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Why Jimmy Doherty's business has received plaudits from HM King Charles
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The Essex woman who excelled in the art of crime novels
Damian Lewis: 'I'm lucky to have a house in Essex'
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Celebrating Essex women on International Women's Day
From cork lifejackets to motor lifeboats, how the RNLI started 200 years ago
Essex in illustrations by local artist White One Sugar
How Candace Bushnell is putting the sex into the city… of Southend!
Remembering Essex born Dame Vera Lynn
The latest gothic novel from a Colchester author
Comedian Ed Byrne heads into emotional new territory
The author of Carrie’s War who was born in Ilford
Behind the scenes at Make Space Chelmsford
50 locally-based companies and individuals who had a great 2023
The Essex physician who saved a future king
Competition Time: Calling all young poets of Essex
Joe Pasquale to play Mr Smee in Peter Pan at Cliffs Pavilion
The Essex woman who has a Jamaican village named after her
Why Sophie Ellis-Bextor loves the Essex coast
The romantic fiction author who finds inspiration in Essex
The Essex artist who finds inspiration from the River Colne
New redesigned Remembrance Poppies launched by the Royal British Legion
Lisa Snowdon’s Model Life in Essex and her menopause awareness campaign
Christmas Gifts
How sailing is helping disadvantaged young people in Essex
The Essex statistician who proved size doesn’t matter
King Harold II and his connection to Waltham
James Martin talks food, fame and fans ahead of live UK tour
Meet Peter Young, the man who can put a smile on your face
TV travel star Simon Reeve shares his wild plans for his new tour
A new exhibition in Colchester will celebrate artists past and present
Danny Dyer on life after EastEnders
Schoolboy chorister Malakai Bayoh reflects on his success after Britain’s Got Talent
The German POW who escaped from Essex
TV presenter Anita Rani on her fiction writing
Melanin Magic: London bookstore opens to create ‘safe space’ for black children
DJ Ken Bruce to host a Greatest Hits Radio station dedicated to this era of music
We meet five Essex superheroes using their time and skills to help others
Ross Kemp says volunteers for poppy appeal are needed this year ‘more than ever’
Clive Myrie to host BBC First Night Of The Proms show
Everything you need to know about the creation of the NHS
William Harvey: The physician who discovered blood circulation
All you need to know about going to a festival with your teenager
Coin worth more than £5,000 produced to honour Dame Shirley Bassey
Joanna Lumley reveals her favourite place in India - and it isn't the Taj Mahal
Ken Bruce's PopMaster quiz is coming to TV
Reverend Richard Coles looks forward to the future
The West Indian passengers who arrived at Tilbury Dock on Empire Windrush
We speak to four Essex women who have found friendship and fulfilment with the WI
Fleur East announced as new co-host of BBC’s Strictly: It Takes Two
Take That don't rule out return of Robbie Williams and Jason Orange
See the full list of people named in the King's Birthday Honours for 2023
When photographer Eleanor Church met sculptor Steve Henderson