Colchester Action for Palestine held its annual Nakba memorial for Gaza, marking the longest-running Gaza vigil in the UK.

The Met Office and UKHSA has issued a yellow heat health alert for the whole of Essex this bank holiday weekend as temperatures set to hit 32C.

Agatha Christie's Poirot, which aired on ITV from 1989 to 2013, is reportedly being revived in a new series on the BBC.

Hobbs, Phase Eight and Whistles have come to Braintree Village in time for this sunny bank holiday weekend.

The Wizard of Oz Musical will run for 34 shows at Charter Hall in Cowdray Avenue from December 12 2026.

Plans for a new Mexican and Turkish restaurant in Watford town centre have been refused by the borough council.

After falling into administration, Quiz has confirmed it will be shutting all 37 of its remaining stores, including in Watford's Harlequin shopping centre.

You Garden’s has some ace offers this week.

A nurse’s discrimination Watford Employment Tribunal claim against Watford General Hospital can go ahead despite an application to strike it out.

It's five years since Lesley Dunlop starting out on her regular history column for the Watford Observer - an anniversary worth marking.