Growth in the UK’s services sector rebounded last month with business activity picking up, but firms face a “short-lived” recovery amid surging costs and lower demand linked to war in the Middle East, ...

An 'incredible' Essex man took on one of the world’s most iconic races in an extraordinary way—by carrying a 20kg log on his back.

Voters are set to go to the polls on Thursday for the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, as well as for local councils across England.

Temperatures plummeted to minus 6.1C in the coldest May night in five years, the Met Office said, and although conditions are set to be warmer later in the week, thunderstorms are also on the cards.

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has told his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi that China is “deeply distressed” over the war that has lasted more than two months and said a “comprehensive ceasefire ...

Russia has fired dozens of drones at Ukraine in night-time attacks, Ukrainian officials said, disregarding a unilateral ceasefire announced by Kyiv that began at midnight.

A 16-year-old boy has died after being involved in a crash between two pedestrians and a van in Leaden Roding.

The 7.03am Harwich Town to London Liverpool Street service developed a fault after departing Colchester. The driver is investigating the fault but now as a result services towards London are at a ...

Airports should be banned from serving alcohol to passengers before early morning flights, Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has said. He said the measure would reduce the number of passengers who were ...

The Andes virus, which has been identified as the variant behind the outbreak, is “known very rarely to spread between people with close contact”, Sir Andrew said. “It means it is very easy to isolate ...

With many preparing to vote in local elections this week, when can we expect the results to be revealed across Essex ...