Essex Police are investigating an act of vandalism which caused damage at the South Essex Islamic Trust building in Basildon, ...

Essex Police said a 33-year-old man from Basildon has been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order ...

Essex Police arrested a 33-year-old man on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence and conspiracy to commit ...

But normality is also what makes Basildon special, for it is Britain’s most typical place. Basildon is one of 28 new towns created by government planners after the second world war (see map).