On Sunday, c2c became the latest train operating company to be publicly owned as part of Labour ’s scheme, which will ...

A council will investigate how a tree branch collapsed in one of its parks three weeks after a falling branch killed a young girl, its leader said. Seven-year-old Leonna Ruka suffered a fatal head ...

Below is a summary of the most recent applications received by Southend Council from the week ending July 13.

PEOPLE from working class communities in Southend, Basildon and Thurrock will be among those supported onto the NHS career ...

When I saw the list released by Which? of the UK's best and worst seaside towns, I was praying my home city had made it into ...

An Essex seaside city has been my home for 31 years but, in a recent report, was labelled one of the worst spots in the ...

A heartwarming song could be recorded as the "official anthem" for Southend after it was sung publicly for the first time ...

Operator c2c, which runs services between London Fenchurch Street and south Essex, was taken into public ownership on Sunday.

FIRE crews dealt with three large field fires in the space of one day. Firefighters were called to three separate field fires in Essex yesterday. Crews tackled a blaze which destroyed 15 hectares of ...

More than 170 hospices across England will receive a share of the funding - which will go towards building separate family ...

SOUTHEND United boss Kevin Maher admitted there is plenty for the Shrimpers to work on following their hard-fought 2-1 win at Bishop’s Stortford.