Actor Michael J Fox, US politician Hillary Clinton and Vogue magazine editor-in-chief Dame Anna Wintour will also be given the honour.

Across Basildon, Southend, and Broomfield Hospitals, the Trust has remained steadfast in its commitment to innovation.

c2c passengers are facing delays and cancellations across the service following a signalling system fault between Pitsea and Laindon. Disruption is expected to last until 12.30pm with train services ...

An air ambulance has been pictured after landing in a Southend park as fire crews and ambulances have been seen in the area.

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died aged 116, officials said. Ms Itooka died on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo ...

Police confirmed they were supporting the family of Edward Pettifer, 31, of Chelsea, who was killed in the attack in Bourbon Street.

Colin Firth portrays Dr Jim Swire in a new TV series about his fight for justice after the death of his daughter Flora.

Six days of funeral observances for Jimmy Carter are due to begin in Georgia, where the former US president died on December 29 at the age of 100. The first events reflect Mr Carter’s climb up the ...

Stargazing south Essex photographers snapped some amazing pictures of the Crescent Moon close to the planet Venus as January promised to ...

Campaigners in Wivelsfield Green, East Sussex, say inappropriate development over the last decade has put a ‘massive strain’ ...

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has played down talk of a problem with James Maddison after the midfielder spent his Sunday night at the World Darts Championship, having reported ill before the Wolves ...

Myanmar’s military government has released more than 6,000 prisoners and reduced other inmates’ sentences as part of a mass amnesty marking the 77th anniversary of independence from Britain.