Thurrock Council's cabinet is meeting on Tuesday evening to decide whether to request its elections get cancelled in May.

City councillors have agreed to work with MPs to look into setting up a new university campus to replace one due to close ...

Plans to rebuild a youth and boxing club building are moving in a "positive" direction, according to organisers. The future ...

It was once known as being one of the UK's worst seaside towns - but now it's been compared to a beach in California ...

A university has announced it is closing one of its campuses and is in the process of axing 400 full-time jobs. The University of Essex said its Southend-on-Sea campus would shut from summer 2026. The ...

Works to demolish the Queensway footbridge took place over the weekend (January 9-12). These works are part of Southend City ...

A busy road junction has been closed after a police car was involved in a crash and overturned. Essex Police said it was told at 12:55 BST that one of its marked cars collided in Southend-on-Sea while ...