The Essex village of Theydon Bois — pronounced “boys” — has fewer than 2,000 homes, yet its inhabitants appear hyperactive, with a strong sense of community. Maybe it’s all that fresh air.

Austin Davies, 10, is a year five pupil at Theydon Bois Primary School and on Saturday (May 19) he will meet 12 other finalists to battle it out in the last round of the National School Top Trumps ...

Once again a rush hour accident in Loughton Lane, Theydon Bois. Very fortunately nobody ... There is a major school in the road and the pavement is less than two feet wide in places so the traffic ...