Chelmsford Weekly News

Home Office data shows Chelmsford sees 10.4% drop in asylum seekers in hotel accommodation, but still tops Essex figures outside the London fringe.

These gastropubs in Essex have been named among the best in the UK, according to Muddy Stilettos.

Bradley Pritchard, formerly employed at an Essex hospital and airport, told court he turned to drug dealing after borrowing from a loan shark

The suspect robbed a shop in the street and demanded staff open the till, before fleeing the scene, police say.

University of Essex staff to strike for a further nine days in March over job losses and Southend campus closure.

Josie Gibson was seen filming at multiple locations across Burnham this week

It's estimated there’s a whopping 1.3million dogs living in the East of England.

Olly Murs, who grew up in Witham, and first rose to fame as the runner-up on The X Factor in 2009, has shared a new photo after visiting a town in Essex.

Jet2 has introduced two new exciting destinations flying from Stansted Airport to meet high demand from customers.

Two heroic siblings, aged eight and five, have been nominated for a bravery award for raising the alarm when their mum needed urgent medical help.

Chelmsford City Racecourse has confirmed “operations will continue as normal” after a tenant filed paperwork intending to appoint administrators.

As milder temperatures have delighted Essex this week, what does the weather look like this weekend?

Essex villages will be without power today while a pole is replaced and upgraded.

Anti-knife crime campaigner Julie Taylor founded The Liam Taylor Legacy in memory of her grandson, who was tragically killed in Writtle in 2020.

The A12 is partially blocked after a crash near Hatfield Peverel.

Footage shows an Evri delivery driver dumping customers' parcels into a yard - which embarrassingly also belongs to a courier company.

The Miniloco train ran every day at the shopping centre in Thurrock, taking shoppers around the shops and the quay, but has now closed down.

A man will be arrested after failing to attend court over charges of sexual assault at Stansted Airport.

The Fish Inn, on St John's Road, has been named one of the UK’s top 10 takeaway fish and chip shops for 2026.

Essex County Council is the only top-tier authority in Eastern England not proposing the maximum 4.99% council tax rise for 2026/27, new analysis shows.