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Scott Law, 43, of Waltham Abbey, Essex, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of common assault.

Leader targets swing voters in Kent and Essex while shadow chancellor makes vow on taxes and spending

Hill, who had a disastrous outing last time out at Brands Hatch, predictably converted his pole position into the race lead with his rear-wheel-drive West Surrey Racing-run BMW 330e M Sport, while new-for-this-weekend team-mate Bobby Thompson surged from fifth to third behind championship leader Ash Sutton’s Alliance Racing-run NAPA Ford…

It comes as British Airways returns to the Essex hub

Hannah Kemp hopes to become the youngest woman with an intellectual impairment to cycle 100 miles in the Ford RideLondon-Essex 100

From a Yorkshire fishing village to a genteel beach resort in Essex, our tipsters share their top coastal getaways

The Sunday Times rich list is a stark symbol of the growing inequality in the UK. As many people face worsening living conditions, a small few are becoming ever richer. Among them for the first time this year is Graham King, an Essex businessman who has accumulated a £750 million…

Ford Ride will have an impact on a few London and Essex roads and routes this weekend

Exclusive: Hundreds of asylum seekers have left or been moved out of RAF Wethersfield and the ‘Bibby Stockholm’ already this year as costs spiral

In thrall to a character who may not truly exist any more, the Labour leader kicked off his election campaign in Purfleet, says author Tim Burrows

The Observer had been to the quiet Essex village before, in 1965. What had changed, what changes lay in wait?