In a bid to prevent crime before it happens, Scott Pepper set up the independent Clacton Counter Crime Partnership in 2019.

Abbeyfield House in Hadleigh is being converted into 19 temporary flats for people facing homelessness, as Castle Point ...

Around 50 Essex and Suffolk firefighters tackled a suspected car showroom blaze on Sturmer Road, near Haverhill ...

A surprise visit from reality TV star Ferne McCann capped a busy week for an Essex antiques centre that had welcomed BBC cameras days earlier.

Patients across South Essex could benefit from major improvements to GP surgeries under a multi-million pound investment ...

Serial thief Jonathan Rice, from Bowers Gifford, was caught red-handed with £200 worth of stolen meat from an M&S store in ...

Homeless thief Callum Galloway, who broke into the Darby Digger, also targeted Wickford train station and a BP garage, Basildon Crown Court heard.

Homeless man Issam El Madini exposed himself near McDonald's in Brentwood High Street while a mum and her young son sat nearby, a ...

Plans to demolish 18 RAAC-affected homes on Basildon’s Knights Estate and build 19 new houses have been recommended for ...

The reopening of Rochford's historic Freight House has been delayed after more asbestos was found during refurbishment ...

Southend Council received 117 complaints about HMOs so far in 2026, compared with 49 in the whole of 2025, an increase of ...

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth drew on the decisive role played by English archers in a famous victory over the French ...