A FULL-time carer has been hauled in front of the courts after being ordered to pay an ‘unfair’ £258 parking fine ...

BOSSES at a respected jewellers have announced they’re shutting up shop in Rayleigh High Street ahead of opening a new bespoke showroom ...

The festival includes the first hometown live show of hit podcast Here Comes The Guillotine, hosted by Glasgow comics Frankie ...

A portrait of Alan Turing created by a robot has been auctioned for more than £800,000 and made history in the process. Ai-Da ...

Some closures from November 8 to 10 on the M25, A12 and Dartford Crossing may affect some Essex drivers this weekend.

HUNDREDS of bright boards and posters have been put up outside homes across Hadleigh and Leigh as residents fight to protect farmland from development. Worried residents have rallied in huge numbers ...

A TOY shop which has stood in Westcliff for nearly 80 years has faced "one of the toughest" years as bosses plead with residents to support independent business this Christmas. Argosy Toys, which ...

Council bosses are considering purchasing 150 homes from Taylor Wimpey’s Knights Reach development - 20 miles away from the borough in Kent ...

The controversial development involves bringing thousands of lorry loads of earth to raise the ground before building begins ...

A Southern California wildfire has destroyed 132 structures, mostly homes, in less than two days, fire officials said as raging winds were forecast to ease. The fire started on Wednesday morning in ...

A lorry driver accused of causing the death of a former Southend police boss by careless driving has been cleared by a jury. Before Ipswich Crown Court on Thursday was Charles Wilkinson, 36, of ...

THE new bosses at a Basildon steakhouse have seen trade boom within their first “rollercoaster” year in charge. Peter Sherlock, restaurant manager of The Watermill Beefeater, has hailed his and ...