The construction of a new Travelodge in Upminster is set to be completed in spring or early summer next year, it has been confirmed.

A Chelmsford business has been ordered to pay £1,600 by magistrates after one of its van drivers dropped a cigarette in Dagenham.

A woman has been taken to hospital after an alleged rape in the early morning in Newham. Police were called to Ruscoe Road near Canning Town station just before 3am on Saturday (June 21). The woman ...