NHS England has published its latest monthly performance data for hospitals, along with this week’s snapshot of winter virus ...

The National Gallery’s Van Gogh: Poets And Lovers exhibition is to open for 24 hours during its final weekend. The display ...

The US president was scheduled to leave for Italy after giving the eulogy for former president Jimmy Carter at his funeral in ...

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery says winning the FA Cup is one of his side’s targets this season. Villa are seven-times winners of the famous cup competition but have not lifted the trophy since 1957.

Taiwan demonstrated its sea defences against a potential Chinese attack on Thursday as tensions rise with Beijing, part of a ...

SOUTHEND United boss Kevin Maher says George Moncur cut short his loan spell with the Shrimpers to secure more first team football.

Police have issued an appeal to help find a 43-year-old woman missing from the Southend area. Officers have appealed to the public for help finding Maria Zuraw who was last seen late on Tuesday. She ...

THURROCK Council is set to hike council tax by almost 5 per cent as it battles rising costs and its recovery from financial ruin ...

A FRAUDSTER who cost the council £360,000 in housing project funds after forging documents has been sentenced. Oliver Schneider, 49, was sentenced at Basildon Crown Court after Southend Council's ...

Police are investigating whether the death of a 78-year-old woman by cardiac arrest after she boarded a London bus was linked to how the vehicle was driven. The elderly woman was taken ill shortly ...

A NEW restaurant in Grays has been given the go ahead by Thurrock Council. Takeaway, Chillos Peri Peri in Southend Road has permission to open as a restaurant from 11am to 11pm. The 28-seat restaurant ...

Mr Lynch said he was incredibly proud to have served the RMT both as a rank-and-file member and an elected officer.