The fire service has provided an update on a blaze which resulted in 36 buses being destroyed between Linford and Chadwell St Mary.

A round-up of selected recent cases heard at North Essex Magistrates’ Court in both Chelmsford and Colchester.

Brightlingsea is an easy seaside escape less than half an hour’s drive from Colchester, offering a quiet day out in Essex.

Mersea Island in Colchester has been named among the best islands for a UK staycation by Conde Nast Traveller.

St Helena’s Hospice, based in Highwoods, has been selected by Cadent’s East of England employees to receive a minimum of £10,000 per year for the next two years

Watford Junction trains have been cancelled due to a broken rail toward London Euston, with disruption lasting all day.

Discover the beautiful canal-side pub in Hertfordshire that's earned praise for its imaginative meals.

The Grove in Hertfordshire has been named among the best hotels in the UK by The Telegraph.

A five-bedroom detached family home in a quiet Nascot Wood cul-de-sac has come to market in Armand Close, Watford, for £1,150,000.

This column traces the rich and often overlooked history of The Swan, once Watford’s longest-serving public house on Lower High Street.