Speed checks conducted on the A12 between Chelmsford and Witham on Friday resulted in officers detecting 180 offences in the space of one hour.

Russian attacks targeting the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv have killed at least four people and wounded more than two dozen others, officials said. The first wave on Ukraine’s second-largest city ...

A NEW specialist clinic for women dealing with substance misuse and domestic abuse has been launched in north Essex. The Colchester clinic is a joint effort between the Essex Specialist Treatment and ...

Controversial plans to turn a former bank in Manningtree into a pizza takeaway have been withdrawn. DPSK submitted plans to change the ground floor of the old Barclays, in High Street, into a Domino’s ...

Thunderstorms are on the cards for many parts of England on Saturday, forecasters say. Plenty of showers may arrive as “a particularly intense” band of rain charges east through the South and West – “ ...

Comedian Dawn French has apologised after posting a video online about the Israel-Hamas conflict, saying she “clumsily used a mocking tone” and it “appeared one-sided”. The Vicar Of Dibley actress ...

McDonald’s has announced a new menu for June 2025 with new and returning items including the Big Arch burger and Toffee Crisp McFlurry.

An 11-year-old boy has become the second child to die after a minibus overturned on a motorway slip road. Othniel Adoma, from Bracknell, Berkshire, died on Thursday, more than three weeks after the ...

The King has visited the Royal Windsor Flower Show, which this year is inspired by an idea from his book. Charles, who has a passion for gardening, stopped to smell the flowers during his visit to the ...

International rules allow countries to count first-year costs of supporting refugees as overseas development assistance.

Thousands of people have gathered to “send a message” to the Government with a demonstration over spending cuts and welfare reform. Campaign group The People’s Assembly said it expected trade ...