Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history buffs. British, Canadian and American forces took off mostly from Essex ...

We are very lucky in Essex to have not one, but two great airports for travel. For over 75 years Stansted Airport has been an ...

The latest data released by the House of Commons Library shows 109,100 are currently being housed across the UK. Yet 59 of ...

Four former residents of RAF Wethersfield brought legal action against the Home Office for their stay between July 2023 and February 2024.

The latest data released by the House of Commons Library shows 109,100 are currently being housed across the UK. Yet 59 of the 361 authorities accommodate none.

The 33-foot Corsair, on loan from Florida, had to be “rigged up on skates” to get to the Intrepid’s hangar deck.

Eighty years ago, during World War II, the United States operated full-scale military operations worldwide while planning how ...

Schools across south Essex will be featuring in a 39-page World Book Day photo special in tomorrow's Echo. The pull-out tomorrow (Tuesday, March 11) will feature photos of classes from more than ...

YOUNGSTERS across north and mid Essex have celebrated an annual charity event by dressing up as their favourite characters and the Gazette has an exclusive supplement in tomorrow’s paper. On March 6, ...

Schools across south Essex will be featuring in a 39-page World Book Day photo special in tomorrow's Echo. The pull-out tomorrow (Tuesday, March 11) will feature photos of classes from more than 40 ...

A man in Germany has found the crash site where an RAF airman from Oldham was killed during WWII– and now he's trying to find his relatives. Sgt Joe Hilton Halliwell, from Shaw, was just 22 years old ...

This is the profound and remarkable story of the 550,000 Jewish Americans who served their country in World War II. These brave men and women fought for their nation and for Jewish people worldwide.