Colchester's Telugu community came together to celebrate Ugadhi, the Telugu New Year.

Train services between London Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport via Tottenham Hale may be cancelled or revised.

PSH Environmental in Rackheath, Norfolk has been named winner of the Community Champion of the Year award at the East Anglia Clean and Green Awards 2026.

After months of waiting, the much-loved outdoor rapids at Leisure World Colchester are roaring back into action just in time for the Easter holidays.

Colchester City Council rules out £2m Middle Mill Weir repair, citing costs as heritage campaigners and residents debate impact on city’s history and river.

A light industrial on Whitehall Industrial Estate has been listed on the market by Fenn Wright.

A primary school’s speech and language mentor is publishing her first children’s book to educate youngsters about speech and language needs.

Earls Colne Heritage Museum at the old water tower in Reuben Walk will receive £241,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Neena Jass, 56, was at the Albert roundabout junction in Colchester when she lurched forward without seeing Tracey Chapman riding towards her on an e-bike.

Autism Anglia is inviting Colchester businesses to light up for World Autism Awareness Day.

Kazoku Martial Arts Essex, which caters to all abilities from ages six and up, has opened its doors in Colchester.

Colchester MP Pam Cox has welcomed Labour's Employment Rights Act, which will strengthen protections for workers.

Colchester audiences are in for treat this April as an incredible new play comes to stage.

Mateusz Scucholewski, 41, took Teemu package which contained £60 of products after it was left in Berberis Walk, Colchester, in January.

Stansted Airport ranked among the worst UK airports for Easter flight delays, with nearly 30% of April flights delayed, CAA data shows.

Emergency services were called to a crash involving a motorcycle in Colchester’s Hythe area on Tuesday evening.

Boxted Against Pylons will be hosting an event with planting, activities, and a raffle at 10.30am at Sweetpea Grow and Play.

Nemiah Holden Downer attacked a man in Head Street on November 22 last year, and was found carrying a knife with him.

Comedian Rosalie Minnitt is bringing her hit debut show to the Mercury Theatre Colchester.

Classic cars rolled into Harwich today to mark the centenary of Britain's most audacious April Fool's prank.

Reconstruction works on a bridge between Halstead and Earls Colne are due to begin this summer; more than a year after traffic measures were installed.

Detectives are appealing for public’s help to identify two men following a robbery and aggravated burglary in Great Dunmow.

Six Figured Females, a networking group for ambitious businesswomen, is expanding into Colchester.

Greenyard Frozen UK has been named winner of the Behaviour Change Campaign of the Year award at the East Anglia Clean & Green Awards 2026.

New CCTV footage has been released in the search for the missing Brazilian woman Vitória Barreto, who has been missing for just under a month.

Upcoming fixtures at Chelmsford City Racecourse, including the track's Good Friday race, have been cancelled.

ATS garage on Holland Road in Clacton is set to close its doors on May 1, marking the end of a long-standing presence.

Essex residents are invited to take part in a national citizen science project to help uncover the mystery behind declining duckling survival rates.

REALITY star Olivia Attwood has opened up about her “utterly humiliating” split from her husband of two years, footballer Bradley Dack.

A cyclist was taken to hospital following serious crash that caused major disruption in Chelmsford city centre on Tuesday evening.

Network Rail has finished replacing glazing panels as part of its major roof refurbishment project at Liverpool Street, bringing lighter and brighter journeys to Britain's busiest station.

Plans submitted to Chelmsford City Council propose converting the upper floors of the former Quadrant store on Moulsham Street into 41 city centre flats.

Artist Claire Vaughan is launching an art exhibition at Colchester General Hospital in memory of her best friend.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued a "do not eat" warning to shoppers who may have already purchased the M&M's product

The state of the A120 has been talked about for years, with seemingly a constant call to increase safety on the road.

New reservation fees for library books in Essex have been pushed back.

A new direct coach service is taking travellers from Redbridge straight to Stansted Airport in around 30 minutes.

Muntons in Stowmarket has been named the winner of both the Net Zero Award and the Clean & Green Champion Award at the East Anglia Clean and Green Awards 2026.

Seven Essex companies and individuals have been named on HMRC’s tax defaulters list for deliberate tax evasion, owing over £1 million across Brentwood, Harlow, Chelmsford and more.

Pranksters across Essex have conjured up some rather creative April Fools' Day jokes to trick people this morning.

Last week, the Department for Transport set out which projects will get funding in the coming years.

Ashley Warren, 41, was being sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court on Tuesday.

Several more streets across Essex have won in the People's Postcode Lottery last month.

The education watchdog published its report on Colchester Institute on Friday following an inspection of its trainee teacher course.

Adam El Achkar Azizi was flying on holiday from Stansted Airport on October 9 last year.

Manor Parade Dental & Cosmetic Clinic in Brightlingsea submitted plans to extend its clinic to a neighbouring property in Manor Park Drive.

Jason Quilter was stopped by police officers patrolling through the town in the afternoon of October 12 last year.

Petrol and diesel prices are rising fast, pushing fill-up costs above £100. See how much more drivers are paying.

Sainsbury’s, Asda, Lidl, Tesco, Aldi and Morrisons will all be closing stores over the Easter weekend - this is when they will be open

Shoppers are not happy with small reductions in prices on fresh food at the likes of Sainsbury's and Tesco.