A new 165 home development has been proposed for an 18 acre grey belt site in Benfleet beside a major south Essex road ...

Works are underway to upgrade children's play areas across Southend following a £1 million investment. The upgrades are part of Southend City Council’s Parks Improvement Programme and its Civic Pride ...

A student from Basildon has graduated with a first-class honours despite undergoing two operations following a breast cancer diagnosis. Grace Mbuthia, 41, was diagnosed at the start of her final year ...

Leigh's Heycroft Primary School has been praised in a review commissioned by the South East Essex Academy Trust.

Calls have been made for residents to submit objections to plans for a 360-home eco village on the edge of a south Essex village.

The session, at the well-known mud obstacle course, gave crews the opportunity to train in tough, realistic conditions.

A FULL programme of activities is set to launch in Basildon as part of a global movement aimed at ending violence against women and girls ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver her Budget on Wednesday against a backdrop of rising unemployment and higher-than-forecast Government borrowing, but amid signs this year’s spike in inflation may ...