Chelmsford City FC Chairman announced this week?
Chelmsford City FC hope to release who their new chairman is before the start of the upcoming Vanarama Conference South season.The Essex side known as "The Clarets" had the task of finding the new...
View ArticlePirate station Radio Caroline drops anchor at the River Blackwater
AN ICONIC pirate pop radio ship has dropped anchor in the River Blackwater for the first time since the mid-1990s, with plans to take over the airwaves.Radio Caroline, the world's most famous pirate...
View ArticleMOSS Relief Ahead Of 2015 VAT Changes
Online merchants should be relieved that there is some help on the way before the new EU VAT changes kick in at the start of 2015. Help is coming in the form of the mini One-Stop Shop (or MOSS as it...
View ArticleClinical failings by Broomfield Hospital led to e coli death of three-day-old...
A THREE-DAY-OLD premature baby who died after catching an E.coli infection from his mother could have been saved by a dose of antibiotics – if medical staff had spotted it sooner.Logan Baker was born...
View ArticleBoy, 17, identified over Colchester schoolgirl 'bottom slap'
A teenage boy sought by police over an allegation of sexual assault on a girl in Colchester has been identified. The 17-year-old alleged victim had been walking through the underpass on Crouch Street...
View ArticleAmbulance boss' £232,000 salary branded "obscene" as it emerges he racks up...
The salary of the boss of the county's ambulance service has been branded "obscene" as it emerged he is racking up a £400 weekly bill on taxis.Health Minister Dr Dan Poulter said he felt the £232,000...
View ArticleViolent drug addict Wayne Moseley targeted lone women in Chelmsford and had...
A VIOLENT booze and drug addict who spat in the face of a police officer as he was being arrested in Ongar has been locked up for four years.Wayne Moseley, 24, from Buckinghamshire, left five...
View ArticleJaguar enthusiasts make their marque at club's 25th anniversary
CLASSIC cars made by one of Britain's most iconic car manufacturers roared into Chelmsford as part of an enthusiast club's 25th anniversary celebrations. The Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club, Essex Thameside...
View ArticleColumn: How to create the perfect training programme
In our latest BlitzFitMe fitness column founder Oliver Berquez talks about some key principles you can apply to your training programme to ensure you achieve results. TRAINING PINCIPLES With all the...
View ArticleThree Currys PC World shoppers linked to Chelmer Village purse theft
Police have released these images of three shoppers after a 49-year-old woman had her purse stolen.In CCTV images a woman appears to spot a purse lying on the counter in Currys PC World, left by a...
View ArticleShocked Chelmsford mum delivers baby herself in moving car
A SHOCKED Chelmsford mum had to deliver her own baby in a moving car whilst her husband rushed them to hospital.Amy Burton, 27, called husband, Gareth, at around 4pm on July 31 to say she was having...
View ArticleSix arrests in James Attfield murder investigation
SIX people across Essex and Suffolk have been arrested as part of the James Attfield murder investigation.The 33-year-old was attacked earlier this year and stabbed over 100 times in Castle Park, off...
View ArticleSacre bleu! Does this Chelmsford cloud look like France?
OOOH la la! Could this cloud look like France? That's the question Chronicle reporter Matt Harris is asking after it appeared over Chelmsford this afternoon. The cloud was spotted over the Old Moulsham...
View ArticleMilitary low-flying helicopter spotted circling over Chelmsford
People in Chelmsford have been disturbed by a military helicopter flying low over the city.Sightings, reported via social media this evening (August 7), indicate an Apache-style helicopter monitored...
View ArticleEx-Colchester United youth player Craig Winskill carried out armed robbery to...
AN ARMED robber who punched pub staff and pulled women's hair during a terrifying knifepoint raid to pay off drug debts has been jailed for 40 months.Craig Winskill, 24, stormed the Sun Inn, Feering,...
View ArticleMike Smith's colleagues recall 'cheeky' broadcaster after death of Radio 1 DJ
FORMER BBC and Hospital Radio Chelmsford DJ Mike Smith has died aged 59 following complications from major heart surgery.The ex-King Edward VI Grammar School student died on Friday after a 40-year...
View ArticleChelmsford Cat Protection opens new maternity unit as numbers of abandoned...
A CAT sanctuary has opened a dedicated maternity unit to cope with a huge rise in the number of pregnant felines and new-born kittens being abandoned.Chelmsford Cat Protection in Deadmans Lane,...
View ArticleInbetweeners 2 breaks office box records for UK comedy film opening night
A TEEN comedy featuring a former Chelmsford schoolboy has broken UK records for takings on the opening night of a comedy film.The Inbetweeners 2 took £2.7m on its opening night on Wednesday, debuting...
View ArticleMet Office: Chance Tropical Storm Bertha will hit Essex on Sunday
THERE remains a 40 per cent chance ex-hurricane Bertha will hit the Essex on Sunday.Forecasters say that nearly a month's rainfall, could fall on the county in the space of a few hours and strong...
View ArticleHundreds help mark the Essex Chronicle's 250th anniversary
HUNDREDS of loyal Chronicle readers took the opportunity to meet our team at the weekend as part of our 250th birthday celebrations.We rewarded visitors to our event on Chelmsford High Street on...
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