Alpha Kalay died in 2021 after multiple opportunities to care for him were missed by staff at HMP Hull, where he was serving ...

The Southend Green Party has unveiled its latest candidates for the 2026 elections at a community action day. The seven candidates were announced on Sunday, November 23 at a launch event. This comes ...

Southend High School for Boys’ science department is in the running for the PTI’s (previously the Prince’s Teaching Institute) annual Bernice McCabe Award. This recognition is given to school ...

Michael Steward, from Southend, pleaded guilty to inflicting GBH with intent in July - but claimed he could not remember doing it, or why he ...

A new £200,000 state-of-the-art centre for children with special educational needs has opened at a school in Basildon. The hub at Lee Chapel Primary School and Nursery was officially unveiled on ...

Former police officer Paul Morris was part of the Southend's RNLI crew called to reports of a person in distress.

A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General ...

Work on a new special school in south Essex is set to start before Christmas and will cater for children with the most severe special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The long-awaited Wolsey ...

President Donald Trump said he has accepted an invitation from Chinese leader Xi Jinping to visit Beijing in April and that ...

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation had already shut distribution sites after a US-brokered ceasefire took effect six weeks ago ...