The developer behind a major rejuvenation of a Basildon housing estate is looking to cut the number of parking spaces in ...

A CONTROLLED explosion is set to be carried out this evening after experts found "old military ordnance" in a Basildon home ...

South Essex music teacher Mark Yeldham has told the jury in his sexual abuse trial that his alleged offences 'never happened'.

Plans for more than 100 new homes, which would cause “significant harm” to farmland, are expected to be agreed. Basildon ...

The new pub is now set to open on October 14. Wetherspoons has also scaled back the size of the pub, making it one story ...

Bars and restaurants have been targeted by fraudsters who are asking for money while posing as council licensing officials.

Schools across the Basildon borough are celebrating outstanding GCSE results with one recording its best ever outcomes. Students from Billericay to Wickford and Laindon have been praised for their ...

Basildon is one of 28 new towns created by government planners after the second world war (see map). In 1947, just as the first plans for it were being drawn up, the film “Magic Town” was ...

Contractors have started demolishing a multi-million pound waste factory that was only built 10 years ago and was the subject of a protracted legal dispute. The Tovi Eco Park in Basildon was ...

The new Empire cinema in Basildon, Essex, was due to open in early 2022, but was hit by a series of delays. The cinema chain then went into administration in July this year, closing some of its sites.

Basildon locals are furious their once quiet Essex town has gained a wild reputation as 'Bas Vegas' with an influx of rowdy partygoers causing trouble every weekend. Residents say the thriving ...

A drug dealer has been jailed after the deaths of two people triggered a police investigation. A man and a woman in their 40s were found dead at an address in Basildon, Essex, on 13 June.