St Martins students perked up by Costa
LONG gone are the days of students stirring some stale milk into a stained mug of instant coffee granules.A chance to grab a skinny latte or caramel Americano between lessons is now the way with...
View ArticleParachutes may have saved airplane pair in lake crash
TWO men who died when their plane nosedived into a fishing lake could have survived if they had tried to parachute to safety, a new report reveals.Instructor Simon Hulme, 33, and his 43-year-old...
View ArticleJodie wants to help others after tragedy of stillbirth
JODIE Drake lost her baby after a horrific 17-hour labour and now wants to help other mothers who experience the pain of a stillbirth.The 23-year-old, of South Woodham Ferrers, fell pregnant two years...
View ArticleFrazer wins national moustache prize – and it wasn't by a whisker
HIRSUTE Essex man Frazer Coppin is celebrating this week after winning first prize in the musketeer category of the inaugural British Beard and Moustache Championships.Frazer and a hairy horde of...
View ArticleDowsett 'surprised' at eighth place World Championship finish
GREAT BADDOW'S Alex Dowsett says he still has room to improve after finishing eighth at the World Road Cycling Championships on Wednesday. The Team Sky rider, 23, was Great Britain's sole...
View ArticleThe Essex Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew Dewar
Andrew Dewar, from Essex is the CEO of a new social networking site called Ooblur. It's Free, It's new and it's going to be big! We spoke to Andrew and he said "at the moment we are concentrating on...
View ArticleMichael Evans is ready to rumble
THIS man is making his professional boxing debut this weekend.Hutton's Michael Evans, 24, takes to the ring on Sunday at York Hall, Bethnal Green after a solid background in the amateur game which...
View ArticleFrom intensive care to success at a singing contest
A 15-YEAR-OLD Brentwood school girl is miraculously progressing in a national singing competition just two years after surviving a very rare life-threatening lung condition.At one stage Marilena Gant,...
View ArticlePCSO guilty of Toblerone bar theft at Tesco
A POLICE Community Support Officer caught stealing a jumbo Toblerone bar by putting it inside his force-issued stab vest has been spared jail.Shane Alborough, 27, of Neave Crescent, Romford was spotted...
View ArticleWoman dies after her car crashes at Chelmsford Station
A woman aged in her 60's died after her car went out of control at Parkway, Chelmsford.The silver Mazda car collided with a crash barrier and part of the railway viaduct before overturning beneath the...
View ArticleVIDEO: 90,000 watch Kelvedon Hatch manager pelt armed robber with beer crates
Update: A man arrested in connection with the investigation into this attempted robbery has been released without charge. Our video of store manager Aman Singh Mann heroically fending off an armed...
View ArticleColchester Kiddi Caru Marks 10th Birthday With Search For Past Children And...
Colchester Kiddi Caru Marks 10th Birthday With Search For Past Children And ParentsOn Saturday 22nd September Kiddi Caru's Colchester day nursery will be celebrating its 10th birthday, and it's hoping...
View ArticleParents Invited To Be A Child For A Day At Colchester Kiddi Caru Day Nursery
Parents Invited To Be A Child For A Day At Colchester Kiddi Caru Day NurseryKiddi Caru's Colchester day nursery is opening its doors to parents on Saturday 22nd September and inviting them to...
View ArticleCarter and King crash out in Shanghai
ALI Carter has been knocked out of the Shanghai Masters at the quarter-final stage. The Springfield snooker player, who won this tournament in 2010, lost out 5-3 to former World Champion John...
View ArticleThousands flock to new Weald Park Game & Country Show
THE sun shone and the spectators came out in force for the Weald Park Game & Country Show.After a week of chillier temperatures, the weather took a turn for the better and helped the inaugural...
View ArticleTalented Blackmore driver must raise £40k or stop racing
A BLACKMORE electrician's bid to become a Formula 1 racing driver may run out of gas, unless he can raise £40,000 in sponsorship.For ultra competitive Oliver Sirrell, 24, motor racing is a way of...
View ArticleEducating Essex head Stephen Drew takes helm at Brentwood County High
STEPHEN Drew is not the type of head teacher who hides himself away in his office.He is high profile. The new man at the helm at Brentwood County High School spends an hour each day, urgent...
View ArticleLIVE COVERAGE: Chelmsford City v Leatherhead
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View ArticleChelmsford City through in FA Cup
Chelmsford City 2 Leatherhead 1 FA Cup second qualifying round DESPITE some late jitters Chelmsford City have secured a safe passage through the next round of the FA Cup. The Clarets beat lower...
View ArticleChelmsford U16s In Seventh Heaven
The season is under way for Ice Hockey and with the Under 18s picking up an early season win, it was over to the U16s.Chelmsford's U16 team started their season off with the toughest possible test....
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