A CHARITY shop manager felt “panic” and “dread” once she realised a live rocket had been donated to the store, prompting a swift ...

For many years we’ve taken positive, proactive, groundbreaking action to drive down crime and anti-social behaviour in Essex and that’s ...

The Essex Blades are in with a shot at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) National Team of the Year award after a remarkable season on the court. In a historic achievement, they became ...

A FORMER Colchester mayor has doubled down on social media comments he made suggesting the government should “create an Auschwitz camp minus the ovens” to house migrants. Gerard Oxford, who was the ...

A WOMAN from Stanway has been fined for attacking a police officer outside a cabaret club. Deborah Engring, 54, was arrested for drunk and disorderly in a public place outside the Funny Girls club in ...

Rachel Ollie, 44, took over the Kings Arms in St Osyth in August 2023 after spotting the building, which had been closed for about 18 months.

The two men who felled the tree at Sycamore Gap in what prosecutors called a “moronic mission” are to be sentenced on Tuesday. Former friends Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, were convicted ...

The BBC is to face questions on Gregg Wallace, its Glastonbury Festival coverage and the Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone documentary as it prepares to release its 2024/2025 annual report.

Residents have been temporarily evacuated from their homes after a wildfire broke out in East London on Monday evening. Around 125 firefighters and 20 fire engines were used to bring the blaze near ...

More targeted and less aggressive radiotherapy for low-risk breast cancer could spare thousands of women from the harsh ...

The Government slashed the UK’s aid budget from 0.5 of gross national income to 0.3 in order to pay for increased defence spending.

Lego classic bricks, the Barbie doll and the Rubik’s Cube have been named among the top toys of all time by retailer Hamleys.