A nurse from Essex has issued a plea to improve healthcare training after her six-year-old sister Ruby, from Harlow, passed away from sepsis ...

THE Echo's long-serving Southend United reporter Chris Phillips will be answering questions from fans via our website again on Wednesday.

The UK’s average price of diesel has surpassed 190p a litre, having surged by more than a third since the start of the Iran war, new figures show. But experts said the ceasefire agreement between the ...

A key Southend road has been shut in both directions because of "water main work". Bridgewater Drive is closed both ways between A1158 Southbourne Grove and Mannering Gardens. A spokesperson for AA ...

Gordon Elliott’s seven-year-old bagged the first of her four Grade One victories to date when beating the boys in the Mersey Novices’ Hurdle over this course and distance two years ago and she returns ...

Manifesto pledges from the Scottish Tories would require “substantial cutbacks” to services, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said.

Young & Co’s Brewery told shareholders on Wednesday it has struck a deal to buy the eight-strong collection of gastropubs and pubs with rooms.

Rangers footballer Dujon Sterling has appeared in court charged with dangerous driving and drink driving. It is alleged that Sterling, 26, drove at “excessive speeds” on roads including Queen Street, ...

Administrators are set to review Quiz's remaining 40 stores in the UK and seven concession stores in Ireland at the end of April, according ...

Temperatures in south Essex are expected to climb as high as 22c today in what will be the hottest day of the year so far. Hotter than Barcelona ...

Families in south Essex can jet off on a day trip to Lapland, Finland this year as Southend Airport team up with The Lapland Experience for ...