Nearly half a million shoplifting offences were recorded by police in England and Wales in a year, the highest 12-month total on record, figures show. A total of 492,914 offences were logged by forces ...

AN Essex resident has described her "surreal" experience on the latest series of high-pressure BBC One show, The Apprentice.

The number of mortgage approvals to home buyers edged upwards month-on-month in December, according to Bank of England figures. Some 66,526 deals got the green light, up from 66,061 the previous month ...

Traffic is building around Witham on the A12 northbound carriageway while one lane is closed for repairs to a road surface defect.

Salwan Momika, 38, got worldwide publicity and caused anger in Muslim countries when he burned the religion’s holy book.

Last April, a magnitude 7.4 quake hit the island’s mountainous eastern coastal county of Hualien, killing at least 13 people, injuring more than 1,000 others, collapsing a hotel and forcing the ...

A union has criticised plans to make almost 100 redundancies at mapping service Ordnance Survey. Prospect said laying off 95 skilled staff was “short sighted” and counter to the Government’s growth ...

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Traffic is slow on the A12 northbound between Junction 22, Witham North, and Junction 23, Kelvedon South this morning.

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla is accused of inciting violence during riots in July 2021 which led to the deaths of more than 350 people.

A waxwork of Lady Gaga blowing a kiss and dressed in a black and white gown has been unveiled at Madame Tussauds London. The ...

Heathrow Airport’s third runway can be built in the next decade, Rachel Reeves has said, as she aims to boost growth amid the UK’s gloomy economic outlook.