The First Minister said she and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly had been due to meet leaders in Glasgow on Friday.

A "badly decomposed" seal was found near Thorpe Bay Yacht Club, according to campaigners from Southend Against Sewage.

The Telegraph’s secondary school guide ranks Colchester County High School for Girls 20th in England with 38/40. See all the local scores.

Mrs Salisbury’s Famous Tea Rooms in Maldon, Essex, has temporarily closed after a leak cut electricity and hot water. A new cylinder is needed before reopening.

A popular Essex cinema has remained closed after "unexpected circumstances" forced it to shut its doors. Century Cinema in Clacton initially announced it would close from 7pm yesterday (October 28), ...

The FTSE 100 company said revenues grew by 2.5 to £2.87 billion for the three months to September 30, compared with the same period last year.

Canadian actress Taylor Russell will be joining Sir Ian McKellen in a reimagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear this winter. The production will be staged at The Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick from ...

Nigel Farage faces claims from Daisy Cooper that he physically shoved a female Lib Dem MP at Parliament’s May 13 state opening, amid a prayer card row.

A burst water main flooded a busy Heybridge road overnight, leaving up to 1,500 customers without water and disrupting traffic ...

There are currently miles of delays on the M25 due to a crash. The incident occurred on the clockwise carriageway near junction 26 at Waltham Abbey. Traffic is said to be backed up to junction 27 near ...

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Emma Reynolds spoke out amid concerns over funding for the Acorn project in Scotland’s north ...

The Tory leader said the comments by a former aide to Nigel Farage show Reform for the ‘sort of people they are’.