Basildon Council has issued a statement debunking misinformation around asylum seekers living in tents in the town centre.

There were three patient deaths, two of them as a result of complications linked to the outbreak at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge.

The Government is working on contingency plans for housing asylum seekers after a court ruled that they should be removed from a hotel in Epping, Essex. Ministers are now bracing for further legal ...

A late running freight train is causing delays to c2c services between London Fenchurch Street and Pitsea this morning.

SEVERE delays are being reported around the Dartford Crossing with average speeds of 15 miles per hour. Drivers are currently facing delays of around 13 minutes on the M25 between Junction 3 and the ...

Rescuers from South Essex Wildlife Hospital have issued a statement after releasing a fox that had become trapped in a.

Workers at aircraft manufacturer Airbus are to stage a series of strikes in a dispute over pay. Unite said around 3,000 of its members will walk out for 10 days in September after they voted ...

Consumer Prices Index inflation increased to 3.8 in July, from 3.6 in June, the Office for National Statistics said.

If that formula is used to set next year’s fare increase, the cost of train travel will jump by 5.8%. Pressure group Railfuture recently told the PA news agency “it would be outrageous” if fares even ...

John Swinney has said Shetland will play a “significant role” in efforts to drive economic growth ahead of his visit to the islands. Scotland’s First Minister said the islands are well placed to ...

The latest Vulcan event proved a hit with residents, as hundreds flocked to the plane’s Southend Airport hangar on Sunday.

The watchdog said the ad was likely to reinforce the offensive racial stereotype that black skin was problematic and that ...