Basildon has the third highest number of vacant shops in the east of England, a new survey has revealed. One in five shops in the borough was standing empty at the end of 2010, meaning 20 per cent of ...

THE number of empty shops in Basildon has gone up by nearly 4 per cent in the past six months, a survey has revealed. According to the Local Data Company, Basildon has a 15.8 per cent vacancy rate – ...

“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 ...