FIREFIGHTERS have been called out to Benfleet to pump water out of a flooded basement. Crews attended Rayleigh Road at about 6.30am on Sunday and remain on the scene. Group manager for Essex County ...

FRAUDSTERS who illegally use disability Blue Badges to park have been labelled “disgusting” and warned they will be caught and hauled in front of the courts. Southend Council’s Counter Fraud Team (CFT ...

Havens hospices, St Luke's Hospice, and Farleigh Hospice have been recognised for their work in helping people nearing the end of their lives ...

More than 100,000 remain without power in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of Storm Eowyn. Additional engineers have been brought to the region from Great Britain to help NIE Networks with the task ...

EMERGENCY services are on the scene of an incident in Benfleet. Essex Fire Service has said five crews from Southend, Rayleigh Weir, Leigh, Witham and Harlow are "working to resolve an incident" on ...

President Alexander Lukashenko’s opponents are imprisoned or exiled abroad by his unrelenting crackdown on dissent and free speech.

On tonight’s episode (January 25) of The Masked Singer, Teeth, Snail and Bear were among those hoping to impress the judges and studio audience. In the end, it was Bear and Teeth who faced the bottom ...

Israeli authorities said the move was on hold until Hamas freed a hostage who they said was supposed to have been released.

Star of young Peggy Mitchell, Jaime Winstone is set to return to EastEnders as part of an upcoming Phil storyline.

Israel has said that it needs to stay longer because the Lebanese army has not deployed to all parts of the region.

An injury during the BBC show Gladiators forced contestant Nikki to be sent home early from the competition, just before she was about to take on her final challenge.

Up to seven planets are set to align in the night sky over the UK in January and February - here's when and how to see the rare event.