Firefighters were called to reports of a house fire in Basildon at 7.20am this morning ... so we urge all Essex residents to check they have turned their hob off when they finish cooking.

Essex is sometimes viewed as a very commercial ... The Normans built a motte-and-bailey castle in the late 11th century, and the moat is still one of the largest of its kind in Great Britain.

Residents spotted a police presence in a quiet Basildon neighbourhood. A forensic unit of Essex Police has been reported in Yardeley this afternoon, along with a marked Ford Ranger, commonly used ...