Mid Essex CCG chiefs face tough questions from patients
THE cash-strapped public health body serving mid Essex was grilled over the closure of a popular walk-in centre, issues with the non-emergency 111 service and a seven-day NHS during their annual...
View ArticleI would be lost without the help and support offered by Age UK
A POTENTIALLY housebound pensioner says she would be lost without the help and support offered by Age UK Essex.Pam Hudson, 70, from Dukes Orchard in Writtle, lives with her husband Barry, but is...
View ArticleNew Essex wetland to provide home for birds fish and mammals
A new 22-hectare wetland has opened in Essex which will be home to many rare species of fish, birds and water mammals. The Environment Agency, working alongside the Essex Wildlife Trust, has allowed...
View ArticleFormer Essex County Council leader Lord Hanningfield charged with
Former Essex County Council leader Lord Hanningfield has been charged with false accounting in relation to his House of Lords daily allowance claims.The Crown Prosecution Service today announced it had...
View ArticleArsonists throw bottle of flammable liquid from car destroying
Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses after two cars were set alight by a bottle of flammable liquid thrown from a vehicle.A silver Mini Cooper S was set alight in Cheddar Avenue, Westcliff, at...
View ArticleSevenmetre deep sewer collapse causing misery for motorists
A collapsed sewer seven metres underground in Springfield is causing a stink with disgruntled motorists.Anglian Water engineers were called to repair a blocked sewerage pipe beneath Lupin Drive at the...
View ArticleChelmsford plane traveller Ashwani Mehta hit Boeing 777 steward
A whisky-swigging plane passenger, who refused to leave a Delhi-bound jet and hit an air steward while shouting a string of obscenities was spared jail at a London court today.After Ashwani Mehta, 60,...
View ArticleMental health services in North and South Essex could merger to
THE TWO largest providers of mental health treatment in our county have agreed to look at a possible merger to hopefully save money for frontline services.The North Essex Partnership Foundation Trust...
View ArticleJaywick named the most deprived area in England yet again in new
Jaywick has been named the most deprived area in the country for the second time running - five years after last picking up the dubious title. According to the Department for Communities and Local...
View ArticleCouncils chairman is reported for alleged misconduct
AS A ROW over a proposed development in a leafy village rumbles on, the chairman of the parish council has been reported for alleged misconduct.Councillor Robert Harvey, who has acted as chairman of...
View ArticleChelmsford teacher reaches out to refugees in Calais
TWO sisters were so moved by the plight of refugees in Calais that they jumped on a boat to France just one day after deciding to help out.Jemma Collins, 25, of Pearce Manor in Old Moulsham, and her...
View ArticleA12 could gain new 80 million expansion at Hatfield
The A12 could be set for a blockbuster expansion plan worth up to £80 million as efforts are made to relieve the traffic burden between Hatfield Peverel and Maldon.Plans announced by the Heart of...
View ArticleMental health services in North and South Essex may merge to
THE TWO largest providers of mental health treatment in our county have agreed to look at a possible merger to hopefully save money for frontline services.The North Essex Partnership Foundation Trust...
View Article15 years before new school can be considered
PLANS to either consolidate the Plume School onto a single campus or create a new school in the Maldon district will have to wait for another 15 years to be decided, council officials have...
View ArticleEssex Fire Service announces who will be on expert advisory panel
The expert advisory panel that Essex County Fire and Rescue Service was told it needed to install after an independent report found the organisation to be "toxic, corrosive and dysfunctional", has been...
View ArticleTeenager accused of Witham acid attack alleged to have boasted I
A teenager charged with throwing acid in a man's face is alleged to have boasted about "getting away with it" by changing his appearance.Father-of-two, Wayne Ingold, 57, had a corrosive liquid sprayed...
View ArticleWill the Coca Cola Christmas truck be coming to your Essex town
For many the excitement of Christmas doesn't start with a nativity play or a letter to Santa, but with the famous Coca-Cola advert featuring a big red truck.It's often the first sign that the yuletide...
View ArticleWoman taken to Broomfield Hospital after being hit by car outside
A woman in her 30s is recovering in Broomfield Hospital after being hit by a car in Burnham-on-Crouch this afternoon.The incident, which happened just before 3pm today (September 30) saw the woman...
View ArticleHatfield Peverels Duke of Wellington pub sets up payanddisplay
A pub manager has introduced a pay-and-display system to tackle cheeky non-customers using his car park for free.Paul Greene, of the Duke of Wellington in Hatfield Peverel, set up a system, operated by...
View ArticlePlan to turn old Tolleshunt DArcy GP surgery into bungalow hangs
FEWER than four months after refusing a plan to convert a vacated GP surgery into a house, councillors will once again be forced to decide the future of the site.Amended plans have been submitted to...
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