Work to convert a former care home into “ much-needed” temporary accommodation for homeless people has begun. Castle Point ...

More than 110,000 handmade poppies are set to transform Southend Pier in one of the UK's largest community remembrance art displays. The poppies have been sent from across the UK and the world and ...

An ex-footballer who died after a serious fall at Basildon Hospital was “stripped of his health, dignity and life” due to NHS failings, ...

An ex-footballer with dementia who died after falling from a height had been "chemically coshed, deprived of his liberty, abused and bruised... stripped of his dignity" while in NHS care, his family ...

An ex-footballer with dementia who died after falling from a height was "stripped of his dignity" while in NHS care, his ...

Havens hospices is celebrating after its much-loved Waddle-on-Sea art trail raised an astonishing £580,000 to support hospice ...

Six years ago, Southend and Scunthorpe met in League One. Now they meet again in very different circumstances. Daniel Storey ...

A group of seven MPs from different political parties have declared support for five new all-purpose councils within their ...

A fire service officer has been recognised for her care and compassion after helping a distressed driver in Southend. Ginette ...

Quickfire second-half goals from Alfie Beestin and Tyrell Sellars-Fleming earned Scunthorpe an impressive 2-0 National League win at Southend. The first half was goalless but Beestin's superb volley, ...

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