Restoration for historic windmill
An historic windmill in Stansted Mountfitchet undergoes a £200,000 conservation project to enable its sails to turn into the wind.

Stansted air crash - 10 years on
On Wednesday, 22 December 1999 a Korean Air cargo jet 747 crashed near Stansted Airport killing the four crew members on board.

Period make-over for Tudor house
The restoration of a Tudor building in Maldon High Street is nearly complete after more than two years work.

Kidd recalls epic Blackwater jump
Thirty years after jumping 80 feet across the River Blackwater on a motorcycle, stunt rider Eddie Kidd remembers one his greatest feats.

Funding sought to buy Roman site
Campaigners are in a race against time to raise £250,000 to buy the site of a major Roman find in Colchester.

Rare pictures of the 1953 floods
The RAF release rare aerial photographs of the 1953 floods that affected towns on the coast including Jaywick and Canvey.

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Museum given refurbishment
Colchester Castle Museum in Essex gets more than £260,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to develop plans for its refurbishment.

Raising a glass to former brewery
For over 160 years the Ridley's Brewery in Hartford End was home to one of the largest beer and ale producers in Essex.

The Witchfinder General of Essex
An exhibition at Colchester Castle about the Witchfinder General reveals why Essex became the witching county of Britain.

Ford Dagenham's 80 year history
As 2009 marks the 80th anniversary of Ford Motor Company coming to Dagenham, we look back on its eventful history.