Workers in a shop in south Essex have been praised after a five-year-old boy ate “slime”, leading to a “massive scare’ for his mum.

COUNCILLORS have welcomed the opening of another Greggs store in Southend as a "sign of confidence" in the city. The bakery chain unveiled a larger unit in a former Post Office at 199 High Street on ...

A PREGNANT woman has spoken of feeling hopeless after living for years with slugs, black mould and damp in her Southend flat. Lasma Kukle, 34, who is seven weeks pregnant, says her Shoebury home has ...

A WOMAN with severe sight loss is set to tackle a nine‑mile walk along Southend seafront this Easter Sunday in memory of a close friend ...

His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services has published its latest assessment of Essex County Fire and Rescue.

Hikes to council tax, water, broadband and mobile phone costs are threatening to stretch many households to breaking point, charities have warned.

Nasa’s first manned mission to the Moon in more than 50 years that will take its crew deeper into space than anyone has gone before is “ready to go”, according to space agency chiefs. Four astronauts ...

A Scottish Labour government would provide two free weeks of holiday clubs for children during the summer holidays. The policy is aimed at easing the pressure on working families and ensuring parents ...

The party also called for the UK Government to de-link cheaper electricity prices to ‘extortionate’ global gas prices.

The SNP’s plan for the NHS “is working”, First Minister John Swinney has said. Speaking ahead of a campaign stop in Dundee, the First Minister pointed to declining waiting times for treatment and the ...

The Scottish Tories have pledged to overhaul rates and reverse what they described as ‘damaging cliff-edge’ tax rises facing ...

A new report shows Orkney vole activity in spring 2025 was the highest since 2019 when a project to protect the islands’ native wildlife from the invasive non-native stoats bega ...