Two people have appeared in court after a man was shot in the leg in a residential cul-de-sac. The alleged victim was taken to hospital with injuries initially treated as life-threatening after the ...

A DECISION to permanently close the custody suite at Basildon Police Station will lead to officers spending more time outside the borough, ...

A large fire that ripped through a recycling centre in Basildon has had its cause revealed by firefighters. The fire in ...

Firefighters from Basildon worked alongside Chelmsford crews to put out a caravan fire which was started "accidentally".

A "BRILLIANT" grandfather-to-be born and raised in south Essex was killed in a car crash while driving his mum's ashes home.

It was the third death of a mother in just over three years at Basildon University Hospital in Essex, in addition to a newborn baby's death. The Local Democracy Reporting Service said it ...

Unlike many areas across England, affordable housing has been deemed suitable in Basildon, a new study suggests.

CONCERNED residents fear they will be “surrounded by concrete” after the first of two major planning applications to build 700 homes ...

FIREFIGHTERS are on the scene of a fire at a recycling centre in Basildon. The fire was reported by fire crews just after 1pm this afternoon. A large pile of recycling waste was alight inside the ...

New Year's Day events in Basildon is turning into the next big thing. It used to be the case most of the businesses in Basildon closed down on New Year's Day but those days are long gone.

A nurse inspired to buy a herd of Highland cows after watching Clarkson's Farm has said they 'saved' her after she suffered a ...