A MONKEY puzzle tree just metres away from a Southend home has been saved from the threat of being felled after councillors ordered it to be preserved. The owners of 19 Clifftown Parade hoped to ...

THE leader of Southend Council has hinted 20mph roads could be rolled out across the city following a successful trial in Leigh.

A LEIGH fish and chip shop has been given three months to remove an “eyesore” ventilation system installed without planning permission. Southend Council’s development control committee has approved ...

SCALED back plans have been submitted to transform empty offices into new flats after the developer claimed initial proposals were “not ...

HUGE plans for more than 300 homes on a stretch of green belt next to a country park have been unveiled. Fresh plans submitted to Basildon Council by developer Pigeon lay out proposals for a ...

A fire-hit Canvey family who have been forced to move between Barking, Southend and Basildon across three weeks have finally returned home.

It comes after hundreds of electronic devices exploded in Lebanon, killing at least 32 people and wounding more than 3,000 ...

The coast guard opened a public hearing that is part of a high-level investigation into the doomed mission earlier this month ...

The Daily Star splashes on the business secretary defending the Prime Minister amid revelations he received more than £100,000 of freebies. Friday's front page: WHAT ...

A man whose teenage son has been jailed for disorder and a father-of-two who took his toddler to a riot in Rotherham among ...

Different challenges against a High Court judgment on the contentious legacy laws were mounted by bereaved relatives and the UK Government.

Vice President Kamala Harris is set to participate in a livestream with Oprah Winfrey and Donald Trump will attend an event ...