The secret conclave meeting – steeped in tradition and mystery – had only just begun some 24 hours before white smoke appeared.

A new pope has officially been elected and named, with Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, becoming the new head of the Catholic Church. He is the 267th pope and has become the religious leader of ...

The new pope, US cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, will be known as Pope Leo XIV. The pope is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. There are around 1.41 billion ...

Robert Prevost has been elected as the new pope after a two-day conclave, and was revealed to onlookers in St Peter's Square ...

The award-winning community choirs aim to raise vital funds for veterans and their families during this 80th anniversary of VE Day.

OFFICERS are urging Essex drivers to take care on the roads, after tackling a busy month of road safety. In March, roads policing officers for Essex Police dealt with 165 mobile phone offences, 177 ...

Bulmer's Smeetham Hall Barn, on the Essex and Suffolk border, has been the backdrop for countless weddings since it was established by Anthony and Bridget Hyde Parker. The venue is now run by their ...

The UK and the United States have agreed a “historic” trade deal, which the government says will save "thousands of jobs". The agreement tackles a number of important sectors, including car ...

A plot of land on a business park has been bought to create a major new logistics hub in Braintree. The prominent development site at the Horizon 120 Business Park will become Panattoni Park Braintree ...

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister said it was ‘disappointing’ that devolved governments had not been told the agreement was imminent.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle has berated a minister saying “we don’t do business like this” after the Government suggested a statement on the UK-US trade deal should be delayed. The Speaker of the House of ...

Agriculture is a key part of a new trade deal struck between the UK and US, announced on Thursday by Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump, with tariffs reduced on US products including beef and ethanol ...