POET and novelist Sir Ben Okri will launch the 2025 Essex Book Festival. The former Essex University student and honorary graduate will discuss his latest book, Madame Sosostris and the Festival for ...

Aidan O’Brien has issued a positive bulletin on star stayer Kyprios following his Saval Beg Stakes victory at Leopardstown on Friday evening. The seven-year-old claimed a third success in the Group ...

The UK has condemned a Russian drone attack that killed nine people in Ukraine early on Saturday. The attack, which struck a passenger bus in Ukraine’s north-eastern Sumy region, came just hours after ...

Sade Adu moved to Essex in 1963 (Image: PR) Sade Adu was born in Nigeria in 1959 and moved to Colchester to live with her grandparents at the age of 4. The Nigerian-British singer-songwriter grew up ...

A SECOND arrest has been made after an early evening home burglary in Witham. Essex Police was informed that a home in Pippin Croft was broken into around 5.35pm on April 10 and a safe was stolen.