Commuters heading to East Anglia from London got to know their Merlot from their Pinot Grigio as Greater Anglia held a wine tasting event on-board a train to launch its new partnership with Adnams.

Life-saving heart resuscitators have been installed on rail station platforms in Essex, thanks to funding by the Essex and South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership.

The first of Greater Anglia’s brand new Swiss trains has now arrived in East Anglia.

The four-carriage bi-mode train, which will ultimately run on regional lines across the Greater Anglia network arrived today.

It’s not long until Greater Anglia’s brand new trains start to come into service – but for people who can’t wait until next year there’s an opportunity to step on board “virtually” over the next few weeks.

The train company’s award-winning Virtual Reality roadshows are starting up again – and this time visitors could get a special giveaway of a Google Cardboard headset which transforms a smartphone into a virtual reality headset.