Parts of England will swelter through temperatures of up to 30C on Friday as firefighters grapple with a lack of resources amid the heatwave. The Met Office forecast patchy cloud across the north with ...

An extra 140 parking spaces have been introduced in Wickford to help support parents taking their children to school. The new spaces are part of Basildon Council’s Park and Stride scheme and are ...

Southend thug Luke Casson has been jailed after a revenge attack left a prison governor with permanent facial scarring.

The adult social care at Southend Council has been praised and rated "good" by the Care Quality Commission following a recent assessment. The CQC, which has a duty to assess how local authorities meet ...

FRUSTRATED traders fear long-running roadworks are “hitting their ability to keep trading” as they brace for another four months of disruption.

The highlight of the left-hander’s day came when he holed a 66-foot effort for birdie at the 13th to spark a spectacular finish.

A 100-year-old Second World War veteran who witnessed the official ceremony marking Japan’s surrender has spoken of his memories 80 years on from the end of the conflict. Reg Draper was a stores ...

Albert Lamond, 99, helped evacuate Allied prisoners of war from remote islands in the Pacific after Japan’s surrender.