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Marine dream poem wins top writing prize
A SCHOOLBOY has won a writing competition by penning a poem about his desire to join the Royal Marines and fight for his country.Joe Cuthbert, 12, who attends Shenfield High School in Alexander Lane,...
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New websites for the Chronicle and Gazette
Our two new and improved newspaper websites, EssexChronicle.co.uk and BrentwoodGazette.co.uk are live. Launched on May 15, they are now even more packed with news, features, sport, entertainment from...
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Slimmers donate their oversized clothes
SLIMMERS have donated piles of old ill-fitting clothes to charity in a bid to turn their size-dropping success into life-giving cash.Slimming World members from Brentwood and Ongar gathered up their...
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Olympic gold medallist Jason Gardener visits young athletes
OLYMPIC gold medallist Jason Gardener visited Great Baddow High School where he spoke to aspiring young athletes.Gardener, who won gold at Athens in 2004 in the 4x100m relay, spoke to children in...
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'A shoulder to cry on.' Sisters are now familiar sight in Melbourne
TO ANY passer-by the white semi-detached home in Anderson Avenue, Melbourne, is just like any other on the quiet residential road.Ladies wearing jumpers and jeans come and go, a cosy living room can be...
View ArticleFormer Ford car boss dies aged 81
THE FATHER of the Cortina who became the chief executive of Ford UK and then a thorn in the side of the Thatcher government as the head of the Confederation of British Industry has died aged 89.Sir...
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Stay off our grass! Village green bid to thwart road plans
AN ACTION group in Witham is stepping up its fight to stop a road being built though an estate, by trying to get some land protected as a village green.Teign Drive residents are opposed to a...
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Brentwood hospital is 30 years old
MEMORIES of 30 years of providing care for patients have been relived at a Brentwood hospital.Spire Hartswood Hospital turned 30 on Wednesday and the occasion was marked with a party and afternoon tea...
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Widow weeps at state of cemetery left 'to rack and ruin'
OUT-of-control weeds reduced a pensioner to tears during a visit to her late husband's grave in Brentwood – prompting her son-in-law to fume that "discipline and respect are now a thing of the...
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Paralympic athlete Josie Pearson impresses in Chelmsford
A GOLD medal discus thrower is looking to triumph in the Paralympic Athletics World Championships in July after impressing in Chelmsford.Josie Pearson, who is also a wheelchair rugby star, threw 6.7...
View ArticleSo what is wrong with you?
It is a bit of a comic cliché that when older people get together they talk about their operations and try to top one another with the list of procedures they have experienced. Yet whilst we may laugh,...
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School's Ofsted report is a 'fair summary'
THE headteacher of a Billericay school insists it is making progress despite Ofsted downgrading it from outstanding to requiring improvement, in its latest report.Ann Robinson, the head of Buttsbury...
View ArticleRetirement for the man who turned around Star Co-op
TONY Gudgeon, the much-loved chief executive of Chelmsford Star Co-op, has retired after 15 years of service with the supermarket giant that has served the community for 146 years.He leaves the...
View ArticleFirm 'held back' by bank loan refusal
PLANS to create up to 100 jobs at an air-conditioning firm in West Horndon have had to be put on ice because of its banks' lending policy to small businessesThat is the claim from management at CS...
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'Basic mistakes' cost the Essex Redbacks against the Arrows
ESSEX REDBACKS suffered a pair of defeats to local rivals Essex Arrows – but the club was cheered by impressive performances by their U14 and U10 sides.The senior side put in an improved performance...
View ArticleHoney Lock takes her first steps after operation
IT HAS taken nearly two years, more than £50,000 and an immeasurable amount of determination, but seven-year-old Honey Lock has finally taken her first unaided steps.Her family had feared that the...
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Tapestry weaves its way to Brentwood School
IT MIGHT not be as old as the Bayeaux Tapestry but this 83-year-old work nevertheless caused a stir when it was returned to the school where it was made.The crest was woven by former Brentwood School...
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Sewage leak creates a stink at store
STINKING sewage seeped through the floor of a newsagent's shop in Brentwood High Street – and cooking fat blocking the sewers was to blame.Rajan and Mangala Jhanjee, who have owned Paradise Stores for...
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'It's amazing to think what people have done to help our little girl'
IT HAS taken nearly two years, more than £50,000 and an immeasurable amount of determination, but seven-year-old Honey Lock has finally taken her first unaided steps.Her family had feared that the...
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Shock as sewage leak creates a stink at store
STINKING sewage seeped through the floor of a newsagent's shop in Brentwood High Street – and cooking fat blocking the sewers was to blame.Rajan and Mangala Jhanjee, who have owned Paradise Stores for...
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