Radio Essex

As Russian missile strikes against Ukraine's power and water supplies ramped up in recent weeks, images of surgeons carrying out life-saving work by torchlight started to make headlines around the world.

Peter Kay was in tears after walking on to a standing ovation on the first night of his comeback tour on Friday night.

Former Love Island star Zara McDermott was admitted to hospital with "excruciating pain" in her abdomen.

A Year 8 pupil at a school in southeast London has died after contracting Strep A - as another bereaved family revealed the symptoms their son experienced in his final days.

An Arctic blast threatens to send temperatures tumbling even further across the UK in the coming week.

Harrods, Scottish Power and the British Museum were targeted as protesters occupied buildings across the UK as part of a campaign against rising energy bills and fuel poverty.

As a winter of strike action looms, and a growing list of unions threaten to grind the county to a halt, the PM is under pressure.

Sajid Javid has announced he will not stand in the next general election, saying being an MP had been "the privilege of [his] life".

A review into tackling late payments for small companies from larger, more powerful firms has been launched by the government.

Matt Hancock has said he was warned the COVID pandemic could kill hundreds of thousands of people in the UK two months before the country was put into lockdown and claims ministers "did not really believe it".