Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee described the threat from Iran as ‘persistent’ and ‘unpredictable’.

Amanda Anisimova stunned world number one and title favourite Aryna Sabalenka to reach the Wimbledon final just two years after walking away from the sport. The 23-year-old American kept her cool on a ...

A PERSISTENT homeowner had a third application to double the size of her home in Horndon on the Hill refused by Thurrock Council ...

The cost of policing a potential visit by US President Donald Trump will be “considerable”, a senior Police Scotland officer has said as the force looks to secure extra funding. It emerged on ...

St Michaels Church Hall, in Mill Road, Aveley, South Ockendon has already been demolished for the planned three blocks of two-bedroom flats and Thurrock’s planning committee welcomed the scheme.

FOR women’s football pioneer Sue Whyatt, representing England remains one of the best moments of her life, even including having children..

COUNCILLORS have sent a controversial scheme to squeeze eight new homes on former back gardens in Stanford-le-Hope back to the drawing board ...

Losing British drug giant AstraZeneca from the London Stock Exchange would be a “devastating blow”, Tory former chancellor Norman Lamont has said as he warned the Government against using pharma firms ...

The group said the Government ‘failed to do its basic due diligence’ in engaging with police and prosecutors before announcing its ...

A national strategy to address the underachievement of boys in education is “urgently” needed, a Labour MP has said. “Too often working class boys start behind and stay behind,” Sam Rushworth, MP for ...

But an unbroken stand of 109 between Joe Root (54no) and Ollie Pope (44no), who batted throughout the afternoon sessions, put the hosts back on safer ground. The pair shelved the fireworks that have ...

The murder of pregnant mother of two Sarah Montgomery has left a “deep wound” on her family and the community where she lived, her funeral has been told. The service of thanksgiving for Ms Montgomery ...