Westwood Academy, located on Beresford Close, Hadleigh, has maintained its "outstanding" standards following an Ofsted inspection on October 15 and 16. Inspectors found that pupils thrive in a ...

An eyesore spot in a Hockley wood could be transformed into a fenced-off dog training centre for a club following three years of discussion.

ORGANISERS behind a Southend music festival are hoping to almost double the event's capacity and remove restrictions on under-18s attending to make next year’s event even bigger and better. Lazydays ...

A CHARITY is calling on south Essex to unite and send hundreds of Christmas cards to a teenage boy battling cancer for the third time. The Benfleet branch of Bone Cancer Research Trust have launched a ...

FROM drink or drug drivers to speeding motorists, these south Essex drivers have been hit with bans at magistrates' courts in recent weeks. A BANNED driver caught behind the wheel in Basildon has been ...

PLANS for a new mini-industrial estate which would be a “£29million boost to the economy” and create more than 400 new jobs are set to be given the green light. Under plans by “Lucton Educational ...

BUSINESS owners along a thriving Southend street have backed plans for a new vibrant cocktail and tapas bar to open its doors at a former hairdressers. Southend Council’s licensing committee is set to ...

Cox, who was in line for a Test debut, was sent for X-rays after suffering the injury in the nets in New Zealand.

However, there were wins for both Benfleet and Hullbridge Sports. Benfleet moved 14th after beating Athletic Newham 3-0 with Nathan Saunders, Sonny Hartman and Toby Dickinson all hitting the back of ...

Luke Humphries and Luke Littler eased into the quarter-finals of the Players Championships Finals. World number one Humphries averaged more than 102 as he continued his title defence with a 6-3 win in ...

Malik kicked off his tour in Leeds’s O2 Academy on Saturday after rescheduling the original opening date in Edinburgh for Payne’s funeral.

Heavy rain and thawing snow are combining to bring flooding across the UK as Storm Bert continues to batter the country. More than 200 flood alerts are in place for England, Wales and Scotland ...