The Bull Inn under new ownership, with Sky Sports and TNT ...

Amy Kibblewhite says the “single tax” costs her £11,000 more a year, as the Essex homeowner shares lessons on managing bills and living alone.

RESTAURANT regulars have praised “lovely staff” after Colchester’s Harvester was destroyed in a huge fire. The Harvester at Stanway was “left beyond saving”, according to firefighters, after a major ...

Essex Police appeal for CCTV and dashcam footage after a blue Yamaha motorbike was stolen in Hutton on October 15.

Police feared that dissident republicans would attack officers with guns if they had facilitated the Drumcree parade passing along the Garvaghy Road in Portadown, Co Armagh, the High Court in Belfast ...

Greater Anglia trains between Witham and Braintree face cancellations after signalling fault. Network Rail repairs are under way.

Mortgage rates could be cheaper by Christmas, with one broker predicting fixed deals may fall by up to 0.35 percentage points – but borrowers have been warned against waiting for a dramatic drop. Some ...

M25 closure at junction 15 near Heathrow runs from 8pm October 24 to 10am October 25. Airport travellers face delays, diversions and extra journey time.

Essex Police officer PC Benjamin Norfolk faces a misconduct hearing over alleged coercive and controlling behaviour, sexual comments and photos in uniform.

Billionaire Elon Musk has pledged to give one share of his company SpaceX to “every kid in America”. The offer arrived a day after artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced in a social media ...