Tottenham defender set to aid Leicester's relegation battle
Spurs defender Kyle Naughton has reportedly been identified by Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson to help the club stay in the Premier League.The 26-year-old has found it difficult to make it into...
View ArticleHeroin addicts admit 17 thefts of Royal British Legion poppy tins in Essex
TWO prolific criminals have been told to expect jail after admitting to stealing Royal British Legion poppy appeal collection tins from across Essex in the run up to Remembrance Day.Anthony Archer, 53,...
View ArticleSearch for missing Bradley Arthur suspended after body found by police
Police looking for missing dad Bradley Arthur have halted the search after a body was found in a drainage dyke in Grays.Officers from the Essex Police Marine Unit were carrying out a search in Manor...
View ArticleOne quarter of adults in Essex obese as council joins Jamie's Oliver's...
People in Essex are fatter than the national average, with 16.7 percent of year 6 pupils in the county and 24.5 per cent of adults categorised as obese.The statistics, published by Public Health...
View ArticleBody found at Wivenhoe Park in search for missing woman
The search for a missing Colchester woman has been suspended after a woman's body was found in land around University of Essex this afternoon (January 6). Police were searching for Aleasha Coan after...
View ArticleCampaign to photograph 1,000 Faces in Essex in aid of charity
A PHOTOGRAPHER has teamed up with a firm of solicitors and Colchester United Football Club to photograph 1,000 people in aid of charity.Gavin King will work with Kerseys Solicitors and the club for...
View ArticleEssex couples wanted for BBC show Don't Tell the Bride
'Passionate' people in Essex looking to get hitched this year have been encouraged to apply for the new series of Don't Tell the Bride.The hit BBC Three show is now accepting applications for its ninth...
View ArticleWIN A YEAR'S SUPPLY OF PIZZA IN BURN'S BARREL RACE AT TUTTI GRILLE, FREEPORT...
Award-winning Italian restaurant, Tutti Grille, Freeport Braintree is looking for teams of four to take part in a relay whisky barrel race for the Essex Air Ambulance on Burn's Night (25 January at...
View ArticleESSEX TRAVEL: Wed Jan 1
On the A12 South Bound there is slow moving traffic between Junction 12 (Shenfield A1023) and Junction 11 (Brook Street/M25)On the A13 Londonbound there is heavy traffic from Stifford to the M25 at J30...
View ArticleDriving licence changes: What you need to know
The Department for Transport have postponed the abolition of paper driving licences, originally scheduled for this month, until June this year.From 8 June 2015, the photocard licence paper counterpart...
View ArticleHeybridge Swifts start new year with loss away to relegation battlers Redbridge
CLIFF AKURANG suffered his first defeat as manager of Heybridge yesterday in their 2-1 loss away to Redbridge.Reece Morgan gave the Swifts the lead just before half-time but that was cancelled out...
View Article'Optimism' that Chelmsford's Marconi heritage could be saved
THE beloved Marconi heritage could remain engraved on Chelmsford's road signs following an overwhelming response to revelations that it could be removed.Chelmsford City Council leader Roy Whitehead...
View ArticleLose weight at the gym for 2015 AND help Chelmsford Food Bank
A gym is offering its clients an extra incentive to shift the post-Christmas baggage by vowing to give a pound of food to the city's needy for each pound its clients lose in weight.And TMFIT hopes its...
View ArticleNational Lottery triple rollover: What the jackpot on January 7 and what time...
Looking to fight off those January blues? What better way would there be than to scoop a massive National Lottery win?The jackpot for the winner of the of tonight's triple rollover is a mammoth...
View ArticleMan dies after falling ill in Chelmsford Cathedral grounds
A man has died after he collapsed in the grounds of Chelmsford Cathedral.East of England Ambulance Service offers were called to the grounds of the building in New Street at around 12.50pm yesterday...
View ArticleNik Nak's Weekly Teaser — 7th January, 2015: Lucky Number Seven …
January 7th is the 7th day of the year: and of the month. Let's do something different, shall we? Here's ten '7' themed questions … Q1)7 is a Prime number: in other words, it's only exactly...
View ArticleCuts to Essex Police 'will lead to the end of the force as we know it'
POLICE officers in Essex are concerned for public safety because £72.5 million of cuts are "eroding" the force.Essex Police Federation, the organisation that represents the county's officers, launched...
View ArticleMystery over overnight Writtle noise - where is it from?
This shrill sound captured in the video continues to disrupt people in Writtle overnight. The piercing alarm-like noise, which is thought to emanate from a nearby farm, has confused and frustrated...
View ArticleDuo hand themselves in over alleged racist train rant at family
Two men have been interviewed at Chelmsford police station in relation to the alleged verbal abuse of a family on board a Colchester bound trainThe incident, which occurred in the early hours of...
View ArticleRohdell Gordon aims to use time at Chelmsford City to earn new Stevenage deal
AFTER extending his loan at Chelmsford City until the end of the season, flying winger Rohdell Gordon is hoping that if he shines for the Clarets he will earn himself a new contract at Sky Bet League...
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