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Essex
6 Items
In 2014, the sitcom legend spent a summer with the UK’s oldest weekly repertory company.
4 mins
Why should Basildon be UK Town of Culture?
The Essex town is among the final 15 locations vying for the £3m accolade.
10 Jul 2026,·5 mins
A new lower Thames Crossing will connect Kent and Essex, but how did we get to this point?
Temperatures are expected to remain very high again across the county all this week.
1 min
Douglas Adams
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Douglas Adams
06 Feb 1994,·40 mins
The Essex hamlet that vanished
The buildings, people and myths that made way for Hanningfield Reservoir in the 1950s.
26 Jun 2026,·9 mins
