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A scorching summer: The Heatwave of 1976 in 25 photos

The early morning sun shines down on these tennis fans at Wimbledon on July 3, 1976

Nostalgia | Gallery

Ben Craske

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With UK temperatures soaring and today set to be the hottest day of the year so far, today we are stepping back in time to another sweltering summer - the heatwave of 1976.

People on tractors in a line, travelling through Great Bardfield, Essex during the Stebbing Tractor Run 2022

Charity Fundraiser | Gallery

Stebbing Tractor Run 2022 delights the crowds: In pictures

Louise Dunderdale

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Tractors in the Stebbing Tractor Run 2021

Heritage

Stebbing Tractor Run: This is the new route for 2022

Louise Dunderdale

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Moorcroft Chairman Hugh Edwards with his favourite new piece of Moorcroft Pottery, Thaxted, Essex

Heritage | Video

Video and pictures: Thaxted Moorcroft event draws the crowds

Louise Dunderdale

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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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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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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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A field off Bardfield Road, Finchingfield, from above

Braintree District Council

Archaeologists find remains of late-medieval cart track

Will Durrant

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A flight display from the RAF Red Arrows.

IWM Duxford

Red Arrows to headline IWM Duxford Summer Air Show

Alan Davies

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The gates to Great Dunmow Maltings and Town Museum

Heritage

History on your doorstep: The Great Dunmow Museum is about to reopen

Angela Jardine, Trustee at The Maltings in Great Dunmow