VIDEO: British woman guilty of joining IS

A mother has been found guilty of taking her toddler son to Syria to join so-called Islamic State.

Essex Chronicle published UK Power Networks fined £1million after Essex jogger killed...

UK Power Networks have been fined £1million after a jogger died after running into a low-hanging 11,000 volt cable in Essex.

Drug research scientist Dr James Kew, 41, was electrocuted after running into the high-voltage cable which had come down to head height on the footpath he was running on near Newport.

Keen runner Dr Kew, who lived in Ashdon near Saffron Walden, was on a regular Tuesday night training run for the Saffron Striders' Running Club when he was killed instantly from the...

Essex Chronicle published Essex District and Borough Councils paid more than £1.2m in...

District and borough councils in Essex have paid out more than £1.2 million in compensation to residents across the county last year, the Chronicle can reveal.The figures have been published as part of a freedom of information request from the Taxpayers Alliance and include everything from £131,728 paid for occupational disease in Harlow to £15 paid to a Braintree claimant because a faulty sign tore a coat.Basildon District Council was way out in front with £663,394 paid...

Essex Chronicle published Essex County Cricket Club NEWS: 'Foster was superb but we needed...

Essex's cricket committee chairman, Ronnie Irani, has insisted it was time for a fresh start when it came to the decision to strip James Foster of the captaincy.Foster had been club captain for five years, but it was announced in December that he would no longer take charge of the team.However, the 35-year-old wicketkeeper has been offered a contract extension by Essex, with Irani hoping to prolong Foster's 15-year first-class career with the county.Irani said: "When it comes to the...

Braintree Chronicle published Witham Town NEWS: Boss Kimble feels side are close to turning...

Witham Town manager Garry Kimble doesn't feel his side are far away from producing a good run of form after a narrow 2-1 defeat by Ryman North promotion-pushers Harlow Town on Saturday.George Cocklin put the home side in front with a fiercely struck free-kick early on but they were pegged back ten minutes before the break.Conceding a penalty soon after the restart didn't help their position and they struggled to threaten in the second period.Despite going down to their fifth consecutive league...

Trees for Cities offers edible playgrounds to school

Peoples Postcode Lottery funding has helped contribute to a edible playground project.

Tendercare plans designer talk

Sally Court and Helen Billetop will present at the next TendercareTalk on 25 February 2016 at the Tendercare Nursery in Denham, Buckinghamshire.

VIDEO: BBC Weather man returns to Antarctica

Peter Gibbs revisits the Antarctic 36 years after he worked there; but how much has it changed?