If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen” as the saying goes and after the recent heatwave, a kitchen has to work on a ...

A COLCHESTER junior school says its hard work to make progress has been shown in its latest Ofsted report. King’s Ford Academy, in Gloucester Avenue, was inspected by the education watchdog in June as ...

In February, Phoenix Cooper rescued three snakes and named them Tuna, Toast and Tobasco. The 27-year-old helped them settle into a luxurious vivarium tank and enjoyed caring for them before he noticed ...

A COLCHESTER councillor is calling for a “defective road marking” near a school to be resolved as it is “an accident waiting to happen”.

It is alleged the defendant messaged four girls under the age of 16, saying he would “kiss every inch of their beautiful bodies”.

At least three police vehicles and multiple officers were on scene, with police seen speaking to a group of teenagers near the entrance to ...

Liverpool were linked to Alexander Isak with Newcastle determined to keep hold of their star striker. Former Reds captain Jordan Henderson returned to the Premier League at Brentford, while Crystal ...

Bradley John Murdoch was convicted in 2005 of murdering Mr Falconio and assaulting his girlfriend Joanne Lees at gunpoint.

Nicholas Prosper was jailed for a minimum term of 49 years earlier this year for the murders of his mother and two siblings.

A student who suffered a serious spinal cord injury leaving him with chronic pain that threatened his career has graduated from university. Archie Wills-Johnson, 22, was a year into his biology degree ...

X Factor winner Lewis will be formally made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to music and charity.

Sandie Peggie was suspended after she complained about having to share a changing room with Dr Beth Upton at an NHS Fife hospital.