England Hockey announced on Wednesday a new policy that will bar transgender women from competing in the female category from the start of next season. In a bid to address transgender and non ...

An Essex MP has been described as the "convicted criminal already in our midst" during a debate on violence against women and girls ... goes "far beyond" for pupils ranked among the best in England ...

Animal rescuers leapt into action to save a scared badger who got caught in a Basildon school’s football net. The staff of the South Essex Wildlife Hospital were called to a school on Saturday ...

(Reuters) - England Hockey announced on Wednesday a new policy that will bar transgender women from competing in the female category from the start of next season. In a bid to address transgender and ...

Residents of Southend and Basildon can expect a pleasant yet chilly weekend of weather, according to the latest forecast from the Met Office. Both Saturday and Sunday look set to be dry with ...

One of Afghanistan’s first female Olympians has called on the England cricket team to boycott their Champions Trophy match against the Asian country’s men’s side next month. Friba Rezayee ...

“Afghan female athletes need your support to be able to practise (their) right to play sports,” Rezayee wrote in a letter seen by the PA news agency. “I urge England to boycott Afghanistan ...