Weekly black bin collections with wheelie bins could be introduced in Basildon following calls from residents and families.

After little action of note in the opening stages, Tom James’ free kick into the area was nodded home past Rover’s keeper ...

“I thought we played well in the first half and we had good control of the game. Our tempo on the ball was good and we’re pleased with Bim because he’s been under the weather and we had the pull him ...

Death of Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher Omar Khayyám. 1154: Nicholas Breakspear is elected Pope Adrian IV, the ...

Pressure ramped up further on West Ham United boss, Julen Lopetegui after the East Londoners crashed to a 3-1 Premier League defeat to fellow strugglers Leicester City at the King Power Stadium.

Joe McElderry is set to perform as Pharaoh in dates of the Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat tour, playing ...

A joint operation between three council districts and Essex Police is being planned to crack down on fly-tipping. The council, ...

An Essex council is set to spend more than £400,000 on new staff and jobs to improve its council housing. A housing watchdog heavily criticised the council for failing to collect data about tenant ...

New figures have revealed that a number of Basildon Council tenants were living in homes that were not up to the required standards. The new data from Basildon Council’s tenant survey also show that ...

The last member of an organised crime group who plotted to send 448 kilos of MDMA to Australia has been jailed for 23 years following an National Crime Agency investigation.

Thurrock Council has refused an application for a new church hall in Aveley. The Church of St Michael hoped to ...