East Anglia, including Essex, is edging closer to drought status after a third heatwave this year intensified pressure on ...

A key route in Chelmsford is closed for roadworks today, with a diversion in place via Chelmer Valley Road. Broomfield Road is shut between King Edward VI Grammar School (KEGS) and Corporation Road ...

Emergency services have restricted access to part of a popular Essex beach after a "tragic" incident on Mersea Island.

A penguin chick has hatched at Colchester Zoological Society (CZS). The Humboldt penguin chick was discovered by the Animal Care Team in the early hours of Monday 4th May 2026, becoming the third ...

Large emergency service presence in Mersea last night Air ambulance, ambulances and police all reportedly at the scene Residents told to ...

A SERIES of temporary road closures have been announced in Maldon. Several roads in the Maldon district will be closed over the coming weeks and months. The closures are being implemented to ensure ...

Daisy Lawson, of Rayne in Braintree, has been banned from keeping dogs for 10 years after allowing her pocket bully to starve and suffer ...

Business rates will be cut by 20% for pubs, clubs and live music venues across England from April next year, Prime Minister ...

Two people have died and a third remains in a serious condition in hospital after several people got into difficulty in Mersea.

AN eyewitness to a major incident in Mersea Island which left two people dead has described the huge emergency response which ...

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced rates will be cut by 20 for pubs, clubs and live music venues across England from April next year, ...

Emergency services were called to West Mersea beach following a major incident on the seafront last night. Police, firefighters, paramedics, coastguard crews, and the RNLI lifeboat were called to the ...