Essex Police says it is facing a £12.5million budget black hole due to an "inadequate" funding settlement for 2025 to 2026.

Daniel Jones was sentenced at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Monday for 23 incidents of shoplifting in Colchester.

A FAST-FOOD business which has been in Colchester city centre for more than a decade is set to close. KFC, in the High Street, will be closing its doors and relocating to another part of the city. The ...

Clacton’s MP surprised a veteran nurse during her 105th birthday celebrations at a Walton care home. Nigel Farage visited De La Mer care home in Naze Park Road on Saturday, January 25, to celebrate ...

Chunfang Wang, 59, appeared before Colchester Magistrates' Court on Tuesday charged with keeping a brothel in the city centre in 2023.

Tanya George, 23, from southern India, is an international student began a psychology masters course in October 2023.

Aston Villa also hope to seal a top-eight finish with victory in their ‘Battle of Britain’ against Celtic – the Scots have already qualified for the play-offs – while table-toppers Liverpool will ...

Several people were feared dead and many more injured in a stampede early on Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a facility that produces nuclear material and called for bolstering the country ...

The Chancellor will warn that “growth will not come without a fight”, according to The Daily Telegraph, saying she faces opposition from fellow members of the Cabinet over airport expansions, one of ...

COLCHESTER United's under-21s were beaten 7-0 at Queens Park Rangers in the pouring rain in their latest Professional Development League game, writes BRIAN WALLER. The new year has not started too ...