The Conservatives have said the vote to keep Maggie Chapman in her committee position “risks undermining trust in Holyrood”, after the Green MSP survived an attempt to oust her as deputy convener. The ...

Ellena Baxter, the daughter of Stephen and Carol Baxter who were found dead at their home on Mersea Island in 2023, appeared on ITV’s ...

A thug who was recalled to prison after leading police on a dangerous chase through Colchester apologised for ‘wasting court time’.

Peters underwent numerous drug treatments and rounds of chemotherapy, and had tried experimental therapy to keep his blood ...

British and Indian ministers have met for “productive” trade talks, Downing Street said amid speculation that negotiations over a long-awaited deal are nearing the finish line.

Essex County Council has been criticised for failing to properly care for a 75-year-old woman who took her own life while struggling to care for ...

Kemi Badenoch has said she would not want a man performing an “intimate” examination which checks for breast cancer. The ...

By-elections will take place on Thursday, June 5, between 7am and 10pm. While most residents in the Frinton ward are already registered to vote, anyone who is otherwise eligible in that ward has until ...

Solicitor Aamer Anwar, acting for the family, branded it an ‘attack’ and a ‘desperate attempt to undermine the inquiry’.

The Anytime Fitness gym team in Great Clacton, along with six of their members, will each walk 100,000 steps on Saturday, May 3, to raise money for mental health charity Mind.

Parents and guardians across Essex have paid more than £2million in fines for taking their child out of school during term time since 2022, ...

A teenager who was radicalised by Islamist extremist content online has been sentenced to eight years for the attempted murder of an Irish army chaplain. The court heard that the boy had planned to ...