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From Essex

Essex

6 Items

The Essex celebs who got their Freedom
Barry Hearn says there's no quirky perks with his freedom of the borough honour.
3 mins
Essex village is England’s most deprived
Jaywick Sands has been named England's most deprived neighbourhood for a fourth time.
2 mins
Boy with Tourette's refused flight for bomb remark
A boy from Essex with Tourette syndrome was ejected from Gatwick for shouting ‘bomb’.
3 mins
Secret Essex
The Dunmow Flitch Trials
The Essex town with a 900 -year-old test of married couples and an unlikely prize.
12 Jul 2024,4 mins
Where is the ‘coolest’ place to live in Essex?
The coastal town was described as having ‘understated charm’ and ‘stellar sunsets’.
2 mins
Short History Of...
Highwaymen
What's the real story of the highwaymen? The rogues who are imortalised in art and myth
20 Nov 2023,50 mins