WORK is underway on two new drive-thru sites as Wendy's and Costa prepare to open at Basildon's Festival Leisure Park ...

THE world’s fastest growing sport is coming to Basildon as new Padel courts are taking shape at the town’s state-of-the-art sports centre ...

A BOROUGH once at the heart of the Industrial Revolution has now been branded Britain’s “Beirut” because it’s become so ...

But you can stick your Kent, that I do know! From where I’m sat right now in my house in Southend, I can see Kent in the distance, ruining an otherwise beautiful view of the Essex riviera, the ...

Basildon Sporting Village is set to welcome a cutting-edge golf facility after the council approves plans at a meeting on ...

Support this evening came in the form of Scottish singer/songwriter/instrumentalist and poet Iona Zajac, a tall, softly spoken artist who took to the stage with an electric guitar and a synthesiser ...

Also struggling at the moment are non-league Basildon United, who have not won for 23 league matches, a run stretching all the way back to October. It's a situation that has not been helped by ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Art Schallock, a left-handed pitcher who in 1951 replaced future Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle on the Yankees' roster and had been the oldest living former major leaguer ...

A new Waterstones branch is opening in Basildon, marking the book retailer’s return to the town after more than a decade. The store will open its doors at the end of April and will be located in ...

Thousands of people joined celebrations for Southend's first City Day. The event on Saturday was held three years to the date since the area was granted city status by Queen Elizabeth II in 2022. The ...

They cycled through those names in a matter of days, too. The Basildon gig was technically their third performance, and Bowie would eventually settle on the band name Hype. The band’s first ...