An EXTRA £16 million for housing repairs, major plans for a new arena, and weekly black bin collections are all set to become a reality as Basildon Council's budget moves closer to approval.

BASILDON Hospital will be unable to cope with added pressure and demand if more than 27,000 new homes are built across the borough, an MP has told Parliament. Tory MP for Rayleigh and Wickford ...

Philip Quinn died in hospital after being found collapsed at his home on Brookhouse Grove in St Helens, the day after Merseyside Police were called to reports of an assault. David Lyons has since ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. A boy and a girl died in the incident in Walthams Place in Pitsea, near Basildon, on Saturday at about 6.25pm. Essex Police said the car failed ...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated the maternity services at hospitals in Basildon and Southend-on-Sea, Essex, as "requires improvement" after an inspection in March 2024. Hazel Roberts ...

More than 30 homeless Havering families will be housed in a converted office building outside London to save the borough's cash-strapped council millions of pounds. Havering Council approved ...

Two-time former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has announced his retirement from boxing. Fury posted a short message on social media making the announcement on Monday, just weeks after ...

A wild, bloody war between Fares Ziam and Mike Davis got the action going on the main card. Ziam picked up the decision victory and if the rest of the card lives up to the standard that first ...

There is excitement brewing as Bermuda prepare for their first match in the Concacaf Men’s Under-17 Qualifier tonight against Curaçao. Among the squad are a number of players based in England ...

Any wintry showers over the hills this evening will transition to rain overnight. The rest of the night will continue cloudy with rain which will tend to become patchier by dawn. Saturday Patchy ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The fight over where the Cleveland Browns will play its home games in the future landed in court on Tuesday. Cleveland city officials, as expected, filed a lawsuit against ...

The city of Cleveland filed a lawsuit against the Browns to prevent the team’s planned move to a new domed stadium in Brook Park, Ohio. In the complaint, filed Tuesday in Cuyahoga County (Ohio ...