The Market Square project is set to deliver 492 one- and two-bedroom flats and will become a landmark addition to Basildon’s transformed skyline. Photos taken at the site show much of the former ...

Chain restaurant Orleto Lounge is set to welcome customers to its new base in East Square, Basildon, adding to its established businesses across the country.

Another photo shows the Marks and Spencer store at number 1 Town Square, which – when it opened in 1971 – to Basildon shoppers, was such an attraction it caused traffic gridlock across the town.