Essex County, England News

A SENIOR member of the Castle Point and Rochford Clinical Commissioning Group claims out-of-hours care on the island is sufficient for patients' needs.

Merton residents can take advantage of Walk England and Transport for London's Spring into Summer weekend offering 35 free walks with an expert guide to help Londoners discover the wealth of hidden gems across the capital.

Art shop Turner and Danby is closing after less than six months in the High Street because of lack of trade.

In the past, year 11 pupils from Colne Community School, Brightlingsea, have held wild celebrations marking the end of exams.

Mr Metcalfe, MP for East Thurrock, welcomed DP World London Gateway's new apprenticeship scheme, which was launched at the site in Stanford-le-Hope this week.

English Defence League supporters have thrown missiles at police in Woolwich after a machete attack that left one man dead.

A 43-year-old man is in custody on suspicion of attempted arson after reportedly walking into a mosque with a knife in Braintree, Essex.

In a brutal daylight attack which raised fears that terrorism had returned to London, two men with butcher knives hacked another man to death near a military barracks Wednesday before police wounded them in a shootout.

Prime Minister David Cameron has condemned the "absolutely sickening" killing of a man, who was hacked to death in broad daylight in London before his alleged attackers were shot by police.

Essex County Council announced last week it will lobby the government for the A120, from Stansted to Harwich, to have official enterprise zone status, including employment parks at three sites in Braintree, Colchester and Tendring.

A man has been killed in a machete attack and two suspects shot by police in Woolwich, south-east London.

The scene in Woolwich, south London, where a man was killed and two others were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds One of the men behind a barbaric terror attack on the streets of London was filmed wielding a bloodied meat cleaver and saying, "We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you." The black man, dressed in a grey hooded ... (more)

The scene in Woolwich, south London, where a man was killed and two others were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds One of the men behind a barbaric terror attack on the streets of London was filmed wielding a bloodied meat cleaver and saying, "We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you." The black man, dressed in a grey hooded ... (more)

An Irishman was charged on Wednesday over a bombing that killed four soldiers on horseback in the heart of London in 1982, one of the most high-profile attacks by IRA guerrillas in their campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.

THE daughter of Ted Syrad, who died after being tied up during a robbery at his Barnehurst bungalow, has today said: "I hope killing my dad will haunt you in your dreams forever". This morning Gezim Delijah, 41, from Leyton, east London, was jailed for 20 years for killing 64-year-old Mr Syrad at his home in Edendale Road.

MPs from as far as Colchester and Saffron Walden and across to Romford in metropolitan Essex have backed the bid for Southend to win the sought-after accolade.

Journalist Rowenna Davis is on the shortlist to become the Labour candidate to succeed John Denham in his Southampton Itchen constituency.

James Purpura, 90, of Jamestown, N.Y., entered into God's Glory surrounded by his family on May 20, 2013, at Lutheran Social Services.

A MAN led police on a high speed chase after officers tried to stop him for stealing A 10 of fuel from a petrol station.

A vigilante band of Jewish crime fighters helped police detain two men who are appearing in court today charged with burglary offences.