How independent monitoring ensures that work on National Grid’s Bramford to Twinstead project is carried out responsibly.

Police have released CCTV images showing two men they want to speak to after theft and public order offences in Loughton.

A man has been charged with murder after the death of a 20-year-old from Braintree, Essex, in the US.

Several roads in Colchester, Messing, Great Bentley and Tiptree will face temporary closures for repair works.

The A12 is blocked with long delays on the major road due to a crash involving a car and van.

School holidays in Essex could change under new plans proposed by Reform led Essex County Council.

Three individuals have been reported for speeding on the River Colne using personal watercraft.

A crash involving a car and a van has partially blocked the A12 near Witham.

After almost 40 hours of walking, two Essex friends have completed a gruelling 100-mile challenge and raised more than £3,000 for two charities.

Essex County Council has changed the transport provider for Lexden Springs School without consulting the school or parents.

Young people are invited to take part in a summer film camp before Underdog Crew Studios moves to Halstead Youth Centre.

Eleven gull chicks have been released back into the wild after weeks of care.

Joe Jones, 19, took a bottle of Grey Goose vodka, a bottle of Jack Daniels, and two bottles of wine from the Travelodge in Northern Gateway.

One lane has been closed on the M25 clockwise near the M11 following a vehicle fire.

Greater Anglia have resumed services into London after a track-side fire near Stratford on Friday led to days of disruption.

Paul Moon, 48, went into the Red Lion Hotel in Colchester High Street where he took a bottle of alcohol from behind the bar in March this year.

Jet2 has announced new ski flights to Innsbruck in Austria, launching from Stansted Airport in Essex.

The decision was taken ahead of a full council meeting,, where all 51 of Colchester’s councillors are expected to attend.

A councillor has spoken out after firefighters said a blaze at a shop in Dovercourt was started deliberately.

National polls suggest that Nigel Farage may face a loss of support over a gift ahead of the Clacton by-election.

Essex County Council has withdrawn its support for the Essex Climate Action Commission (ECAC), a move commissions say could impact six years of work.

Essex Police will receive £5.6 million in government funding to help protect Jewish communities, amid a rise in anti-semitism.

Police are appealing for information after a man was seriously injured in an assault in Braintree.

Football fans are expected to pack out Essex pubs in their thousands as England play in the semi-finals this week.

Police have released a CCTV image of two suspects involved in a robbery at Tesco in Theydon Bois.

The full line-up has been announced for the St Osyth Summer Sounds at St Osyth Priory.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of threatening to kill Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, according to reports.

Police have released an image of a man they want to speak to following an attempted burglary in Braintree.

Essex Police have released an image of a person they want to speak to after a man was racially abused in Chelmer Village, Chelmsford.

The Colchester City Carnival and Funfair is returning for a day of music, dance, food and festivities in the streets and Lower Castle Park.

Essex Police want to identify a man after jewellery worth more than £5,000 was stolen from a home on The Dashes in Harlow.

Police are hunting for a man wanted on recall to prison with 7 aliases and connections in Basildon, Brentwood and Tendring.

Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch has called for a televised debate between Nigel Farage and Count Binface at today's PMQs.

A former Essex Police officer has been found to have taken photos of explicit images on a suspect's phone.

Newark MP Robert Jenrick revealed the amount of threats recently resigned Clacton MP Nigel Farage has reportedly received.

Sixty-five arrests have been made following a large cross-border operation targeting organised crime in Essex and other South East areas.

Multiple flights were diverted to Stansted Airport as a late-night incident forced emergency procedures at Gatwick.

Motorists are facing long delays on the A120 this morning due to roadworks near Braintree.

A Colchester motorcycle community is offering an evening of engines, camaraderie and calm away from hospitals and treatment rooms for people living with cancer.

Convicted sex offender Dana O’Neim, 71, used racist language towards his victim who was previously in the armed forces and suffers from PTSD.

Clacton was recently named as the eighth worst seaside town by Which, here's why we disagree.

Swarms of flies continue to bombard residents in north-Essex villages, with residents arguing the infestation is now a serious health concern.

In November, the Gazette reported how the completion date for the new Colchester Station car park had been pushed back from the end of 2025 to summer this year.

A blazing field fire in Wickham Bishops near Maldon sparked an emergency response and burned large parts of farmland.

Former Conservative MEP and deputing party leader John Stevens has been selected as a by-election candidate for the Rejoin EU Party to challenge Nigel Farage.

Essex Police went to a property in Hythe Hill at around 11pm on Monday over an “unrelated matter”, a police spokesperson confirmed.

Crews from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service are attending the scene of a large field blaze in Langford Road, Wickham Bishops.

Tributes have been paid to a "kind, caring and beautiful" boy who died in a fatal collision in Ongar.

A Harwich cancer survivor has rung the bell at Colchester Hospital to mark the end of her five years of treatment.

Erin Galvin, 17, has set her sights on becoming a firefighter after graduating from the Essex Fire Cadets.