“It’s really gone down the pan,” says 87-year-old Eileen. A pensioner and mother of five long-grown-up children, Eileen and her 88-year-old husband Brian moved to Basildon from Stanmore in north-west ...

Brooke House in Basildon has been Grade II listed since 1998 A tower block in the middle of Basildon has been an emblem of the "new town" since the early 1960s. With its futuristic design and landmark ...

A community theatre will open at the site of a long-closed Basildon nightclub while work is underway on a new 3,500 seat arena in the town centre ...

Basildon Council has slammed an act of vandalism after washing-up liquid was poured into the town centre’s historic fountain just days after it was brought back into operation. The Grade II-listed ...

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Basildon firefighters honoured at Basildon Borough Volunteer Awards for community service, including organising annual Christmas lunch at Basildon Fire Station.

InfraRed Capital Partners and Sovereign Centros have been granted outline planning permission by Basildon Council for the scheme. The 750,000 sq ft shopping centre sits at the heart of Basildon town ...

A new multi-million-pound Wetherspoon pub will open in an Essex town centre next week. Sir Tim Martin's discount chain, which operates around 800 sites nationwide, will arrive on East Walk in Basildon ...

Built right in the middle of town, Brooke House is synonymous with Basildon's status as a designated "new town", one of many created to solve housing problems, by offering alternative settlements ...