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

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

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

Southend-on-Sea City Council has proposed increasing its tax on residents by 4.99% in April. Labour leader Daniel Cowan said ...

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 ...