A PROPOSAL to build nine detached homes on the former Brooklyn Kennels site in Horndon-on-the-Hill has been recommended for refusal reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Planning officers concluded ...

THE Planning Inspectorate has dismissed an appeal to build a three storey block of flats and retail units on the R G Cole ...

Medway and Thurrock have been named as 'Kinship Zones' by the government, a pilot scheme aimed at supporting families looking after vulnerable children. | ITV News Meridian ...

THURROCK councillors are set to reconsider a controversial plan for 150 new homes near Orsett after being told their original reasons for ...

A TRUST under intense scrutiny spent more than £400,000 on legal fees in an attempt to challenge a damning safeguarding review, new documents reveal ...

THURROCK councillors are set to rule on a controversial proposal to turn a former children’s play centre in South Ockendon into a church ...

Marking a major milestone in the electrification of the country’s freight and logistics sector, Fleete has officially opened the UK’s largest dedicated comm ...

A popular high street chain is opening in one of the UK's largest shopping centres. It is one of several new stores coming to ...

Two Essex players won their prizemoney on the same day after entering the EuroMillions Millionaire Maker Raffle on Friday 31 October last year.

A scheme in Thurrock is helping tackle digital poverty by providing refurbished computers to children. The initiative, run by the charity Every Child Online and supported by Thurrock Council, saw 45 ...

Part of Leicestershire has been named a hotspot for first-time buyers in new research by a major mortgage lender. Lloyds analysed locations across the country where first-time buyers make up the ...

Large incidents of fly tipping increased by nearly 20 times in Bolton between 2020 and 2025, according to data from the BBC Shared Data Unit.