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A woman from Rayleigh has been convicted of murdering a man on New Year’s Day last year.

Southend United have signed right-back Leon Davies on a permanent deal until the end of the season.

Essex Police have confirmed that two people have died after being involved in a collision in Waltham Abbey yesterday.

The Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation into "a number of events" in Downing Street and Whitehall over potential breaches of coronavirus regulations.

Nineteen people were injured after a double-decker bus crashed into a shop with flats above in east London.

Pressure on the NHS created by COVID led to at least 4,000 excess deaths from other conditions and mean that 32,000 cancer patients who should have started treatment are still waiting, according to new analysis.

Taylor Swift has hit back at Blur's former frontman Damon Albarn after he claimed she does not write her own songs.

A treasure trove of Beatles memorabilia, including handwritten song notes by Paul McCartney and clothes worn by John Lennon, is set to feature in a new auction - although the physical items won't exchange hands.

Alec Baldwin's lawyers have appealed for a lawsuit brought against the actor over the fatal shooting on the set of his film, Rust, to be thrown out.

The spam folder in an email inbox can be a murky place - full of messages promising untold riches that are sadly too good to be true.

Police are trying to track down dozens of monkeys that escaped after the truck transporting them crashed in Pennsylvania.

A dog in Hampshire has been rescued from rising tides with a sausage attached to a drone.

The world's most powerful space telescope has reached its final stop - one million miles from Earth - a month after setting off on its historic voyage.

A flying car has been awarded an official certificate of airworthiness after completing 70 hours of rigorous flight testing, its developers have said.

Some of the most "insidious" images of child abuse and violence against women and girls could evade new online safety laws, a group of MPs has warned.

Consumer goods giant Unilever has confirmed plans to cut 1,500 jobs under a shake-up of its global operations.

Interest payments on government debt hit a record £8.1bn for the month of December because of surging inflation, according to official figures.

Royal Mail has announced plans to cut 700 managerial jobs in a bid to cut costs after a tough Christmas season disrupted by the Omicron variant.

At least eight people have died in a crush outside the stadium hosting the Africa Cup of Nations game between Cameroon and Comoros.

Juventus are in talks to sign Fiorentina striker Dusan Vlahovic, with the Serb's agents not considering any offers from Arsenal and Tottenham, according to Sky in Italy.

Watford are set to appoint former England boss Roy Hodgson as their new head coach on a deal until the end of the season.

The Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation into "a number of events" in Downing Street and Whitehall over potential breaches of coronavirus regulations.

A celebration in Downing Street on Boris Johnson's birthday involved people who were already working together, the transport secretary has told Sky News.

Boris Johnson is meeting his cabinet amid the growing threat of war with President Putin in eastern Europe and more humiliating Downing Street party allegations at home.

Up to 8,500 US troops have been put on heightened alert for possible deployment to eastern Europe to bolster NATO forces amid ongoing Russian aggression on Ukraine's border, the Pentagon has said.

The Ukrainian soldiers speak in whispers as they trudge through the snow and mud of their trenches, keeping low as they pass the most exposed sections, past signs warning of sniper activity.

Nineteen people have died after a fight between rival gangs led to a fire at a nightclub in Indonesia.