Regular service has resumed to train services between Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street after a train derailed in Wickford nearly two weeks ago.

Moon, Magick and Mystery is set to return to Colchester Castle, inviting visitors to explore the paranormal.

An air ambulance has landed in Point Clear, close to St Osyth after reports of an emergency incident on the beach.

Essex Police have launched an appeal to find missing 37-year-old Leroy Preston, who was last seen in the Basildon area.

The Met Office has predicted rainfall throughout the day across Essex today, with an hour-by hour forecast.

Firefighters were called to Birchanger Service Station near Stansted Airport yesterday after a lorry became engulfed in flames.

Tesco has submitted a planning application to revamp the exterior of the One Stop store.

A MAJOR bus company has left parents ‘fuming’ after hiking a school bus route pass to nearly £1,000.

Kamen Lawrence, 38, had his licence revoked in September last year when received 12 points on his record but got behind the wheel of his SUV.

A COLCHESTER campaigner claims the upcoming Local Plan review is "far from the end of the story" for Middlewick Ranges.

A popular go-karting track is set to close after 24 years of racing in Lakeside.

Country singer Dolly Parton has passed away aged 80.

The Colchester Castle Summer Series is currently underway in Lower Castle Park and it’s put on by promoters Cuffe & Taylor and Supermodified.

Hatfield Forest has been completely dried out and transformed after a long period without rainfall.

Olivia Howard, 22, had been out in Colchester before she got behind the wheel of her Fiat 500 and crashed it in Gryphon Road.

Matthew Bell, 54, of Wiltshire, is a social entrepreneur and specialist property developer who is looking to invest around £10 to £16million in the area.

Phoenix Pinfold, 28, went on to sell the drug to users in Manningtree before he was charged with three offences in 2022.

Controversial plans for a new pre-school have now been rejected after months of discussion.

Shashank Singhal, who is a former Felixstowe teacher, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a child.

Police have suspended their search for a missing 42-year-old following the discovery of a man's body in Marks Tey.

A man, formerly of Chelmsford, has been jailed after a crash that killed a 13-year-old girl in Hertfordshire.

An overturned tractor blocking a major roundabout is causing severe delays in Chelmsford.

RAIL services are set to resume tomorrow after nearly two weeks of disruption after a train derailed on August 14.

Drivers are facing the busiest roads for 11 years according to the RAC this August bank holiday.

Drivers are facing severe delays after a lorry broke down on the M25 this afternoon.

Drivers are facing severe delays near the M11 due to a lorry fire.

Holidaymakers travelling to Stansted Airport have been hit by delays and cancellations after a track defect blocked a major Essex train line.

Haven has been forced to apologise after a 12-inch knife was found in a child's caravan bedroom at the Orchards Holiday Village in Clacton-on-Sea.

A man has been banned for life from teaching after showing favouritism and crossing professional boundaries with a primary school pupil.

Essex Police have shared an appeal to find 36-year-old Calum from Hertfordshire who may have travelled to Harlow.

All traffic has been held on the M25 clockwise near Junction 28 for Brentwood following a collision.

Platja de s’Arenal beach in Ibizia, that you can fly to from Stansted Airport, experienced a series of "mini-tsunamis" on Sunday morning.

A man from Harlow has been jailed for six weeks after a number of abusive 999 calls and also racially abusing a police officer.

easyJet has released destinations perfect for the August bank holiday from Essex airports to avoid using annual leave.

Essex Police are looking for a man wanted in connection with an assault at After Office Hours in Colchester.

Staff who work on the hit BBC debate show Newsnight fear it could be axed by the end of next year after 46 years.

All of Essex could be at risk of intense rainfall as a result of thunderstorms the Met Office has said.

The East of England Ambulance Service have paid tribute to a Jess McKee, who sadly passed away months before she was due to qualify as a paramedic.

Lychgate House Care Ltd has put forward plans to expand its service to its neighbouring property in Shrub End Road.

Grassroot Media in Brightlingsea has installed its 150th digital screen at Wivenhoe Bowls Club.

A UNIQUE archaeological site welcomed families for an open day celebrating Colchester's Roman past

A 35-year-old man from Halstead has been arrested in connection to a string of burglaries in Braintree.

Essex Police have launched an investigation after a banner outside Lyons Hall Primary School on Deerleap Way in Braintree was subject to racist criminal damage.

John McCormack has been reported missing from Colchester after last being seen leaving home with a suitcase.

Concerns were raised after an apparent ongoing discharge was reported near a village in north Essex, with the incident believed to have been going on for days.

Luke Warner, 35, plunged two knives into his victim – one into her eye and another into the back of her head – in a horrific attack.

A mother is campaigning against a council-imposed, post-16 transport fee for her son with complex needs and other SEND children.

CAMPAIGNERS have reacted to the council's big local plan meeting due to be held on Wednesday.

The council's current plan was formed in 2022 and earmarked the borough's minimum housing requirement as 920 new dwellings per annum - 18,400 new homes between 2013 and 2033.

Gas works have caused traffic chaos, frustration and disruption.