The chief executive of Braintree District Council is being paid almost £200,000 a year, an annual “rich list” report has found.

A day of Easter fun at Prested Hall, Feering, is inspired by and raising funds for a ten-year-old boy with cancer.

A record enthusiast is celebrating his first Record Store Day with his own shop, Stone Rock Records, in Earls Colne.

Upcoming closures from April 4 to 6 on the M25, Dartford Crossing and A12 may affect some drivers across Essex this weekend.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has removed impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol from office. Friday’s decision came four months after he threw South Korean politics into turmoil by declaring martial ...

The case of a woman accused of breaching a so-called buffer zone outside an abortion clinic in England has attracted ...

Democratic officials in 19 states have filed a lawsuit against US President Donald Trump’s attempt to reshape elections. The lawsuit, filed on Thursday, called the president’s move an unconstitutional ...

The US Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement that the talks, held on Wednesday and Thursday in the eastern Chinese city of Shanghai, were focused on “decreasing the incidences of unsafe and ...

NHS hospitals and buildings are plagued by rats, cockroaches, silverfish and other pests, according to a large staff survey. A poll of almost 9,000 health workers for the Unison union suggests pests ...

London councils that block pubs and clubs from opening later could see their decisions overturned by Sir Sadiq Khan under new powers from the Government. Ministers are attempting to boost the ...

Organisations working in the sector argue that 109 children across the UK are pulled into poverty by the policy every day.