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Home county tenant exodus drives up London rents

Renting in St Albans typically requires 33 per cent of the average salary. Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Jane Howdle

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St Albans and Hertsmere were named among the 10 places renters are most likely to leave for London in 2022.
Property sales were up across the East of England last year. 

Pandemic property boom sees sales increase across the East

Jane Howdle

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Harpenden high street. Photo: Danny Loo.

Strong price growth reported across prime residential market in Herts

Jane Howdle

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Garden House in Cambridge will host a Cambridge Club Festival "takeover" on Thursday, April 28

Food and Drink

Cambridge restaurant launches limited-edition menu amid festival 'takeover'

Will Durrant

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Pop icon Nik Kershaw has penned a song about Hedingham Castle in Essex 

Music

80s heart-throb Nik Kershaw pens song for Essex castle

Michael Steward

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An emerging musician, band or artist will grace the same stage as Diana Ross, The Jacksons and TLC this summer

Music

Emerging artists to compete for spot on The Cambridge Club Festival bill

Will Durrant

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Acer in Japanese style garden

Days Out Guide

All set for the Gardens of Easton Lodge Open Day

Alan Davies

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Charli XCX's CRASH is the UK's Official Number One album

Music

Cambridge-born Charli XCX secures her first number one album

Will Durrant

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Saffron Walden Museum, Museum Street, Saffron Walden, CB10 1BN, Essex

Saffron Walden Museum

New exhibition: From a troupe of firefighting scouts to private fire...

Louise Dunderdale

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Main image: Grant Shapps MP; Inset: A WizzAir plane on a London airport runway

Grant Shapps

Holiday firms 'ecstatic' as Covid-19 travel restrictions come to an end

Will Durrant

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Price of living on the rise. Pictures: Brittany Woodman

7 tips for saving money on your energy bills

Sean Galea-Pace

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Great Dunmow mayor Patrick Lavelle and a group of artists, Great Dunmow, Essex

International Women's Day | Gallery

IWD 2022: Great Dunmow display on inspiring women

Louise Dunderdale

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A Pride flag

LGBTQ+

How East Anglia's museum curators are writing our area's LGBTQ+ history

Will Durrant

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The humble folk toss their hats in the air at the Dunmow Flitch Trials 2016

Heritage | Gallery

Ancient Flitch Trials return to Great Dunmow in summer 2022

Will Durrant

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Carriages in front of the Audley End estate, a major Essex tourist attraction

Essex County Council

Controversial Essex tourism ad not funded by council tax

Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporter and Will Durrant

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Rick Hylton, Essex's chief fire officer, marked the start of LGBT+ History Month with a flag-raising in Kelvedon

LGBTQ+

How Essex's fire service is celebrating LGBT+ History Month

Will Durrant

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Flitch chair barers, or "simple folk" at the Great Dunmow Flitch 2016

Valentine's Day

Valentine's ball fundraiser for Dunmow Flitch Trials

Will Durrant

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Aida H Dee visited Dunmow St Mary's Primary School for LGBT+ History Month

LGBTQ+

Great Dunmow school celebrates LGBT+ History Month with Drag Queen Story...

Will Durrant

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A rainbow flag, associated with the LGBTQ+ community

LGBTQ+

History Month: Hate crime rates soaring in Essex

Will Durrant

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Main: The Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton, Cambridgeshire; Inset: Natalie Lazar Adler

LGBTQ+ | Interview

History Month: 'Science and sexuality cross over more than you might think'

Will Durrant

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A crowd at a pride event in 2016

Essex Live News

Tickets for Essex Pride 2022 are now on sale

Will Durrant

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Adults reading displays about Wethersfield Village Hall's 100 year history, Essex

Heritage | Gallery

A look back: the fun times in Wethersfield remembered

Louise Dunderdale

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Grey and white long haired Maine Coon sitting with front legs stretched in front, Great Dunmow area, Essex

Pets Corner | Gallery

In pictures: the cute animals in January's Pets' Corner

Louise Dunderdale

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Street view of Wethersfield Village Hall, with a banner announcing it is 100 years old. Essex.

Sunday's event for the 100 year anniversary of village hall

Louise Dunderdale

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A Thaxted Parish Church worship leader on a green John Deere tractor at Essex Young Farmers' Plough Weekend event

Farming | Gallery

Essex Young Farmers celebrate Plough Sunday with Thaxted tractor run

Will Durrant

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Wooden penguins on a trip to Lapland in a Rayne, Essex front garden

Charity News | Gallery

Penguin-making competition winner 'pecks' up £50 prize

Will Durrant

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Beth Shriever from Finchingfield displays her Tokyo 2020 Gold medal

Olympics

Essex sports superstars pick up New Year Honours

Will Durrant

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Main image: Mel Sims from Great Bardfield shows off Mooze 12%; Insets: Johnny Johnson from UnLtd; Pinkster Spritz

The low-alcohol drinks produced in and around north-west Essex

Will Durrant

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The Rotary Club of Braintree Rivers' very own Father Christmas pays a visit to Flitch Green

Christmas | Gallery

IN PICTURES: Santa Claus visits Flitch Green for Christmas

Will Durrant

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Father Christmas with Revd Dr Colin Fairweather

Christmas | Gallery

IN PICTURES: Takeley and Canfield celebrate the Christmas season

Will Durrant

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