A home study at a house in Essex has been destroyed by fire after a vacuum cleaner was left on charge. Two fire crews were called to Eastview Drive in Rayleigh at about 13:50 BST.

Two become one: various diffraction patterns showing Rayleigh's criterion. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Spencer Blevin) Scientists have long believed that diffraction limits the minimum distance that ...

A man has admitted attempting to murder an off-duty police officer who was stabbed and slashed 11 times while at home with his wife and children. John McCartney, 40, of Eastwood Road, Rayleigh ...