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Old boots, glass, and metal cleaned up in Brook Street
VOLUNTEERS collected dozens of bags of rubbish for the first of the Big Brook Street Clean Ups – a series of sessions to give Brentwood's western-most entrance a much-needed facelift.Over 20 people...
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Dog rescued from burning building
A dog was rescued from a burning building this afternoon as firefighters pulled it from the heavily smoke-logged house.Wearing special breathing apparatus members of the crew found only the animal...
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The tiny new born-cow promising big things at Barleylands
A TINY new arrival at a farm in Billericay has proved that good things really do come in small packages.The latest newborn at Barleylands Farm, Barleylands Road, is a Dexter cow, the smallest of the...
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'There's something really special about this village'. Pleshey wins award
A SMALL rural retreat in the Essex countryside has beaten stiff competition from across the county to be crowned the Best Kept Village in its size category of the 2013 Essex Village of the Year...
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The trader who took to Twitter to expose thieves
A SOCIAL media-savvy shop owner took to Twitter to post a picture of suspected shoplifters in a bid to fight back against the "selfish" criminals and warn others.After two women stole several items of...
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MP Simon Burns under fire over chauffeur claims
MINISTER for Transport Simon Burns has hit back at claims he is once again using a taxpayer-funded chauffeur to drive him from Chelmsford to Parliament each day.At 7am on July 11, the MP was...
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Closure fears for after-school club
AN after-school club that has changed the lives of children with special needs across the area for three years will be forced to close within three months if it does not secure funding.The weekly...
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Florists win big at Hampton Court Flower Show
AFTER gluing thousands of leaves to a 1950s-inspired flower jacket, a Chelmsford floristry team has scooped silver at this year's Hampton Court Flower Show.Part-time students, lecturers and technicians...
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'We may not look like Hogwarts, but Shenfield can create its own magic'
A CALL to the community and local businesses to help spruce up a Brentwood school has seen a surge of response.With a limited budget for redecoration but a wish to provide all pupils with bright fresh...
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Girl, 12, can live normal life after dad's kidney donation
A 12-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl can now eat and drink again, go to school and enjoy sleepovers for the first time after her father gave her one of his kidneys.Matthew Fletcher, 44, of The Street, High Easter,...
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Foodbank feeds 2,000 as demand soars
BRAINTREE Area Foodbank has fed 2,000 people since opening its doors to the needy in April 2012.By April this year, the foodbank had handed out 12 tonnes of nourishment to 1,500 people, through its...
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Meet the rugby players running with bulls in Pamplona
TERRIFYING, exciting, brave or stupid? Bull running can be called a variety of things, but for six members of Ongar Rugby Club, it was a perfect weekend in Spain.The annual excursion to Pamploma, now...
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Rise in charity donations targeted by thieves
CHARITY workers are frustrated by increasing levels of theft from shops in Billericay.Several stores on High Street are concerned by the amount of goods being snatched from outside their doors....
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At last! Job success for graduate forced to hand CV to commuters
A PLUCKY university graduate who resorted to handing out her CV to random commuters travelling to London in a bid to find work has finally been offered a job at a Maldon recruitment firm.Luisa Downey,...
View ArticleSchool top 10 for getting pupils into Oxbridge
A CHELMSFORD school has been named in the top 10 in the country for getting students into Oxford or Cambridge universities.Latest statistics show St John Payne RC School is the only non-selective state...
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Meet the winners of Billericay in Bloom
DAWN Henning of Fairfield Rise won the Best Kept Small Front Garden category and came second in the Best Kept Small Back Garden category.The 47-year-old project manager at Northern Trust explained that...
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PICTURES: Drivers bear brunt of Chelmsford A130 flooding
Motorists in Chelmsford were stuck in rush-hour delays this morning after flooding caused by the storms over Essex overnight. A130 in Chelmsford cleared after flooding Lightning strike disrupts trains...
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The Essex girl combining glitz with green
A YOUNG woman from Bradwell-on-Sea is combining her good looks with her green credentials by reaching the national finals of the Miss Earth beauty pageant. Claudia Hoyle, 20, has been selected to...
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Friends splash out for fireman left fighting for his life
THE FAMILY and friends of an Essex firefighter who was left fighting for his life after a neck hold went wrong during a martial arts class are canoeing from Liverpool to Chelmsford to raise money for...
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Pupils cook up a storm at hotel cook-off
TOPPINGS and stuffed crusts littered the Radisson Blu Hotel at Stansted Airport as a group of Braintree children went head-to-head against a rival school in a pizza cook-off.Four students from Tabor...
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