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

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 ...

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

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 ...

SOUTHEND United head coach Kevin Maher will be monitoring illnesses within the squad before finalising his starting line-up for Saturday's clash with Halifax Town. Gus Scott-Morriss and James Golding ...

A judge at the New York Court of Appeals issued a brief order declining to grant a hearing to the US president-elect’s legal team.

SOUTHEND United striker Josh Walker could be fit for Saturday's clash with Halifax Town at Roots Hall. Walker missed the 1-0 win against Southport after suffering a nasty looking injury against ...

Provisional Home Office figures show 547,000 applications were received between April and December 2024, down from 942,500 in the same period ...

Accrington manager John Doolan is hopeful of a reunion with Trent Alexander-Arnold this weekend before attempting to mastermind a seismic FA Cup shock at former employers Liverpool.

Quentin Willson, founder of FairCharge and advisory board member of EVUK, said: “The fact that Stellantis has hit their Zev mandate for 2024 shows what we’ve always said – the mandate is achievable.

Lebanon’s parliament has voted to elect the country’s army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt ...

It comes despite a slowdown in nightclub closures over the past year, with a net reduction of 13 venues in 2024.