The Colchester and Clacton branches were each awarded with a Centre of Excellence status in recognition of their high standards.

The Railway 200 Inspiration train is set to stop in Colchester, Clacton and other nearby towns as part of a national tour.

Support staff at three Essex schools are set to strike next week amid a dispute over pay and recognition, trade union UNISON has announced.

Teaching assistants, pastoral support workers and other support staff at three schools run by the Lift Schools multi-academy trust will walk out on Wednesday, January 28 and for seven more days ...

UCU members at the University of Dundee are set to strike on Wednesday. The Scottish Funding Council has asked the university ...

An Essex man who became trapped beneath his car while attempting to change a wheel at his home in Kirby Cross has thanked firefighters for saving his life. Gary Mason was changing a flat tyre on his ...

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Birdwatchers headed to the Naze for a wildlife walk. The Essex Wildlife Trust ran a special guided bird walk from the Naze Nature Discovery Centre on Saturday. The group watched wading birds on the ...

A 30-year-old man who is accused of pouring fuel onto a tabletop heater which "exploded" leaving two women with serious burns has denied he was "showing off". Take out a digital subscription today and ...

Angela Ward, 57, from Essex was 'exhausted and felt invisible' in the UK after leaving her six-figure NHS consultant job, so ...

Belgian rail workers in five-day strike against austerity; Iraqi university workers walk out over allowances; poverty in South Africa highlighted by Kaniega municipal workers’ strike ...