A Labour MP has resigned as the UK’s trade envoy to Turkey amid controversy over a visit to Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus. A government spokesman told the BBC Afzal Khan, who represents Manchester ...

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has said judges who “bring their own personal politics” to the job need to be removed. Mr Jenrick said tighter checks are needed before judges are appointed to ...

AFTER Colchester's pride parade there will be a huge afterparty at Coda, in the High Street. There will be live music from Jam Jar and all the greatest hits playing until 2am. Jam Jar is a female-led ...

Colchester Pride is hosting the city’s Pride event on Saturday at Firstsite between 11am until 7pm. Prior to this there will be a march from at 10.40am from the Mercury Theatre to Head Street, down ...

The former international cricketer was airlifted to a major trauma centre after the car accident on a Top Gear test track.

The Oaks Care Home, in Oaks Drive, Lexden, was rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in December last year. It "failed ...

We have put together a list of five exceptional restaurants across Essex which deserve all the praise based on TripAdvisor reviews.

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The US president applauded the arrival of Mr Putin as the Russian leader landed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska.

A shooting near a mosque in central Sweden has left one person dead and one injured and police said they believe it was ...

Customers at Lidl, Asda, Argos, Tesco, Sainsbury's and more UK retailers have been issued with warnings to stop using products immediately ...

The perpetrator has yet to be apprehended and it is unclear if they were targeting the mosque or specific individuals.