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Chelmsford Amateur Boxing Club handed £13k to complete gym revamp
ESSEX County Council has presented Chelmsford Amateur Boxing club with a cheque for £13,300 to complete phase two of their gym refurbishment at Harway House.Councillor Roger Hirst, cabinet member for...
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Police appealing for witnesses after cyclist hit by car
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 16-year-old cyclist was injured following a collision in Chelmsford last night (Friday, February 6).It happened at 7.50pm in Princes Road and involved the...
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Braintree's Miss East Anglia looking for love on ITV show Take Me Out
A FORMER Miss England contestant and lettings manager has taken her search for love to the nation's favourite dating show.Sophie Whitaker appeared on ITV1's Take Me Out on Saturday last week alongside...
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Southend United starlet instrumental as Chelmsford do the double over St Albans
Chelmsford City 2, St Albans City 1(Vanarama South)CHELMSFORD CITY lived up to their billing as the division's entertainers as they saw off St Albans City for the second time this season.With the...
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Hawkes happy as Chelmsford City show another side to their game against St...
CLARETS boss Mark Hawkes was happy to see his side show another facet to their game as they battled to three points with a 2-1 victory against St Albans City.A strike from Joe Ward and an own goal from...
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Essex heads accuse Government of moving school performance goalposts
MOVING the goalposts is to blame for a perceived drop in the performance of Essex schools in the GCSE tables, it has been claimed.Falls of up to 15 per cent in the number of pupils gaining five or more...
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Biker Ed Rendell eyes another British title after stepping up a level
REIGNING superbike champion Ed Rendell is confident that he will be able to make a smooth transition to the next level in his quest for another British Championship.The Chelmsford-born rider won the...
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Petrol prices: Top 10 cheapest petrol stations around Essex
Prices of petrol are continuing to plummet across Essex, so we thought we'd let you know where to fill up on the cheapest fuel.According to www.petrolprices.com, the average price of petrol is...
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Baddow Spartak gives new kits to 200 players thanks to Chelmsford sponsors
A COMMUNITY football club in Great Baddow has restyled its image after buying new kits for each of its 14 teams.Baddow Spartak FC was overwhelmed with support from club sponsors, and has now bought new...
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International GCSE's exclusion from school performance tables is slammed by...
THE decision to exclude IGCSEs from this year's tables has angered the head of one of Chelmsford's leading schools.Tom Carter, head of King Edward VI Grammar School, has blasted the Government for...
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Maldon District Council increase council tax for third year running
MALDON District Council has confirmed an increase to its council tax charges for the third year in a row.The authority has upped the charges in 2015/2016 by 1.5 per cent, up to £178.88 for a Band D...
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Renewed police appeal for Maldon rape witnesses
Detectives investigating the rape of a young woman in Maldon have today made a renewed appeal for witnesses.A woman aged in her 20s from the area was walking away from the Fullbridge Tesco store near...
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Baddow Hall Junior School wear wacky specs and donate unwanted glasses for...
FANCY eyewear was the order of a spec-tacular day at one Chelmsford school.All 240 pupils, plus the staff, at Baddow Hall Junior School, donned decorated glasses to raise awareness of a project to help...
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Bupa Admirals Reach nursing home in Chelmsford unveils £850,000 revamp
A NURSING home has unveiled its £850,000 revamp, promising an era of "person first" care.Staff and residents at Admirals Reach Residential and Nursing Home, in Chelmsford, run by Bupa, celebrated a...
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Chelmsford woman denies running illegal pet shop from home
A "DOG translator" was in court this week accused of selling a sick puppy from an illegal pet shop and breeding centre at her home.Julie Hutchings, 51, of Beeches Road, Chelmsford, is on trial at...
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Chelmsford prison watchdog wants volunteers to look after inmates
A PRISON watchdog panel wants people willing to step inside the "eye-opening" world of life behind bars to ensure the welfare of inmates.Nick Adams, chairman of HMP and YOI Chelmsford's Independent...
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Essex County Councillor road gritter wrecks car belonging to Chelmsford...
A COUNCILLOR was left ruing the county's icy roads after a gritter careered into her parked Mercedes in the night, ruining her garage too.Cllr Jude Deakin was awoken by a "loud crunch" at 3.45am on...
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Candidates for Bocking By-election announced
The candidates for the Essex County Council by-election in Bocking on Thursday, March 5 have been announced.Five candidates will contest the seat which became vacant following the death of Councillor...
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Braintree RFC slump to defeat against South Woodham Ferrers
BRAINTREE Rugby Club's fortunes hit an all-time low on Saturday as their scratch team suffered their 16th straight defeat of the season as they were comprehensively beaten 34-0 at home by Essex rivals...
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Former Essex schoolboy Sam Smith wins four Grammy awards
Soul singer-songwriter Sam Smith, who went to primary school in Saffron Walden, has won four awards at the Grammys.The 22-year-old picked up the gongs for best new artist, best pop vocal album for In...
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