COLCHESTER MP Pam Cox joined in the fun this week at Buzz Bingo Colchester, celebrating a major fundraising milestone. The club has raised a £20,000 donation for Variety, the Children’s Charity, as ...

An ex-police officer would have been dismissed after testing positive for non-prescribed steroids, a hearing ruled.

Emma Raducanu faces a tough test against 2023 champion Marketa Vondrousova in the prime time slot on Centre Court, while British number two Katie Boulter and number three Sonay Kartal both take on ...

IT’S 25 years since Corin Haines first started working at the Colchester United Community Foundation. He’s gone from a 15-year-old school leaver cheering on the U’s at Layer Road terraces to his ...

Spending by councils on transporting children with Send to schools is predicted to increase to around £1.97 billion in 2025/26, a report suggests.

The new ‘innovator passport’ will mean technology that has been robustly assessed by one NHS organisation can easily be adopted by others.

Childhood obesity has risen to “alarming” levels, academics have said as they called for action to prevent unhealthy lifestyles setting in among babies and toddlers. Experts said that a child’s ...

The number of NHS operations carried out in private hospitals or clinics has hit a record high, according to new analysis. Data from the Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) show that ...

Cameras fitted in offenders’ homes and “smell detectors” to catch out drug use in and outside of prison could be introduced as new technology to monitor criminals and curb reoffending. Tech companies ...

US President Donald Trump said that Israel has agreed on terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and warned Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen. Mr Trump announced the development on ...