SOUTHEND United boss Kevin Maher wants to celebrate Roots Hall's 70th anniversary in style tonight.

A person has died after being hit by a train at a station just outside of London, affecting the Greater Anglia and Stansted Expess.

The leader of Southend Council has asked Essex Police to block a planned protest on Southend High Street later this month ...

More than 500 homes could be built on agricultural land in Hornchurch as the council has been asked to provide a screening opinion.

Omega fatty acids, found in certain fish or taken as a supplement, could potentially help ward off Alzheimer’s disease in women, a new study suggests. Researchers found that lipids – fat molecules in ...

Firefighters are currently tackling a fire in The Street, Bradfield Heath. Crews from Colchester, Weeley, Clacton and Dovercourt were called to the scene at 8.23am today. The fire is affecting two ...

Win Vue cinema tickets and enjoy a family film day out in Basildon or Lakeside, plus dinosaur themed fun at East Square on August 29!

The most recent Home Office data showed there were 32,345 asylum seekers being housed temporarily in UK hotels at the end of March. This was down 15% from the end of December, when the total was ...

As part of the annual Clacton Airshow, the popular RAF team will be flying over Colchester on Thursday and Friday.

Former England boss Sir Gareth Southgate says he is not actively looking at a return to management and was puzzled to see himself linked with the Poland job over the summer. It is 13 months since the ...

If the process moves quickly, infrastructure work could begin in the next few months and construction of homes could start in around a year.