A cannonball recovered from the battlefield at Culloden has sold for almost £19,000 at auction. The cannonball, engraved with the words “Ogilvy Culloden 16 April 1746”, had been expected to sell for ...

Schools across the Basildon borough are celebrating outstanding GCSE results with one recording its best ever outcomes. Students from Billericay to Wickford and Laindon have been praised for their ...

STUDENTS and staff at The Billericay School are celebrating after achieving its best-ever overall results. This year, the school recorded its highest percentage of students achieving grades nine to ...

Official figures released on Thursday showed that UK state borrowing slowed to £1.1 billion in July, providing some relief for the Chancellor.

Knight has not played since damaging her hamstring in May but takes her place in a 15-strong squad for the tournament in India and Sri Lanka.

The Hoops could only draw 0-0 with Kairat Almaty at Parkhead in the first leg of the Champions League play-off on Wednesday night.

Connolly, who was jailed for inciting racial hatred online following the Southport attacks, has been released from prison.