Southend man Aakash Raj was sentenced at Basildon Crown Court, which heard he spent days sending sexual messages to what he thought was a schoolgirl.

RACIST social media commentary about last weekend’s Sierra Leonean Outing has been shut down by the event’s upbeat organiser.

A play area that suddenly shut in April is one step closer to reopening as tender documents are handed to potential suppliers.

Roy Barclay subjected Anita Rose to ‘numerous kicks, stamps and blows’ as she walked her springer spaniel in Brantham, Suffolk, on July 24 2024.

Rachel Reeves is set for a £41.2 billion shortfall on her ‘stability rule’, he National Institute of Economic and Social Research said.

More than nine in 10 (96%) recent first-time buyers surveyed had been offered some form of financial help with their deposit – with over two-thirds (68%) receiving help from family members, while ...

PETER Taylor will manage a new look Canvey Island for the first time this weekend. The Gulls head to Cray Wanderers on the opening day of the Isthmian Premier Division season. And Taylor is looking ...

Nearly two-thirds of renters in the survey for Barclays said they have seen, or expect to see their rent increase this year.

Just 15% of women live for five years if they have been diagnosed with advanced (stage four) endometrial cancer – a cancer which usually starts in the lining of the womb. The treatment, pembrolizumab, ...

A minister has rejected opposition suggestions that the Government’s migrant returns deal leaves open a loophole for human rights laws to be exploited. Dame Angela Eagle denied the agreement with ...

An accreditation body has reported increases in installations of small scale renewables in the first half of this year compared to 2024.