Diggers started tearing down the former Place Leisure Centre in Northlands Pavement, Pitsea on Friday, ahead of the construction of a large diagnostic centre to take pressure off Basildon Hospital.

THE family of Tyler Kerry hope they can finally begin to “properly grieve” as they prepare to lay the 20-year-old to rest six weeks after his tragic death. Tyler, an office furnishings ...

The crash, involving a single vehicle with five occupants, happened on the A13 at Pitsea, Essex, at about 14:30 BST on Saturday. The victim has been named locally as Ellie Jo Evers from nearby ...

The B1464, which runs in south Basildon between Pitsea and Vange, was closed to enable the lorry to be moved A lorry has become wedged under a railway bridge after the driver misjudged the height ...