Three men were arrested and a gun was recovered in a "lovely" south Essex town after a police raid, as residents described ...

A south Essex councillor has opened up about her battle with cancer for the first time publicly to raise awareness about seeking medical ...

A £20,000 tourist attraction planned for Hockley Woods has been scrapped after Rochford District Council concluded it could not be delivered ...

A memorial tennis tournament for much-loved coach Lloyd Burton has brought south Essex’s tennis community together ...

Plans to turn Basildon’s former town-centre M&S building into council offices have sparked a political row over the town’s ...

Three road schemes planned for Chadwell St Mary, Stanford-le-Hope and the A1013 have been removed from Thurrock’s new ...

A popular south Essex pub has reopened after four weeks, with its new landlady promising to restore it to its 'former glory' ...

Plans to use the former Basildon town centre M&S as a new "civic centre", including a new council chamber and offices, have ...

Gavin Hawkins, Fakhir Mahmood, Tadislavs Buinickis and Nurettin Onay jailed at Basildon Crown Court for fake child brothel ...

Southend Council has approved plans to convert a long-running dance school in Westcliff into six flats, with the business's principal saying she is excited about its "next chapter".

Nearly 100 tonnes of waste was collected during the latest Crunch event in Basildon as residents took advantage of the scheme to dispose of ...