A boat carrying tourists has capsized during a thunderstorm in Vietnam, killing 34 people. The Wonder Sea boat was carrying 48 passengers and five crew members — all of them Vietnamese — during the ...

Steven Pressley suffered a second defeat as Dundee manager as Alloa left their visitors’ hopes of Premier Sports Cup progression in ruins. Dundee were on the end of another 1-0 defeat at the Indodrill ...

World number one Scottie Scheffler’s continued consistency opened up a two-shot lead midway through his third round of The Open but looming over his shoulder was spectre of Rory McIlroy.

Joseph O’Brien’s Al Riffa stamped his class on the Michael John Kennedy Curragh Cup.

The Premier League sides played their first fixture ahead of the new campaign in front of a 45,345 crowd at the Strawberry Arena.

A volunteer at a Colchester hospice has been honoured with a medal for dedicating four decades to terminally ill patients.

A car has rammed into a crowd of people waiting to enter a nightclub on a busy street in Los Angeles, injuring 30 and prompting bystanders to attack the driver, authorities said. The driver was later ...

CRIMES reported in an area of Colchester have spiked to the highest amount of offences recorded since last year.

A COLCHESTER man is missing and an appeal has been launched to find him. Simon Stevens, 49, was last seen in the Colchester area yesterday evening. He is described as white, 5ft 11ins tall, of medium ...

Andy Farrell braced his British and Irish Lions for the backlash coming from Australia following a 27-19 triumph that has placed them on the brink of a series victory.

Rod Millman continued his love affair with the Weatherbys Super Sprint, as Anthelia regained the winning thread to deny Royal Ascot winner Havana Hurricane in a thrilling finish to the Newbury feature ...

The University of Essex has awarded honorary degrees to an Invictus Games champion and a community campaigner from Colchester.