PICTURES: Arrgh! Young pirates had a thirst for treasure
ARMED with cutlasses, freshly painted faces and with a thirst for treasure, more than 250 junior swarthy swashbucklers descended on Galleywood Heritage Centre on Monday.The centre's first ever Pirate...
View ArticleCharity bike rider survives spanner in the works
a 2,500km charity bike ride through the Baltic states was jeopardised by a manic search for a spanner.Gareth Sell's attempt only started thanks to a Finnish hotel owner who found a replacement for the...
View ArticleFancy a new pet? The 250 hens available for new owners - if you're quick!
HUNDREDS of battery hens could be rescued by a charity and given to new owners next Sunday – but only if the city's residents reserve them.Russell Barratt, 48, will hold the fourth annual HenFest on...
View ArticleThree peaks challenge? It's all in a week's work for college governor
A GOVERNOR at Writtle College is aiming to climb the UK's three highest peaks – and also cycle the 427 miles between them all in a mere six days.Paul Downer, 46, who works as the managing director for...
View ArticleLOOK BACK: Navestock boxer Martin Ward looks forward to first pro bout
This interview was originally published in the Brentwood Gazette in August last year Martin Ward is currently recovering in hospital following a shooting on farmland in Navestock on Tuesday afternoon.A...
View ArticleDanger route driving motorists around the bend
FRUSTRATED residents have reported constant beeping, speeding, collisions and several near misses at a "dangerous" roundabout in Billericay.The mini roundabout was put in place four years ago at the...
View ArticleSchool chef turning Ironman in charity challenge
A SCHOOL chef who serves Ormiston Rivers pupils will take on the gruelling Ironman UK triathlon for disabled charity Scope after seeing their good work first-hand.Paul King, 21, from Russet Way,...
View ArticleA health risk? Woman's 40 cats are underweight and flea bitten
A GROUP of residents fear their neighbour who has up to 40 cats living in her house is posing a health risk.Residents of Langton Avenue in Chelmsford – Lucie Hartley, 27, Toni Lyon, 23 and a...
View ArticleCharity cycling couple stopped 60 times in London traffic
ON A trusty tandem named Bonnie, a Chelmsford couple travelled 700 miles across the country to raise cash for sufferers of Motor Neurone disease.Pat and Will Head rode together from Chelmsford to...
View ArticleCan you help blind Pippa? Funds needed to save horse's life
A BLIND horse will be put to sleep if funds cannot be raised to remove cataracts from her eyes.Nineteen-year-old mare Pippa needs surgery to get her sight back – and Remus Memorial Horse Sanctuary is...
View ArticleFrom shed to sea. Mayflower replica will mark 400 years since voyage
THE Billericay Twinning Association celebrated its 15th birthday by visiting a project to build a replica of the iconic ship which has made the town famous.Members of the association visited Harwich...
View ArticleLuckiest village in Essex? Two dozen scoop Lottery win
TWO dozen neighbours in an Essex village scooped more than £2 million on Saturday as part of a national postcode lottery.Tracie Barry, 43, and her neighbour David Carter, 57, both from Boreham, won...
View ArticleBridge crash bus driver 'forgot he was in a double-decker'
THE driver who did this to his bus when he went under a railway bridge had forgotten he was driving a double-decker, a court heard this week.John Bush, of London Road, Brentwood, was driving a Regal...
View ArticleWallace not fazed by smaller crowds
CHELMSFORD CITY chairman Mansell Wallace insists he is not worried about the drop in crowds at Melbourne Park so far this season.Just 581 fans were in attendance as the Clarets were beaten 2-1 at home...
View ArticleSpillane relishing FA Cup derby tie
TERRY SPILLANE believes the FA Cup First Qualifying Round derby clash with Heybridge Swifts will be one of the toughest games to date during his time at Maldon & Tiptree.Spillane's men needed a...
View ArticleRedbacks reach U14s National Championships
REDBACKS' senior team may have had a difficult season but their U14 side have booked their spot in the National Championships after a comprehensive pair of wins at the regional finals.The Forest Glade...
View ArticleTopley deals out six of the best for Essex
REECE TOPLEY admits it was a day to savour after he claimed career-best bowling figures on the first day of Essex's LV> Championship clash with Worcestershire.The teenager finished with 6-29 as the...
View ArticleRedgewell cycles to championship
BRAINTREE Bullets BMX Club are celebrating the crowning of a new British champion in their ranks following the 2013 British BMX Championships held at Perry Park in Birmingham.The club finished sixth...
View ArticleHoldsworth calls for defence to stand firm
DEAN HOLDSWORTH called on his side to sharpen up at the back after they slumped to a second successive defeat.Sam Long put the Clarets ahead against Weston, but goals from Niby Diallo and Tristan...
View ArticleNaval association unveils special plaque to celebrate 75 years
THE CHELMSFORD branch of the Royal Naval Association has unveiled a commemorative plaque to celebrate its landmark 75th anniversary.Members of the division, which first opened in 1938, were joined by...
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