Right up there with Britain’s most maligned counties, Essex has been the butt of many a joke about diamond geezers, fake tan, Towie botox and bling. But it can handle it. Because locals know that ...

With Britain’s second-longest coastline at 563km, Essex has more beach than many give it credit for. OK, so we’re talking more cockle shells, cheekily named beach huts, briny breezes and ...

Images from a helicopter over Black River, a coastal town of 5,000 in southwestern Jamaica, show the extent of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. Half a million bottles of blood pressure ...

A private island passed by boaters and rowers on the Thames since time immemorial has gone up for sale. Hallsmead Ait, a triangular island or an eyot in Berkshire and close to Shiplake Lock in ...

Fancy taking a gamble on a forested private island on the Thames? Then you might want to mark November 25 in your calendar, because that’s when Hallsmead Ait, a triangular island or eyot on the ...

Portraits of San Lorenzo River species soar in a new 55-foot-tall mural “Echoes of a Wetland” recently installed in Santa Cruz at the RiverRow apartments on Front Street. The Coastal Watershed Council ...

A photograph of the Seaver Mill, which kickstarted the settlement of what’s now known as Moscow village. Photo courtesy of the Stowe Historical Society This story by Aaron Calvin was first published ...

A solitary horseman, illuminated by a beam of light, stands on the snow, surrounded by eerie and jagged mountain peaks. It's an otherworldly image and it raises the question: How did a photographer ...

Giving evidence to the Commons environmental audit committee’s report into flooding which was published just days ago, the former chair of the Environment Agency stressed: “Flooding poses a lethal ...

River of Light is set to return to Liverpool for its eighth year within a matter of days. Every year, the city’s waterfront and key areas around the centre come to life with an array of dazzling light ...

Toll cash for the new Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) could be used to secure the long-term future of a much-loved ferry service which ended last year. The Gravesend to Tilbury service, which boasted more ...