More than 2,000 primary school pupils, including those from Harwich and Dovercourt, took part in the Coastal Discoveries programme in 2024. The scheme offers hands-on learning about the coastline and ...

Some 241 of the 242 people on board the plane were killed when it crashed and struck a medical college in Ahmedabad on June ...

A new McDonald's coming to Wickford High Street is set to open in late July, with bosses currently recruiting for restaurant staff ...

Jannik Sinner ruthlessly dispatched Novak Djokovic on Friday to set up a mouthwatering Wimbledon men’s final against Carlos Alcaraz. Amanda Anisimova and Iga Swiatek will face each other in the ...

A Grade II listed farmhouse which was once owned by a Lord is on the market for £2.8 million in south Essex. Located on Barrow Hall Road in Little Wakering, Barrow Hall Farmhouse is described as a ...

DOMESTIC violence, evictions and family breakdowns are behind a surge in homelessness which will cost £100 million to remedy ...

A PAEDOPHILE Southend drug-dealer who sexually attacked a child “should have got life”, her uncle has told the Echo ...

The London, a warship built during the Cromwellian era, exploded in the Thames Estuary in 1665, killing more than 300 people. It was part of the fleet that brought Charles II back to England in 1660 ...

Dedman Gray, on behalf of Southend Council, is seeking expressions of interest for both the term of lease and proposed rent of the famous ...

PARENTS have flocked to defend a therapy centre which has been shut down by Essex County Council. The council stopped referring children from across Essex, including Southend, to the Peaceful Pony ...

THESE 10 south Essex drink or drug drivers caught behind the wheel have been sentenced by magistrates this week ...

NEW day-trip cruises are setting sail from Southend Pier this summer taking passengers back in time to "Dickens country" ...