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Colchester United and West Ham United’s Under 21 side played out an entertaining 2-2 pre-season warm-up draw at the JobServe Community Stadium on Friday evening. Josh Landers gave the young Hammers ...

More than 113,000 cigarettes have been seized and up to ten people discovered living in an illegal tobacco “distribution hub” in Dagenham. Barking and Dagenham Council says the raid on a premises in ...

Basildon Council has pledged “to go down swinging” after the government ordered it to meet strict deadlines including a 28,000 new homes target. It comes after Planning Minister Matthew Pennycook ...