Pimlico Plumbers boss slashes price of his Essex mansion as he looks for quick sale after divorce

Britain’s richest plumber Charlie Mullins has slashed the price of his Essex mansion by £350,000 as he looks for a quick sale after divorcing his second wife. The stunning six-bedroom home with marble floors, home cinema and gym, was listed just over a month ago for £4.75m. But it is now on the market for … Read more

Tom Hiddleston joins the cast of The Essex Serpent opposite Claire Danes

Tom Hiddleston is seen in new first look image as he joins the cast of upcoming drama The Essex Serpent opposite Claire Danes By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 16:48 GMT, 16 March 2021 | Updated: 16:55 GMT, 16 March 2021 Tom Hiddleston looked well and truly in character in a newly released image from … Read more

Gemma Collins installs a panic room in her dream £1.35m Essex home

‘It’s like a scene from The Bodyguard!’ Gemma Collins installs a panic room in her dream £1.35m Essex home and jokes she feels like Whitney Houston in the 1992 film By Amelia Wynne For Mailonline Published: 08:55 GMT, 11 March 2021 | Updated: 08:55 GMT, 11 March 2021 Gemma Collins has revealed she has installed … Read more

Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright ‘sell their five-bedroom luxury Essex mansion’

Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan have reportedly sold their luxury five-bedroom Essex mansion.  The actress, 33, and presenter, 34, are now renovating their new £1.3million dream house and posted clips of the building work to their new home Instagram account on Wednesday after their old property was snapped up.  Sources close to the couple told … Read more

Nearly 0.4% of people living in two Essex boroughs have died of Covid since the pandemic began

Coronavirus death rates are up to 30 times higher in the worst-hit parts of Essex than rural regions of Scotland, official statistics have revealed.  Data from the Government’s Covid dashboard show there have been 393 confirmed virus victims per 100,000 people in Castle Point, the highest of any authority in the UK. In second worst-hit … Read more

‘Essex Boys’ killer Jack Whomes is freed from prison 22 years into life sentence

A convicted ‘Essex Boys’ murderer has been released from prison after serving a reduced life sentence of 22 years.  Jack Whomes, 59, and his accomplice Michael Steele, 76, were jailed in 1998 over the gangland shooting of three men who were found dead in a Range Rover near a farm in Rettendon, Essex, in 1995.  … Read more

Danniella Westbrook seems revitalised by her move to Wales from Essex after a spat with Brian Harvey

She’s embroiled in an explosive social media spat with her ex Brian Harvey.  But Danniella Westbrook has been revitalised by her move to a new home after relocating to Wales from her native Essex.  ‘Life’s good,’ the former EastEnders actress, 47, told fans from the serene hillside on Friday in a snap she posed on … Read more

NHS Test and Trace is 25 PER CENT more successful in parts of Essex than in Bradford

Test and Trace is missing a third of people who may be infected with coronavirus in parts of England, according to official data which highlights a disparity in the £22billion programme.  Statistics released by the Department of Health show a North-South divide has emerged in the success of the scheme, which experts say is crucial … Read more

Billie Faiers gets to grip with a digger as building work finally begins on their £1.4m Essex home

Billie Faiers channelled her inner Bob the Builder on Tuesday as the Shepherd family visited their new Essex home.  Construction work in now under way on the £1.4m property to transform it into their dream home more than a year after they first bought it.  The couple were embroiled in planning rows with their new … Read more

Armed police smash ‘rent-a-gun’ gang in dawn raids on 11 addresses across London, Essex and Kent

Armed police who were hunting a ‘rent-a-gun’ gang who would rent guns to be used in revenge attacks have executed dawn raids on 11 addresses in London, Essex and Kent.  The warrants were carried out in the early hours of this morning by more than 350 police officers and four firearm recovery dogs. Operation Wordwell … Read more