Patrick Keely, Cancer Research UK's spokesman for the East of England, added: "We are grateful to all the runners and supporters who took part in Basildon Race for Life and helped raise over £200,000.

Suspect Vance Boelter surrendered to police on Sunday after they found him in the woods near his home following a massive manhunt.

Essex Police are searching for a man who is wanted on recall to prison. The man in question is Steven Watts, 37, who has links to Basildon and Thurrock. Watts is described to have short dark hair, ...

A heavy goods vehicle crossed the northbound carriageway onto the southbound carriageway of the M11 before overturning and come to rest on its ...

HM Coastguard Southend have already seen the busiest June, surpassing last year’s incident total for June in just the first 16 days of this month ...

Iran fired a new wave of missile attacks at Israel early on Monday, killing at least eight people, while Israel warned hundreds of thousands of people in the middle of Tehran to evacuate ahead of new ...

Success - Council leader, Gavin Callaghan has secured the return of all-night streetlighting in Basildon (Image: Basildon Council) “This is something that equates to 0.4 per cent of the council’s ...

Belinda Taylor, 48, from Totnes, Devon, and Adam Harrison, 30, from Bournemouth, Dorset, died in the area of Dunkeswell Aerodrome on Friday.

Albanian Emiljano Kasaj, 34, will initially be treated for mental illness at a hospital after being handed a hospital order as part of his sentence.

The Communities Minister has been accused of ‘poor judgment’ over a social media post hours before Larne Leisure Centre was attacked.

Essex Police have suspended their search for a missing man after the discovery of a body today. Officers searching for 32-year-old William Lonsdale, who went missing from Sawbridgeworth, have ...

A 92-year-old man was charged with raping and murdering an elderly widow after police found a billion-to-one DNA match on her clothing almost 60 years later, a jury has heard. Ryland Headley is ...