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For the first time in more than four years, there are fewer open jobs in the U.S. than there are job seekers. CNN: "This is a turning point for the labor market," Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, wrote Wednesday. "It's yet another crack." The number of job openings fell to an estimated 7.18 million at the end of July, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Wednesday. Job openings not only are at their lowest level in 10 months, but they're also below the number of unemployed workers (at 7.2 million) for the first time since April 2021.

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High street cosmetics firm Lush has shut down its website and closed all its UK stores in what the company says is a pro-Palestine statement of solidarity.

The chain announced in January that it was struggling financially and would be forced to shut some stores, having already closed one on the Essex border earlier this year

A major A-road is closed due to a crash. The crash, which involved a lorry, has resulted in 'significant barrier damage' along the road.

At around 3pm on Sunday, 7 September, all 4G and 5G mobile phones in the UK will blare a 10-second siren blast and display a test alert from the Government.

Drew Binsky has visited every country on Earth - but one neglected Essex town left him with a newfound appreciation for the UK's "raw and real" beauty

Crowds gathered in the grounds of the grand Chatsworth House estate in Derbyshire were left gasping as the wayward balloon came in too low and snagged itself.

A major A-road in Essex is closed due to a crash

New Alabama HQ to be named the Donald J. Trump Space Command Center, says local Senator

The US President, Donald Trump, has announced his intention to relocate the US Space Command headquarters from its current location in Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama.…

He had committed some of the most graphic crimes that an officer at Essex Police had seen.

Let's be honest: we don't read instruction manuals, even though we probably should. Whenever we get a new kitchen appliance, we just unpack it, plug it in and hope for the best.

Hopwood DePree, 55, has told of spending eight years and half a million pounds trying to restore a stately home in Middleton, Greater Manchester.

E Wing at HMP Downview is reserved for trans women with a history of sexual or violent offending who are in possession of a gender recognition certificate.

A mother from Swindon in England has shared her terror when her son was hospitalised after eating 50 of Tyson Fury's chewing gums.

An upcoming Netflix series Love Con Revenge sees victims of romance fraud try to reclaim their dignity and unearth vital truths.

Streameast -- the world's largest illegal sports streaming platform -- has been shut down after a year long investigation, according to a leading United States-based anti-piracy organisation. From a report: The network of 80 unauthorised domains generated 1.6billion combined visits over the past year, providing free access to global sports fixtures, including Europe's top football leagues and competitions, such as the Premier League and Champions League, as well as the NFL, NBA and MLB. The Athletic has been informed by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) -- a coalition of 50 media and entertainment organisations including Amazon, Apple TV+, Netflix and Paramount -- that an operation alongside Egyptian law enforcement officials took place on Sunday August 24 to disrupt Streameast's dominant position in the illegal streaming market. Traffic to the site reached 136million average monthly visits, with domains primarily originating from the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, the Philippines and Germany.

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The Reform leader and MP is due to say Britain has become an 'authoritarian censorship regime' after the arrest of Irish writer Graham Linehan for posting trans-critical tweets.

Marco Pierre White Jr, 30, is facing jail after he admitted carrying out a number a burglaries in a crime spree across west London.

The 'delightful' four-bedroom Pole House in Hayle, Cornwall, is set in landscaped gardens and sits close to St Ives and Penzance.

The incident happened about 200 metres offshore in the Eregli district of Zonguldak in northern Turkey on Tuesday.