The man has been intubated and is on a ventilator at Southend Hospital, according to sources at the site.

Most of the passenger stands at the UK's fourth busiest airport are full with aircraft.

Southend put "several staff and some players" on temporary leave because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Dr Alfa Saadu worked as a medical director and across many hospitals in London, his family said.

Assistant Chief Constable of Essex Paul Wells speaks out after officers were deliberately coughed at.

Staff are said to be "petrified" at the lack of protective equipment during the coronavirus crisis.

Elouise Simpson had open "foetal repair" surgery last year following a spina bifida diagnosis.

With the first seven weeks of the season already cancelled, what about the rest of the summer and beyond?

What is it like for those working on the front line of end-of-life care in hospices?

Key graphics explaining how coronavirus has spread in the UK and the government's response.

Antony Gormley, Grayson Perry and Jeremy Deller help a Colchester gallery with home activities.

The total death toll from Covid-19 at one hospital in Essex is up to 14.

Staff on a hospital ward wanted to send out a "powerful message" to stop the spread of coronavirus.

The BBC spoke to 87 Finest Dental customers who paid a combined £540,344 for work never completed.

Food writer Jack Monroe has been sharing top tips for people who are new to cooking.

New mum Becky stopped visiting Freyja in hospital when her partner developed flu-type symptoms.

Jim Sangwell, 34, has his own pub, Fred's Bar, in a shed in his back garden.

A group of dancers with Down's syndrome is carrying on performing via video-link.

The hotel is offering accommodation to frontline workers as they battle the Covid-19 outbreak.

The man in his 20s has been charged with two counts of assault on an emergency worker.