Discover six Essex Bonfire Night events on November 5, with fireworks, bonfires and family entertainment in Billericay, Thurrock, Colchester and more.

The telecoms giant saw its total workforce, excluding the international business, fall to 90,000 over its half-year to the end of March.

A12 Chelmsford Bypass crash causes London-bound delays at Junction 18 near Danbury, with queues back to Boreham Interchange. Allow extra time.

Viral burger chain Smoke & Pepper will open its 24th UK restaurant at Chelmsford’s The Meadows on November 9, serving smash burgers and its Flying Dutchman.

Essex Police investigate after two cars fled a Chelmsford crash on November 2, throwing a motorcyclist from his bike. Police appeal for witnesses and CCTV.

Police are appealing for information after three hooded men were reportedly involved in a disturbance in Harwich.

A deal to cede control of the archipelago to Mauritius while securing a joint US-UK military base has been left in limbo.

The Duchess of Gloucester planted a cross in Westminster Abbey’s Field of Remembrance to honour members of the Armed Forces who have lost their lives. Birgitte attended the 98th annual event on ...

A bid by Henry Nowak’s killer to reduce his life sentence for murdering the university student is set to be heard, as well as the Attorney General’s bid to increase it. Vickrum Digwa was jailed for at ...

Teenage girls trespassed on railway tracks at Burnham railway station on November 2, moments before a train arrived, prompting a British Transport Police warning.

The Government “can’t legislate for the idiots”, the Transport Secretary has said as a new consultation was launched on rental e-bike parking rules.

Vickrum Digwa is appealing against his sentence at the Court of Appeal, while the Attorney General is seeking to have it increased.