A “GHOST town” is set to be revived with the opening of a £3.6million Wetherspoons pub. The King of Essex will be built over two floors of a former Poundworld in Basildon, and is expected to ...

New £3.6m plan to turn Poundworld into giant Wetherspoons and revive UK 'ghost town' Basildon will welcome the biggest Wetherspoon yet in late November this year. By Lucy Sarret.

A “snarky” piece in The Economist has branded Basildon a “failed new town,” claiming it is “hard to imagine why anyone would choose to visit” – sparking a war of words between ...

Gavin Callaghan, leader of Basildon Council, said: “This will be a drastic improvement on the current town centre, which needs to be driven into the 21st century.

The iconic town sign - installed in 2010 - has become something of a local landmark A year of celebrations have been planned to mark the 70th birthday of a New Town. A popular music festival will ...

The Essex town was among the first to be pioneered by Lewis Silkin MP following the 1946 New Towns Act, external. Kevin Blake, Basildon Council's deputy leader, said its 70th birthday would be "an ...