More than 500 towns across England and Wales have signed up to the Home Office’s safer streets summer initiative, which will run to September 30 ...

Mourners are to gather to honour Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota at a wake in Portugal on Friday morning, a local parish priest has said. The 28-year-old father of three, who had married his long-term ...

Bridget Phillipson will decry ‘a national scandal’ when she speaks at a Government regional improvement conference on Friday.

Closures scheduled to take place on the M25, A12 and Dartford Crossing may affect some Essex drivers this weekend. Be aware.

Attention turns to Emma Raducanu, Sonay Kartal and Cameron Norrie at Wimbledon after British number one Jack Draper was beaten on Thursday. The three remaining British players will look to book their ...

A consultation has been launched by Tendring Council for residents to have their say on new Clacton, Holland-on-Sea and Jaywick.

A gang of thugs who made homemade “assassination kits” which were sent to the criminal underworld in Essex have been jailed for 60 years.

Liverpool’s “heartbroken” players have spoken of their pain, while Portugal held a minute’s silence ahead of their Euro 2025 match with Spain ...

Baggins, a cocker spaniel popular around Frinton and Walton, was diagnosed with a blood clotting disorder when he was only a few months old.

Michael Madsen, whose menacing characters in Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill made him a standout performer in Quentin ...

Thousands of tourists, hotel workers and residents have been evacuated from the Ierapetra area on Crete’s southern coast.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall believes Chelsea will be stronger as a squad having embraced the challenge at the Club World Cup. The ...