Police are investigating a fire which caused extensive damage to an outbuilding and a house in Plumleys, Pitsea, this morning ...

Police are appealing for information after it was reported a man was assaulted in Basildon on Christmas Eve. The victim ...

1828: A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, killing 30,000. 1832: John P Calhoun becomes the first US vice president to resign after disagreements with president Andrew Jackson. 1836: Spain ...