Forty-two people are likely to have died in an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, Kazakhstan’s emergency ministry has said. The ministry confirmed in a statement on the ...

An 88-year-old great-grandmother still receives a Christmas card every year from the German pen pal she has been writing to since she was 12. Sylvia Perkins, from Bermondsey, south-east London, ...

The Baggies confirmed the deal after compensation, reported to be in the region of 3million euros (£2.49m), was agreed on Christmas Eve.

Two reporters were killed and several were wounded on Tuesday in a gang attack in Haiti on the reopening of Port-au-Prince’s biggest public hospital, Haiti’s online media association said. A police ...

The Lakeside Chapter of Harley-Davidson enthusiasts joined the Round Table and Richlee Motor Company to bring festive cheer to the children's wards.

Rochford Rotary Club are appealing to find the owner of a "wedding ring" after finding it in their donation buckets ...

Strictly Come Dancing will return in December with another Christmas special with six new celebrities - here is the lineup, judges and how to watch.

Echo reporter, George Pizani, spent a morning serving breakfast to service users at Harp, Southend’s largest homelessness charity ...

SINCE 1995, South Essex Wildlife Hospital has been taking in injured animals from across Essex, nurturing them back to health, and then releasing them into the wild. The Orsett-based charity is one of ...

To help keep on top of what is on the box here is a full TV schedule for Christmas Day.

WITH the big day finally here and Santa having delivered presents overnight, many youngsters (and even adults) across Essex will be dreaming of ...

Not everyone wants to spend their entire Christmas Day cooped up inside with the family eating dinner and watching TV ...