Essex

Constance Marten: estranged father of missing woman urges her to go to police

Aristocrat’s daughter and Mark Gordon, a registered sex offender in the US, and their baby have been missing for 12 days

Emily Dugan

19, Jan, 2023 @8:57 AM

Ex-Dreamboys boss jailed for attempted axe murder of wife

‘Obsessive’ David Richards lay in wait for Alex Alam to leave her home after their relationship broke down

Harry Taylor

12, Jan, 2023 @7:47 PM

Anglers despair as trapped seal eats Essex lake’s stocks like it’s ‘in Waitrose’

Animal has been evading capture from Rochford fishing lake since mid-December

Alexandra Topping

11, Jan, 2023 @12:00 PM

Tevva begins first high-volume production of electric lorries in UK

Startup firm making 7.5 tonne truck at Essex facility after receiving European type approval

Jasper Jolly

11, Jan, 2023 @6:01 AM

Police release CCTV image thought to be of missing couple and newborn in Essex

Image believed to be of Constance Marten, who went missing last week with her baby and Mark Gordon

Rachel Hall

09, Jan, 2023 @8:25 AM

Why is Rochford England’s straightest place and Brighton its gay capital?

The census suggested people in the Essex district were six times less likely to be gay than those in the East Sussex city

Robert Booth and Michael Goodier

07, Jan, 2023 @12:00 PM

John Swallow obituary

Other lives: Headteacher and fierce advocate of comprehensive education who retired as chair of governors at the age of 93

Richard Kirker

25, Dec, 2022 @6:54 PM

Steak restaurant on paddle steamer in Essex starts sinking into lake

Shopping centre eatery said to have begun sinking before lunch service and observers describe it as ‘going down like the Titanic’

Kevin Rawlinson and agency

23, Dec, 2022 @5:26 PM

Thurrock becomes latest council to declare effective bankruptcy

Disastrous investments in risky commercial projects have left Tory-run authority with a £500m deficit

Patrick Butler Social policy editor

19, Dec, 2022 @5:34 PM

‘The Roding is sacred and has rights’: the hammer-wielding barrister fighting for London’s forgotten river

The unloved waterway that winds its way to the Thames has a staunch defender. Paul Powlesland has spent five years calling out polluters and keeping footpaths open – sometimes with the law, mostly with his bare hands

Patrick Barkham

05, Dec, 2022 @10:00 AM

Britain’s bunkers offer little chance of survival after a nuclear attack | Letters

Letters: David Saunders and Mark Newbury write that, with no bunker provision for civilians, most of us won’t have access – and those who do should not expect to live long

02, Dec, 2022 @5:09 PM

Thurrock council ignored bankruptcy warnings and took ‘unprecedented risks’

Documents show Thurrock failed to act despite being cautioned about scale and risky nature of investments