Jenny_Walker published 2016 Essex Festival of Food and Drink - Here's a taste of what's...

Two of TV's top celebrity chefs will be paying a visit to the festival this year: Michelin-starred Tom Kerridge will headline on Saturday, July 16 and star of BBC's Saturday Kitchen, James Martin returns for a second year on Sunday, July 17.

Renowned for its brimming schedule of celebrity chef demonstrations, top notch exhibitors and a melting pot of diverse food cultures, this year's line-up looks set to be just as tantalising as ever.

Joining Tom and James and serving up some of their...

Essex Chronicle published Chelmsford taxi bosses call for CCTV in vehicles after Oliver Way...

REQUESTS for CCTV cameras in city taxis to improve safety, funded by a tax on pubs and clubs, have been turned down twice, according to the chairman of the Chelmsford Taxi Association.Ian Vernon has twice held talks with Chelmsford City Council officials in a bid to see a portion of the money set aside for late-night policing and public safety invested in CCTV cameras for taxis, and could renew calls after the stabbing of a driver in Oliver Way, Chelmsford, last week.In November 2014, a...

SamBalls published Britain's most haunted house and former medieval prison is up for...

Ghost hunters can snap up Britain's most haunted house after the Essex-based creepy cottage was put on the market for £180,000.Vanessa Mitchell, 43, from St Osyth, near Clacton-on-Sea, claims her house is haunted by a satanic goat among other ghouls and now wants rid of the property, also known as The Cage.Vanessa, who works in sales, revealed she has seen blood spatters appear on the floor of the house, which was formally a medieval prison and hosted one of England's most famous witch...