Ello: Could new social network be alternative to Facebook?
A new social media network - pitching itself as an anti-Facebook - is growing in popularity, according to technology experts.Ello, currently in an invites-only beta stage, carries no advertising, and...
View ArticleBraintree MP Brooks Newmark resigns as minister over tabloid revelations
Braintree MP Brooks Newmark has resigned as a government minister over tabloid allegations about his private life.According to reports, the Sunday Mirror has obtained pictures, said to relate to social...
View ArticleChelmsford's hat-trick hero Cheek: 'We'll take this confidence into the league'
CLARETS striker Michael Cheek believes that the side's resounding 6-0 FA Cup victory over Worthing on Saturday could inject some real confidence into their displays in the Vanarama Conference...
View ArticleHawkes backs Chelmsford City striker to have a future in the professional game
CLARETS boss Mark Hawkes has backed Michael Cheek to make it in the professional game if he wants it enough.Cheek grabbed a great hat-trick as Chelmsford saw off Worthing 6-0 in the FA Cup, second...
View ArticleUpdate: Braintree MP Brooks Newmark resigns as minister over 'X-rated messages'
Braintree MP Brooks Newmark has resigned from his position as minister for civil society over allegations he sent sexually explicit images of himself to an undercover reporter.The father of five...
View ArticleWho's been in court? A round up of cases heard by Essex magistrates
CASES heard by Chelmsford and Colchester magistrates from Tuesday August 26 to Tuesday September 2.Sent to prisonSIMON DEREK COLLINS, 43, of Swiss Avenue, Chelmsford, was sent to prison for a total of...
View ArticleTragic hanged ex-Chelmsford College student Tyler Duchar Clark failed to get...
A STUDENT hanged himself in his halls of residence as he struggled to overcome the childhood sex assault that "blighted" his life, an inquest heard.Tyler Duchar-Clark, 19, from Braintree, was found in...
View ArticleDoctors told Cyril he was lucky to survive a motorbike crash. Here he is 80...
MORE than 80 years after doctors told him he was lucky to survive a serious motorbike crash, a former Chelmsford milkman is celebrating his 100th birthday.Cyril Reilly was surrounded by four...
View ArticleSave the Kestrel: Essex Birdwatching Society in rescue bid after winter takes...
A CONSERVATION scheme to save the kestrel has been widened across Essex.The Essex Birdwatching Society programme, based in Chelmsford, builds and places nestboxes at strategic locations in an attempt...
View ArticleBoswells Schoolboys secure county rugby title
THE Boswells School's Year 8 boys' rugby team have been crowned Essex County Champions.They travelled to New Hall for the annual Essex Rugby Sevens tournament and were victorious in the pool matches,...
View Article'I have no-one to blame but myself' says Braintree MP Brooks Newmark after...
Braintree MP Brooks Newmark has spoken of his regret over the sex text tabloid scandal which has cost him job as a cabinet minister.The 56-year-old dad-of-five was forced to resign after the Sunday...
View ArticleWhat time does the NFL game between Oakland Raiders and Miami Dolphins start...
Def Leppard will perform the pre-game show at Wembley as the stadium prepares to host the first NFL International series game between the Oakland Raiders and the Miami Dolphins.It is the ninth fixture...
View ArticleCar tax disc changes: The top 5 things you need to know
October brings with it changes to the UK road tax system. So wave goodbye to your round paper tax disc and say hello to online registration. Here are the top five things you need to know about the new...
View ArticleRichard E Grant on Downton Abbey: Series 5 Episode 2 preview
Richard E Grant will make his Downton debut this evening (September 28) and will immediately set the pulses racing.Appearing as art historian Simon Bricker, he takes a shine to Cora while discussing a...
View ArticlePolice appeal after heavily pregnant woman goes missing from Colchester...
Police are appealing for the public's help to trace a heavily pregnant woman missing from Colchester General Hospital.Pham Flu Ha, believed to be a Vietnamese national, is believed to have left the...
View ArticleMan, 70, punched in the face by cyclist in Parkway, Chelmsford while waiting...
An elderly man was punched to the floor by a heavily built cyclist after challenging him when he rode through a crowd of people.Police said the 70-year-old victim was waiting for a bus in Parkway at...
View ArticleX Factor: Bicknacre's James Graham goes through to judges' houses as part of...
Could Essex's James Graham be in the next One Direction? The 17-year-old from Westerwings, Bicknacre, has got through X-Factor's six seat challenge with his new eight piece boy band. The band, which...
View Article'Miracle' Writtle toddler Joshua Newman is loving life after winning health...
A HAPPY, energetic toddler, it is hard to believe that Joshua Newman has overcome six cardiac arrests, 16 blood transfusions, three major operations and a life-threatening bowel condition – all before...
View ArticleMotorcyclist dies after collision in Chipping Hill, Witham
A 54-year-old motorcyclist was killed yesterday in a collision with a car in Chipping Hill, Witham.The air ambulance attended the accident, which occurred around 7.10pm, but the rider of a green...
View Article"I want a standing full body shot", Brooks Newmark told fake PR girl
Disgraced Braintree MP Brooks Newmark, who sent sexually explicit texts to an undercover reporter posing as a "Tory PR girl", asked for "a naked full body shot", it has emerged.Mr Newmark resigned as...
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