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The event united over 175 Essex organisations under the themes of grow, innovate and connect.

We are proudly celebrating our county by shining a spotlight on the people that make it special. This is Extraordinary Essex and it includes the We Rise youth movement.

The government has allocated £3.6 million to support housing on brownfield land in Essex.

Essex is an extraordinary county for many reasons. We’re proud to serve the people and communities that live, work and study here. They are what make our county truly unique.

Independent consultancy, IMPOWER, has published their latest top 10 list.

Councillor Chris Whitbread spoke at Full Council ahead of our budget next year.

For the Essex Year of Numbers campaign we recently held a maths-themed baking lesson to celebrate National Baking Week.

We have announced £9.4 million to support residents with costs this winter.

Four more projects to benefit from Public Health Accelerator Bid funding.

A new ‘Eco refill business’ project in schools has helped pupils in nearly 40 primary schools across Essex to become young entrepreneurs, gaining key maths and business skills while saving 1,600 plastic containers from landfill.