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THE A13 will be closed this weekend for major works to demolish the old Orsett West Bridge.

PROPOSALS to build a new eight-form secondary school building in Thurrock have been revealed as the community are invited to comment on the plans.

AMAZON'S Manchester lab is proactively implementing new variant analysis technology, to support UK health authorities in tracking and slowing the spread of new variants Since...

TODAY, [Wednesday 2 June] Essex’s amazing volunteer police officers have been honoured with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK.

WORK is underway installing new bus shelters as older structures make way for more modern ones at bus stops across the borough.

WARNINGS have been issued to Buckles Lane landowners who failed to properly maintain cess pits and sewage systems or illegally stored waste on the site.

THE MAN in charge of Stansted Airport has expressed his disappointment at today’s governments decision on travel restrictions.

THE London Resort could lift some of the most deprived parts of the UK – including in Essex – of poverty, its developers have said.

THE £6.8 billion Lower Thames Crossing project – set to be one of the largest construction projects in Europe – is setting up a process to enable businesses to learn the skills needed and to help win contracts.

FOUR men, including the head of a drugs line, have admitted their parts in an operation which led to cocaine and cannabis being distributed across Southend.

THE MP for Thurrock, Jackie Doyle Price rose on the floor of the House of Commons to ask a number of questions on cruising...

DP WORLD in the UK today announces that its two deep-water ports at Southampton and London Gateway have become the first in the country capable of handling Freightliner's new 775 metre intermodal container trains – further cementing the critical role of the smart logistics hubs in Britain's international supply chain.

THE search has started for Britain's best young driver – but the catch is they must not legally be able to drive on the road.

YOUTH charity the Jack Petchey Foundation has now recognised over 100 young people from London and Essex for volunteering their time to help others during the pandemic.

PATIENCE is the key when it comes to disrupting gangs which are intent on bringing drugs into Essex.