HARWICH’S Redoubt Fort staged a special re-enactment at the weekend to celebrate VE Day 80. Second World War Home Guard reenactors Grant Harris and Simon Todd, from Harwich, welcomed visitors to the ...

April was the 21st month in the last 22 for which the global average temperature was more than 1.5C above the pre-industrial ...

On May 8, there will be a dungeons and dragons games night online via Zoom while on May 13 there will be a ‘magic and mystery’ escape room. On May 14, there will be a Disney quiz night and on May 22 a ...

Safari park staff are “absolutely thrilled” to have welcomed two newly hatched penguin chicks into the world. Blair Drummond Safari Park in Stirling said the Humboldt penguins hatched in April, after ...

A trail map can be bought for £1 from the village hall and the public can also vote for their favourite scarecrow.

Renowned artist David Downes has been appointed as an official ambassador for Autism Anglia. This announcement comes as Autism Acceptance Month, a global initiative to raise awareness and foster ...

An inquest into his death was formally opened by Essex area coroner Michelle Brown on Friday. The court heard Mr Gould had undergone a tooth extraction the day he died, and was prescribed amoxicillin ...

Two celebrated children’s authors were invited to a special celebration of their wedding anniversaries at the House of Parliament.

A new show about legendary female impersonators is being created at Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre. A team from across the UK are working on the production centred around Douglas Byng and Mrs ...

Lena the Amur leopard travelled from Colchester Zoo to Dartmoor Zoo in August last year, and has finally met her mate, Freddo.

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Betsy Arakawa, the concert pianist who was married to actor Gene Hackman, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, according to a post-mortem examination report released on Tuesday. It said her lungs ...