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Alongside Dave Huzzey and Joe Dunne, they were brought in on an interim basis in the middle of January and guided the U’s to a mid-table finish in League Two. That success has led to this permanent appointment for all three.

One of the largest road infrastructure projects in Essex, is set to get the creation of a new motorway junction on the M11

Labour in Southend deny a change of leadership is a hard left takeover.

The Home Secretary and Witham MP Priti Patel has announced that volunteer police officers in England and Wales can carry tasers.

Sue Gray and Boris Johnson had a private meeting to discuss the handling of the partygate report, Sky News can reveal.

Monkeypox cases in the UK have more than doubled, with 11 more announced today.

The UK's coronavirus alert level has been reduced - as two rare types of Omicron have been reclassified as variants of concern.

A comedy gig inside a cave in the Peak District had to be called off after a fan became trapped in a tree above the gorge, sparking a dramatic rescue operation.

WhatsApp messages Rebekah Vardy sent to her footballer husband Jamie during the 2016 Euros have been revealed for the first time, as part of a 300-page bundle of evidence released by the High Court.

Veteran actor John Aylward, best known for his roles in the popular US TV shows ER and The West Wing has died aged 75.

Parasitic worms have been sucked into the gender bias row after a report claimed the naming of the creatures was sexist.

Supermarkets, cars and lifts are just some of the unusual birth places reported for babies who have made speedy entrances into the world.

A four-year-old boy has been likened to F1 star Max Verstappen after taking his mother's car for a drive in the Netherlands.

A new artificial intelligence sleep app has been developed that might be able to replace sleeping pills for insomnia sufferers.

Ancient faeces found near Stonehenge show its builders may have dined on badly cooked cow offal during epic winter feasts.

The "most valuable car in the world", a 1955 Mercedes-Benz, has sold for a record €135m (£114.4m).

Hundreds of staple grocery items had shot up in price by more than a fifth over the two years prior to the surge in food inflation caused by Russia's war in Ukraine, according to an investigation.

Britons must brace themselves for a "very unpleasant period", with "considerable" interest rate hikes now needed to prevent a re-run of the 1970s, former Bank of England governor Mervyn King has warned.

Retail sales staged a surprise recovery in April aided by strong alcohol sales, according to official figures, as a closely-watched measure of consumer confidence slumps to its lowest level since records began nearly 50 years ago.

Everton insist they are "confident" they have complied with Premier League Financial Fair Play rules amid threats of legal action from Burnley and Leeds.

Frank Lampard hailed his team's fighting spirit after Dominic Calvert-Lewin's diving header five minutes from time extended Everton's proud 71-year stay in the top flight with a 3-2 victory over Crystal Palace on a night for the ages at Goodison Park.

Rory McIlroy has acknowledged he must avoid 'getting ahead of himself' after a brilliant opening round at the 104th PGA Championship at Southern Hills ignited his hopes of winning a first major since 2014.

Sue Gray and Boris Johnson had a private meeting to discuss the handling of the partygate report, Sky News can reveal.

Top civil servants across Whitehall are to be asked to draw up plans for how they would deliver personnel cuts of up to 40% in each of their departments, Sky News understands.

The international trade secretary has said the British government's first focus is to maintain peace in Northern Ireland after the US warned a trade deal with the UK is at risk if Westminster changes the protocol.

Ukrainian troops, thought to be the last fighting Russian forces in Mariupol, have been told to stop the defence of the city.

A captured volunteer medic's bodycam footage shows the horrors taking place in the ruined city of Mariupol after it was smuggled out in a tampon.

Wimbledon has been stripped of its world ranking points for banning Russian and Belarusian players.