Every year, hard-working Brits enjoy a handful of days off thanks to bank holidays. With careful strategic planning and clever use of these holidays, workers will be able to bag 48 days of get-aways ...

At its heart, the story of Christmas both acknowledges the messiness of our lives – the stark realties of poverty, conflict and power struggles – and also holds out the hope that life can be different ...

Young writers from Creative Walden Writers Room have published a collection of poems about Christmas in Saffron Walden.

Havens for fresh produce, while championing local producers and growers, farm shops help reduce our food miles and bring joy from all the growing seasons…here’s our pick of the Essex crop! The butcher ...

The NSPCC is calling for new volunteers to help support its services in 2025. The children’s charity, which relies largely on public donations to fund its services, needs volunteers to help organise ...

Staff members at London Stansted have come together to support families, community groups, and schools in the area with gifts and treats.

Army bassoonist Liv Watts from Saffron Walden is travelling around Japan on the Band of the Coldstream Guards' concert tour.

A fundraiser will 'be 'running home for Christmas' as he travels 100km to his parents' house in Great Chesterford in a single day.

Carols around the Memory Tree in Saffron Walden (Image: Saffron Walden Town Council) The Christmas tree in the square is being used as a 'Memory Tree' for residents to add wooden commemorative bauble ...

The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex is inviting Uttlesford residents to a public meeting about crime and community safety.

A "chop shop" near Stansted Airport has led police to stolen vehicles and car parts worth £400,000. Essex Police were alerted by the Metropolitan Police on December 9 about a stolen vehicle ...

Saffron Hall has an array of performances coming up in January to start the New Year in style. The season opens at 4pm on Sunday, January 5 with A New Year's Celebration, described as a "journey ...