A BELOVED chimpanzee which was born and raised in Colchester has died of a suspected “heart attack”. Colchester Zoo has announced that Tombe, a male chimpanzee, died on March 28 at the age of 28.

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Global uncertainty and weaker equity markets had led to ‘canny investors’ looking for opportunities in the housing market, one property ...

MALDON and Tiptree played out a battling 2-2 draw with promotion-chasing Waltham Abbey, writes LEE WITNEY.

Jonbon will face just three rivals when he defends his My Pension Expert Melling Chase at Aintree on Friday. Nicky Henderson’s star chaser successfully stretched out to two and a half miles when ...

A DISAPPOINTING second-half performance cost Witham Town after they lost 2-1 against Grays Athletic at Tilbury, writes JIM PURTILL. After making the running in the first half, Town conceded twice in ...

The assisted dying Bill is a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to bring about much-needed change, a former top prosecutor has said, as the MP behind the proposed legislation dismissed criticism of ...

BRAINTREE Town suffered penalty heartache in the National League Cup semi-final after losing on spot-kicks to Sutton United, writes DAVID WARD. The Iron missed out on the final, losing 5-4 in the ...

Across the country as a whole, job vacancies fell by 15.1% in the four months since the budget, compared to the previous four months, the report said.

The judge said Douglas Clifton Brown would be entitled to be released on licence after serving two thirds of his sentence.

Women in England and Wales are likely to continue having babies later in life than previous generations, as well as having smaller families, new figures suggest.

Last year was the fourth-busiest in the charity’s 201-year history, with lifeboats launched more than 9,100 times across the UK and Ireland.