Elsewhere in the world, Hanukkah started on Christmas Day for the first time since 2005 and celebrations were muted in Germany.

A palliative care charity has announced the return of its Christmas tree collection service. Havens Hospices, which offers hospice care in Southend and Benfleet, have confirmed they will collect ...

This sensitive pup has been in kennels for some time and is desperate to find her forever family. She is looking for an adult-only home with few visitors, and can be anxious around men. Due to a fear ...

The Christmas romantic comedy Love Actually was released back in 2003, but have you clocked its Essex connection?

A CHARITY has been granted almost £1million to purchase a landmark store in Westcliff ... but still needs to raise £240,000 more ...

Panto season’s not behind us yet so it’s the perfect time to remember how there really is nothing like a dame. Dressed in flamboyant costumes and with double entendres galore rolling off the tongue ...

Sir Brian May, Kylie Minogue and and Sir Paul McCartney are among the host of famous faces to share festive well-wishes on Christmas Day. The Queen guitarist, 77, treated fans to a video of him ...

The King attended the royal family’s traditional Christmas Day church service, after a “brutal” year in which he and his daughter-in-law, the Princess of Wales, were both diagnosed with cancer.

Police said they believed the suspect was ‘involved in an altercation at a nightclub prior to getting in his car and mounting the pavement’.

Russia has launched a massive missile barrage targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. A thermal power plant was struck in the attack, prompting Ukrainians to take shelter in metro stations on ...

The plane was originally scheduled to travel from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny.

Scottish parents are celebrating a different kind of festive cheer this year as they welcome newborns. Alyshia Glen of Bellshill and her partner Daniel McGhee met their daughter for the first time at ...