An entire generation was almost wiped out when 150,000 tonnes of coal waste engulfed Pantglas Junior School on October 21 1966.

FORMER Colchester United midfielder Sammie McLeod helped non-league side Cray Wanderers reach the FA Cup first round for the first time in their 166-year history – and book a home tie with League One ...

UK Power Networks (UKPN) is carrying out urgent repairs to the electricity network at the Crescent roundabout, which connects Severalls Lane, The Crescent, and Mill Road in Colchester, after a fault ...

Conservative Party MP Sir David Davis made the reference during a debate on the Legacy Bill in the Commons earlier this week.

The Orionid meteor shower will peak tonight across Essex, offering a chance to see up to 20 meteors an hour. It is expected to reach its peak in the early hours of Thursday morning, as Earth moves ...

Sinn Féin leaders Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill have been interviewed by police officers investigating their participation in an allegedly unlawful protest in Portadown last month.

Essex parents warned that 10 of 11 online Halloween costumes failed UK safety standards, with advice on labels, UKCA/CE marks and safer sellers.

A motorcyclist who filmed himself riding through Essex, Kent and London doing speeds of nearly 200mph has been jailed for four years.

A Colchester dad is ending his 50-year drumming career with a final show alongside his son, who is starting out in music. Dave D'Brass, 57, moved to Colchester 18 years ago and continued his drumming ...

Tecniq began in one workshop at West Station Yard in Maldon and has expanded across several sites, including Witham, over 15 years. Tecniq plans to employ 500 people when the new global headquarters ...

Four people were taken to hospital after a crash near an airfield. The collision happened on the B181 Epping Road at Woodside, close to North Weald Airfield. An East of England Ambulance Service ...

Essex Police will deploy live facial recognition vans in Clacton on October 26 to identify people wanted over drug, violent, sexual and theft offences.