The Essex Careers Ambassador campaign is encouraging young people to dream big.

Women-only gym Colchester Gymophobics is celebrating 19 years of building confidence, friendship and fitness.

Maldon venue, The Warren Estate has issued an apology after a fireworks display prompted noise complaints from residents up to 10-miles away.

The coastguard searched the Suffolk coast and River Orwell after a man fell from a vessel in Harwich Harbour.

Police have launched an appeal for a missing 38-year-old man from Romford.

Nigel Brown, Clacton Pier communications manager, said the change in weather had come at the perfect time for the pier.

Here are five Colchester spots where demand appears to be driven by what is on the menu rather than by hype alone.

An 18-year-old student is climbing the world’s highest freestanding mountain to help bring clean water and safe toilets to communities in Kenya.

Colchester Borough Homes is running its annual Good Neighbour Awards 2026

For most able-bodied people, a trip to Jimmy’s Farm might be a normal fun day out. For 31-year-old Harry Doe, it was a breakthrough six years in the making.

WITH Reform UK taking over Essex County Council this month, some of the county’s residents have shared their views.

Pig & Whistle was a four-time winner at the Essex Life 2025 Food & Drink Awards

Tucked between Maldon and Witham, Great Totham is the kind of Essex village that rewards a slow, relaxed exploration.

The dig has been organised through a partnership between the Essex County Council's place services team and Historic England, with Colchester archaeological trust leading the excavation work.

SKIMs has reiterated it had no knowledge of a major cocaine smuggling case linked to shipments of its clothing.

Here are the latest planning applications received and decided by Colchester Council.

A new self-defence school for women and girls has launched.

A stretch of the A12 between Boreham and Hatfield Peverel has been closed this afternoon following reports of a multi-vehicle crash.

A cashier was physically assaulted outside a shop in Hythe Hill, Colchester following a verbal altercation. Trio fled scene after injuring cashiers arm.

Drivers are facing severe delays on the M11 Southbound due to a reported crash between Junction 9 for Saffron Walden and Junction 8 for Bishops Stortford.

Essex Police have issued an appeal to identify three men involved in an early morning fight on Chelmsford High Street that left two men injured

Colchester Council has purchased three new council homes to help address a growing need for affordable housing.

Comedian Phill Jupitus is set to display his lockdown collages in an exhibition at the Minories gallery in Colchester.

A Grade II listed period home with five bedrooms and attractive gardens is for sale in East Bergholt at a guide price of £1.25 million.

A record number of black-headed gulls have taken the top spot in Essex Wildlife Trust’s latest breeding bird survey.

Leaf Living has delivered hampers to Colchester Hospital staff in a gesture of support for International Nurses Day.

Tickets are selling first for the return of the Essex County Craft Show at Ingatestone Hall later this summer.

Here is a round-up of the best pubs and bars across Essex to catch the final day of the Premier League among the ongoing heatwave.

A wild kitchen pop-up experience has been named as an experience which must be tried among the best in the UK.

The ongoing heatwave in Essex could see a the temperature record broken for the month of May, as parts of the county see forecasts as high as 34c.

A survey shows tourism businesses in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex are under sustained structural pressure despite continued visitor demand.

Essex Police stopped an overloaded van on the A12 near Colchester that was carrying a caged parrot wedged between parcels.

Matt Krishnan-Bird, 36, of Lexden, launched the Good Dads Club in September last year.

Sudbury a Suffolk town less than 15 miles from Colchester has been named among the best spots for a "staycation" in the UK.

CULVER Square has officially launched its book box exchange, a free book swap initiative in the heart of Colchester’s city centre marked by a special ribbon cutting ceremony in the city centre.

Crust and Cream café welcomed its first customers on May 12.

A motorist who reversed at speed after overshooting a junction in a Suffolk town and collided with a motorcyclist who suffered serious leg injuries has been given a suspended prison sentence.

Chappel is found in the City of Colchester District, with a population of just several hundred.

Maldon Salt has built a reputation among cooks, celebrities and royalty for its crumbly pyramid-shaped crystals.

Essex Police are appealing for help to find a man reported missing from Wickford.

TV quiz star Mark Labbett has promised a night of “fun, photos and fierce quizzing” for Colchester, Essex.

Clacton shopkeeper has spoken about the determination to keep his independent business running living with osteoporosis.

Gemma Ashby hopes to make more memories with her mother Sandra Lyons amid her terminal cancer diagnosis.

A Maldon town councillor has been charged as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged human trafficking for sexual exploitation, rape and other offences

A popular restaurant at a well-known Essex garden centre is set to reopen next week after months.

Two more men have been charged as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged human trafficking for sexual exploitation, rape and other offences

Arts stalwart Ben Howard takes us through five great events to enjoy in Colchester in the coming week.

Bishop William Ward Primary School in Great Horkesley is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a series of events and activities.

A driver has been prosecuted after an incident outside a busy Essex train station led to a court case.

A man who burgled a pub on the Essex-Suffolk border before stealing the owner’s car and leading police on a pursuit has been jailed.