A council leader has called for improvements to be made after a school was revealed to have the worst pupil attendance rate ...

England's most truant schools have been named, and one from Essex tops the list. The number of unauthorised absences at state ...

The father-of-seven was born in the town, attending the former Bastable School - which became part of Basildon Academies - before embarking on a career at the Basildon Tractor Plant. We're now on ...