Three women were verbally threatened and then assaulted outside a pub on the Essex and London border - with one of them left needing plastic surgery on her face. The group of women consisted of two ...

A scandal-hit prison has been criticised over "inhumane" treatment of a disabled prisoner prior to his death. Ronald Beamish, ...

An Essex doctor has been suspended for 12 months after performing private work during hours when he was contracted by the NHS ...

A number of Essex parks and green spaces have been named amongst the best in the UK. Every year, it’s revealed what UK parks ...

The Herts and Essex Observer and Harlow Star are now part of the Hertfordshire Mercury and Essex Live websites. We've made the change in order to allow us to better serve our loyal online audience by ...

A difficult meeting around devolution and plans to cancel elections in May descended into accusations of 'criminal' behaviour against Essex County Council's only Reform UK councillor. Reform's Jaymey ...

An application for nearly 1,000 new homes on Green Belt land has been proposed to Basildon Council. The possible 140 acre ...

People who live or work within Colchester have been given a new environmentally friendly mode of transport to travel across the city after the rolling out of 100 new e-bikes. TIER, who also operates e ...

A serving Essex Police officer has appeared in court having been charged with several offences, including making threats to kill. PC Ryan Gwilym, 32, has been suspended from active duties following ...

I've lived in and around Brentwood for about eight years, and when I ask basically anyone local where they do their big food shop, they say Sainsbury's, or get another brand through delivery. It's not ...

An Essex nurse has been banned from the profession due to a list of incidents that caused "actual harm" to patients. Animol Puthanpurackal Thomas was banned by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) ...