League Two side Colchester United sign former Stuttgart defender Danny Collinge on a two-year contract.

Josh Silver says he was escorted off a Turkish Airlines flight after telling crew he had a nut allergy.

LJ Flanders has published a book of workouts which can be performed in prison cell-sized spaces.

Colleagues baked a cake of the scientist instead of singer Mariah Carey as part of an ongoing joke.

A "sparkling, lovely character" was found at home at the bottom of the stairs, an inquest hears.

The council is defending its decision to name the skate park following a vote on social media.

The University of Essex will have "changes in place" for the new academic year, a spokesman says.

Seth Stollery and Freya Parker-Magowan are accused of murdering Paul Gillett.

Yesterday's star talks of working with Ed Sheeran and Danny Boyle.

Simon Harmer claims match figures of 12-61 as Essex crush Hampshire by an innings inside two days at Chelmsford.

Terry Lubbock's son Stuart, 31, was found dead in a swimming pool at the entertainer's Essex home.

Classmates of Leo Latifi, 9, plan to build a Lego memorial in a school garden.

Duckpond FC went the extra mile to celebrate winning the league, splashing £4,000 on a celebration.

The homeowner is treated for smoke inhalation after trying to tackle the blaze.

Two former vets from Essex and their children are showing others how it is possible to live self-sufficiently.

Essex spinner Simon Harmer takes 5-23 to help bowl out Hampshire for 118 before reaching 147-3 at the close.

A Sunday League football team continues its tradition of open top bus celebrations through Harwich.

The 1.3-mile structure will get a new pavilion and upgraded railway.

Army helicopters twice flew close to light aircraft over an area of Essex, a report says.

The device, found taped under a sink in the Chelmsford Riverside branch, has been seized by police.