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Historic maps of the village of Messing which lies between Colchester and Chelmsford in Essex are going on show as part of a one day pop-up display. The Essex Record Office has organised the event ...

Commuters are enduring another morning of slow traffic after a car broke down on the A12 near Colchester. Essex Traffic Control Centre reported the incident on the London-bound carriageway shortly ...

Proposals of how to radically shake up local democracy and councils in Essex were published this month. It would see all of its fifteen councils - a mix of county, district and unitary authorities - ...