A huge new ‘garden community’ is being planned to the east of Chelmsford in the Chelmer Valley. Initial plans for 3,000 homes ...

England’s defence of their European title got off to a disappointing start as they fell to a 2-1 loss to France in Zurich to ...

Phoebe Franklin finished unbeaten on 48* and wicketkeeper/batter Kira Chathli 44* as Surrey recovered from 87 for five to post 159/5. Skipper Eva Gray returned bowling figures of 4-0-18-2 for the ...

The Old Boys reached 233, with Matthew Austin hitting 72 and Blake Sutheran 44. Henry Bridgman and Danish Shah each claimed three wickets for the visitors.

Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault in Chigwell. It was reported a 16 year-old boy sustained a wound ...

Rayleigh 3rd recorded a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Eastwood 2nd in a low-scoring T Rippon Mid Essex League Division Six fixture at Rawreth Lane.

Westcliff-On-Sea 6th eased to a 50-run Essex League Division Eighteen victory over Old Southendian & Southchurch 5th in a well-contested match at the Shoebury Garrison ground. Westcliff were dismissed ...

1979: Record producer/songwriter, Van McCoy dies from a heart attack. On the same day, an IRA bomb explodes in the British consulate in Antwerp. 1986: In the 100th Wimbledon Men’s Tennis final, Boris ...

Finlay Payne hit an unbeaten 92* off 110 balls, but finished on the losing side as Old Southendian & Southchurch 2nd slipped to a six-wicket Essex League Division Seven defeat to their Epping ...

Zach Hambury made it three in the fifty-fourth minute before Ollie O’Neill’s penalty was well saved by Brentwood keeper Melvin Minter just after the hour mark. Diallang Jaiyesimi and Sonny Perkins ...

Jamie Casson took the plaudits with a superb unbeaten 140* to steer Springfield to a six-wicket Essex League Division Two victory over Old Southendian & Southchurch at Coronation Park.

Eastwood hit the heights, recording a 136-run T Rippon Mid Essex League Division Three victory over Rayleigh’s second string ...