2023: 100 Nigerians abducted for ransom and one killed by armed bandits on motorcycles in northern Zamfara state. On the same day, a four-day ceasefire begins in Gaza with Hamas releasing 24 hostages ...

Skipper Nathan Ralph restored parity after Scott-Morriss hurled a long throw into the box. However, Southend found themselves ...

Colchester United and Leyton Orient have been handed tough ties at the Round of 32 stage of the Vertu Trophy, formerly known as the Bristol Street Motors Trophy. The U’s have a home tie with fellow ...

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Essex County Council is set to launch a new campaign in the New Year to get more people into fostering because it faces a “major problem” if the number of foster families does not increase in the ...

Around 30,000 pensioners could lose the winter fuel allowance in Redbridge, councillors say. There are an estimated 36,350 pensioner households ...

Plans for a mini industrial estate, including a new factory and office space in south Essex, touted to boost the ...

Buses arrive late or fail to stop at all as issues with new routes in north-east London persist, residents say.

A man has been jailed for more than four years and added to the sex offenders register for life after a woman was attacked in Purfleet.

A nurse’s “sexually motivated” behaviour distressed a patient so much she felt she could not seek further hospital treatment and ...

1220: Frederick II is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Honorius III. 1497: Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope on the first voyage from Europe to reach India. 1675: ...

A proposal to employ a £65,000 a year energy manager at Thurrock Council has been dismissed as “barking mad”. Councillors ...