West Tey campaigners draft in expert consultants
A FLEDGLING pressure group has hired three expert consultants to help formulate a viable alternative to a potential 14,000-home settlement the size of Witham between Coggeshall and Marks Tey.Campaign...
View ArticleEssex County Council is worst in UK for using tax loophole to
A SENIOR council boss has earned more than £150,000 so far this year because Essex County Council is the UK's worst authority for paying executives via a tax loophole.The authority has paid 28 senior...
View ArticleI feel like Frankensteins monster says South Woodham Ferrers
THE victim of a vicious glassing whose scars make her "feel like Frankenstein's monster" breathed a sigh of relief after seeing her attacker jailed.Lauren Field, 25, was given four years on Friday last...
View ArticleEmergency services launch bid to slash Essex road casualties
EMERGENCY services came together to start a countywide campaign aimed at cutting the numbers of people killed and seriously hurt on Essex's roads.Casualty reduction manager for Essex Police Adam Pipe,...
View ArticleTeenage boysaged 13 and 15 bailed following firearms arrest in
Two teenage boys have been bailed by Essex Police after being arrested in Chelmsford on suspicion of firearms offences this week. The two boys, aged 13 and 15, were arrested after a cyclist reported...
View ArticleSix arrests and a stolen vehicle recovered as 100 cars stopped by
Police made six arrests, recovered one stolen vehicle, and stopped 22 people for driving while using a mobile phone in an operation to detect driver committing crimes and motoring offences in south...
View ArticleResidents gearing up for something big at 106th Burnham
MORE than a century since it began, the 106th Burnham-on-Crouch carnival will return this Saturday, with a full day of activities set to wow the thousands of visitors due to attend.The fun is set to...
View ArticleVIDEO Paralympian Danny Crates promotes Essex as a place to do
Essex is "the county that never sleeps" according to a series of new videos released to promote the region as a business and research hub.The videos were made by Essex County Council's investment arm,...
View ArticleCanvey cafe knife robber jailed for four and a half years after
A homeless man has been jailed for four and a half years after brandishing a knife in a cafe robbery. Josh Love, of no fixed abode, was jailed after being identified by his victim on Facebook by his...
View ArticleChelmsford granddad encourages other pensioners to join military
Signing up for an obstacle course race can be a daunting prospect at any age, but for one Chelmsford pensioner it's just another walk in the park.Mike Harmer is proving that age is simply a number as...
View ArticleWoman dies after twovehicle crash on Burnham Road in Woodham
A woman who was involved in a two-car crash in Woodham Mortimer last week has died in hospital.The collision, on Burnham Road last Wednesday afternoon involved a Mini Cooper and a Ford Transit van and...
View ArticleEssex Police to use special stop and search powers during EDL
Essex Police are going to use special powers to search members of the public during an English Defence League march in Colchester town centre tomorrow. The use of Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and...
View ArticleThree teenage girls and one man left with injuries after
Three teenage girls and a man were assaulted during a "disturbance" in Witham. The incident was opposite the Gulf petrol station in Braintree Road at about 3.30pm on Tuesday, September 15. A...
View ArticleWhite sails on Blackwater for Maldon Regatta
HUNDREDS arrived at Promenade Park to celebrate another instalment of the annual Maldon Town Regatta.Some 60 boats of all different types took part in Saturday's action, with live music, stalls and...
View ArticleChelmsfordbased Amlin insurance company in 35m Japanese
A JAPANESE firm is lined up to buy a global Chelmsford-based insurance company in a £3.5billion deal.News swept through the financial world earlier this month that Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance's (MSI)...
View ArticlePleshy mum and daughter helping to spread message of hope
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD unable to walk or talk and who suffers daily seizures due to a rare genetic condition has received a 'package of hope' from other children with the same condition.Evie Malins, of Cromps...
View ArticleHeroes rescue man stuck up to his waist in mud in Tollesbury
TWO heroic groundsmen launched a lengthy rescue mission to save a man stuck waist-deep in thick mud just minutes before the tide would have engulfed him.Aaron Simpson and Dan Ansell had been working at...
View ArticleStorm fails to halt Great Baddow couple on 500mile Pyrenees
A COUPLE battled through a heavy thunderstorm in the Pyrenees and hiked up to 15 hours a day to complete a 500-mile trek for a muscle-wasting charity.Chris and Carole Cooper, of Longmead Road in Great...
View ArticleRare picture of Chelmsford Spitfire bought by townsfolk to help
LAST week the nation remembered the sacrifices of "The Few" during the Battle of Britain, as the 75th anniversary was commemorated with parades, services and fly-pasts by the Red Arrows.Early in the...
View Article24yearold man punched to floor on Essex train
A 24-year-old man was attacked on a train as it travelled between Leigh-on-Sea and BenfleetTh incident happened on Sunday, September 20 onboard the 6.50pm Southend Central to Fenchurch Street...
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