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A teenage boy has lost the sight in his right eye after a railway detonator exploded in his face, police said. The 15-year-old suffered severe faci...
An elderly couple were recovering in hospital after being struck by a motorbike in a hit-and-run incident at a small seaside town. The rider spoke ...
A 10-year-old Jewish girl caught in a religious battle between her divorced parents can be baptised against her mother’s wishes, a judge has ruled. ...
Nestled between sea and scape lies the borough of Thurrock, imbued in a vision of quiet, small-town charm. Up until now, it was a mere shard of the gossip-ridden, publicity-powerhouse county that is Essex; now it's my quaint, modest borough making the headlines for yielding an onslaught of misery on its residents.
A young bride who claimed to be stricken with cervical cancer, prompting donors to raise thousands of pounds for her dream wedding, has been arrested ...
A jogger has died after an electricity cable came down in a field setting the area alight. The man was killed at about 8.40pm last night in Newport...
Peter Reeve, who is believed to have shot dead off-duty policeman Pc Ian Dibell said "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I shot the police officer" before killing h...
Peter Reeve, who is believed to have shot dead off-duty policeman Pc Ian Dibell said "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I shot the police officer" before killing h...
Peter Reeve, the man suspected of shooting Pc Ian Dibell and wounding another man on Monday before evading a night-long police manhunt, killed himself...
Detectives have stressed a "live murder inquiry" will continue after a man wanted for murdering a police officer was found dead in a churchyard. Es...
A man suspected of shooting an off-duty police officer in Essex has been found dead in a churchyard after a round-the-clock manhunt, Essex police said...
UPDATE: A man suspected of shooting an off-duty police officer in Essex has been found dead in a churchyard after a round-the-clock manhunt, Essex pol...
Armed police are hunting for a man suspected of killing an off-duty policeman who was gunned down after intervening in a dispute near his home. Pc ...
Nine people are awaiting treatment after a suspected chemical leak which forced the evacuation of a council office for the second time in less than a ...
Firefighters in Essex are to stage five strikes over the coming months in a dispute over cuts. The Fire Brigades Union said its members will take i...
The government's decision to offer a £100bn boost to banks while failing to bailout Britain's biggest independent oil refinery has been decried as "t...
Former energy secretary Chris Huhne and his ex-wife are due to appear in court charged with perverting the course of justice. Huhne allegedly persu...
More than 850 jobs could be lost after the administrators at an oil refinery failed to find a buyer or the cash needed to keep it going. The Coryto...
There is a woman who lives in my village that I see on my daily commute whose smartness of dress and beauty cause me to stop and wonder what life would be like living with her if I make use of one of those parallel universes of life much spoken about by school science teachers and in a recent case, my daughter's clarinet teacher (I suspect in the hope that she would actually practice in one).
There are fears for 1,000 oil refinery jobs amid reports that an Essex plant which went bust is likely to be closed and turned into a storage terminal...
In all the Labour Party did well either cutting majorities ready for the next election to expelling Conservative Councillors outright. For an area once claimed as Conservative untouchable heartland, the area has become more open to the Labour Party.
The Apprentice contestants find the only way is fake tan when it comes to selling to the people of Essex, in this week's challenge. Lord Sugar send...
It saddens me that Ken rejoined Labour after serving his first term as London Mayor as an independent candidate. I would feel much happier putting my mark next to his name if he weren't affiliated with a party I have no love for.
A woman who became stuck in rising flood water in Essex said she thought she "was going to die" after getting caught in the deluge. Heavy rain acr...
A "jealous and frustrated" man shot his former partner and their two-year-old daughter dead in a violent altercation just hours before they were due t...
