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Hundreds let off steam at Langford Museum of Power
HUNDREDS of young and young-at-heart visitors let off steam at Langford's Museum of Power.The former pumping station, whose steam engines once pumped up to eight million gallons of treated water every...
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Princess Anne will fly in to help Chelmsford celebrate its royal city status
CHELMSFORD is set for a royal visit after winning city status earlier in the year.Princess Anne will fly in by helicopter to congratulate the county's only city, it emerged this week.After Chelmsford's...
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Cows able to 'phone in sick' thanks to Writtle College research
STATE-OF-THE-ART tracking collars are being attached to cows as part of ground-breaking research at Writtle College.An £820,000 Government grant has been awarded to the agricultural college in Lordship...
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Coma boy's family want Maldon park closure
THE family of a teenager who is in a coma after hitting his head in a play area are campaigning for the park to be shut.Sam Richards, of Mundon Road, Maldon, banged his head on a piece of wood after...
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New head at Ursuline wants the 'best possible education'
SEEING a potential for "even greater things" is what attracted the new head teacher of a high achieving Brentwood school to the role.Richard Wilkin took over the helm of Brentwood Ursuline Catholic...
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Network Rail faces court trial over Harold Wood worker's death
NETWORK Rail will go on trial over an accident that left one of its workers dead and two others seriously injured as they fixed overhead power cables.Malcolm Slater, 64, from Harold Wood, died when he...
View ArticleThreesy win for Maldon and Tiptree FC
BEING out of the FA Cup early on is proving to be a bonus for Maldon & Tiptree as they continued their good league form with this excellent win to maintain their fourth place in the...
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Chelmsford Ideas Festival 2012
The 13th to 20th October will see the 3rd Annual Chelmsford Ideas Festival. This year the theme "Innovative City" has sparked a week of innovative ideas through talks, workshops, debates and a whole...
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Bring balance to your life with Alexander Technique
The East Anglia Centre for Alexander Technique is holding an open day tomorrow. Come along to the centre at Moulsham Mill, Chelmsford, between 11am and 4pm to find out how you can benefit. Free...
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Tory walks off 'waste of money' Brentwood Borough Council committee
A SENIOR Tory councillor has called his party colleague "a prat" because he resigned from Brentwood Borough Council's highways committee on a matter of principle.The outburst from Cllr Keith Parker,...
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Guides are desperate for a new home
WITH rain leaking from the roof and paint peeling from the walls the South Woodham guiding hut is in serious need of repair.After 30 years of wear and tear, the building on Creakview Road, is beginning...
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Four Shakespeare plays condensed at Chelmsford Civic Theatre
FOUR of Shakespeare's most famous plays will be condensed into a two-hour performance at Chelmsford's Civic Theatre on Monday.About 70 students, some as young as 12, from four schools, have been...
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Essex Police Commissioner role contenders put under microscope
THERE are just three weeks left to register to vote to have your say on who will become the first elected police and crime commissioner in Essex.On November 15 the people of Essex will go to the polls...
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Developers win appeal for 'ugly' Maldon riverside plans
MALDON'S waterfront will be transformed into a busy leisure complex after controversial plans were given the go-ahead this week – if the developer plants more trees.Proposals to develop Sadds Wharf,...
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Hutton charity wins gold with its Olympic Village clearance
THE Olympic Torch may have been extinguished, but a Hutton-based charity for the homeless and needy is still basking in the glow from London 2012.Lighthouse Furniture has amassed a bounty of items,...
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Peace balloon crosses London to land in Brentwood
MY TWIN toddler daughters Jasmine and Bryony raced into the kitchen where I was cooking, squealing: "Mummy, balloon in the garden, please get it for us."To our surprise, there was a tag stating it was...
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Notorious Galleys Corner junction to be given a facelift
GALLEYS Corner is set for a facelift after The Highways Agency allocated £300,000 to improve the notorious traffic hotspot.Next year work will begin to widen the roundabout in a bid to encourage cars...
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Tories in 'envelope' jibe at Labour's vision for Brentwood
BOROUGH council leader Louise McKinlay has launched a stinging attack on Labour rival Mike Le- Surf, saying his vision for the future of Brentwood could have been "drawn up on the back of an...
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Basketball: Leopards shot down by Rockets as Fire fail to raise team for cup tie
IT WAS a mixed Sunday for the Brentwood Centre-based Leopards basketball team as they managed to both win and lose on the same day.The Big Cats received a 20-0 walkover against Brentwood Fire in the...
View ArticleHereford vs Braintree Town: Toothless Hereford thankful for point
Hereford played out their second goalless draw in a row and can count themselves lucky to have collected a point after Braintree gave a spirited performance.Braintree dominated possession in the early...
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