Much-loved UK boyband JLS paused their headline act at the Colchester Castle Summer Series due to a medical emergency in the crowd

A review of the JLS show at Castle Park Summer Series in Colchester, Essex.

Here is an hour-by-hour forecast for Essex as the county is set for a wet and windy start to the bank holiday weekend.

The ichthyosaur vertebra was found in a Roman-era pit in Colchester.

Children are “skipping meals” to instead scroll through social media, says the Head of Therapy at an Essex rehabilitation facility.

Comedy writer Jen Jenevive has launched a new book to support the Colchester-based Robin Cancer Trust.

Colchester charity founder Toby Freeman is taking on his final challenge in a testicle costume for The Robin Cancer Trust.

Essex Police has pledged its continued support to retired police dog Baloo after the Crufts Hero Dog winner lost her sight.

Grieving families will soon have access to specialist bereavement support through the 'Chat with Charlie' programme at St Helena Hospice.

A road leading on and off Canvey Island has been closed in both directions this evening due to a police incident.

Police are searching for an 81-year-old man who has been reported missing from the South Ockenden area of Essex.

Passengers travelling between Essex and London Liverpool Street are facing delays, cancellations and alterations after a signalling fault at the London station.

A Colchester man who stabbed two men after being asked to leave a pub in London has avoided prison.

A smashed car has been embedded in a Halstead home for a week after a driver crashed into the listed building and fled the scene.

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta has agreed to pay up to 18 billion US dollars (£13.3 billion) as part of a settlement ending a legal battle in the US.

Retired police dog Baloo, who was crowned the Hero Dog at Crufts last year, is learning to navigate the world after losing her sight.

The A120 has been closed eastbound near Braintree this afternoon following an 'incident', causing severe delays.

A Ryanair flight was diverted nearly 300 miles due to severe thunderstorms yesterday (Thursday August 27).

Border Force officers at Harwich port have seized hundreds of kilograms of ketamine over the past year.

A person has suffered serious injuries after a collision involving a bicycle and a car in Epping on High Road.

The A12 is currently closed on the northbound carriageway with traffic being diverted off at junction 23.

Queues of traffic are stretching up to seven-miles long following a collision on the A12 northbound near Marks Tey.

A main road through Epping has been closed this afternoon following a serious crash on the route.

Firefighters were called to a field fire near Witham after a field fire spread to an old boat and tyres.

Drivers are facing severe delays in Colchester city centre as emergency roadworks continue after a vehicle collided with a lamppost on Mersea Road.

On this day in 2012, Essex Police called off a major operation to find the 'Essex Lion'. The operation was in response to sightings from many holidaymakers.

Drivers are facing queues on the A130 this afternoon after a crash and oil spill led to lane closures near Chelmsford.

Motorists are facing miles of delays on the A12 Londonbound this afternoon following an earlier overturned lorry near the M25.

TG Jones, formerly known as WH Smith, is set to close stores across Essex as part of a major restructuring affecting hundreds of jobs and 150 UK shops.

Flights at Stansted Airport were impacted by "severe thunderstorms" yesterday evening, a NATS spokesman says.

Drivers are facing significant delays on the A12 London-bound following a crash on the exit ramp to the Howe Green Interchange.

Forecasters the Met Office have forecast wet and windy conditions for most of Essex over the bank holiday weekend.

A man accused of the kidnap and murder of another man who was found seriously injured in a car park is facing trial.

Are you excited for day two of Clacton Airshow? We sure are! Stay tuned for updates and flight times as the day unfolds.

Pebbles, a campus cat who became a legend among students at the University of Essex, has died after nearly 17 years at the Colchester campus.

A train was travelling at around 77mph when it derailed near Wickford, early investigations have revealed.

St Helena Hospice's Midnight Walk is returning in September, with a discount available on tickets.

Richard Ashcroft headlined the event in Lower Castle Park last night.

Drivers are facing disruption after a lorry overturned on the Brook Street Roundabout - Junction 28 on the M25.

A partial lunar eclipse amazed skygazers across Essex this morning, weeks after the county was treated to a solar eclipse.

The Red Arrows will take to the Essex skies again today following a dazzling display yesterday. Here is when and where you can see them.

Traffic has begun queuing on the A12 northbound following a crash just after Junction 29 for the A120.

Kayleigh Beckinsale, 35, was stopped by police in Rush Green Road in February this year and tested positive for cocaine and cannabis.

A former teacher at The Stanway School, Colchester, has avoided a ban despite a panel finding he failed to maintain proper boundaries with pupils.

In 2019, councillors approved controversial plans for 420 homes at Fiveways Fruit Farm in Heath Road which is being delivered by Mersea Homes and Hills Residential.

Full fibre broadband is coming to rural homes and businesses in Essex as part of the Project Gigabit scheme.

Essex County Council leader Peter Harris has written to the Home Secretary to raise “urgent issues” about Wethersfield Asylum Centre.

NHS Essex have advised the public on how to stay hydrated during the Bank Holiday Weekend.

Essex County Council leader Peter Harris has suggested the former RAF Wethersfield could be an ideal location for a dedicated Veterans Village

Holidaymakers flying from London Stansted and London Southend airports over the August Bank Holiday weekend are being urged to check their luggage.