Appeal after theft near Morrisons supermarket in Parkeston
Police are appealing for information following a theft in north-east Essex.Two mini motos were stolen from a back garden of a property on Adelaide Street in Parkeston between 9 and 10pm on Thursday,...
View ArticleEssex freemasons society sheds light on its charity work
AN organisation traditionally painted as sinister and secretive raised nearly £700,000 for charity in Essex last year.Freemasons from the Hutton lodge this week came out of the shadows to talk to the...
View ArticleWickford pensioners fear loss of hot meals after council cutbacks
A LIFELINE for pensioners may vanish as the borough council bids to slash £30,000 from its catering budget.Basildon Borough Council is trying to reduce costs – and a hot meals service for pensioners in...
View ArticleBrentwood's Luciano Bacheta promises to build on his Auto GP win
LUCIANO BACHETA insists there is much more to come from him in AutoGP after claiming his first win in the series.The Brentwood racer grabbed top spot in the second of two races in Marrakech this...
View ArticleChelmsford town centre shop managers get angry over A-boards
SHOPPING centre managers are growing increasingly frustrated at the number of advertising boards "cluttering" Chelmsford High Street.In February 2013, Essex County Council ruled that businesses are...
View ArticleCourt ruling over Abu Dhabi hotel's negligence 'an absolute insult'
THE mother of a British expatriate left with severe brain injuries after being struck by a loose wardrobe panel in an Abu Dhabi hotel is fighting a "devastating" court ruling.Angie Smith, of Green...
View ArticleBrentwood pub to become casino in aid of Help for Heroes
GAMES of roulette, chinking cocktail glasses and tuxedos might normally be associated with Las Vegas but, for one night only, the glitz and glamour of Sin City is coming to Brentwood later this...
View ArticleCraig Edwards reckons home games are key to Billericay survival bid
BILLERICAY manager Craig Edwards has placed huge importance on their remaining home matches and says they are "must win" if his team are to stay up this season.With more than half of their remaining...
View ArticleChelmsford Chieftains endure Jekyll and Hyde weekend
IT was a tale of two games last weekend for the league champions as they destroyed a Milton Keynes side in Buckinghamshire, but were unable to beat the same side 24 hours later back in Essex.The tie...
View ArticleBrentwood Gazette shortlisted in Regional Press Awards 2012
The Brentwood Gazette has been shortlisted in the Society of Editors' Regional Press Awards 2012. It is the running in the weekly newspaper (below 20,000) category alongside the Bucks Free Press, The...
View ArticleNew Essex music festival given go-ahead
A new music and dance festival will attract up to 1000 people to a quiet east Essex village this summer, after the managers were given the all-important go-ahead on Wednesday night.The Danbury Big...
View ArticlePolice hunt Tiptree jewellery burglars
Police are appealing for information after jewellery, cash and electrical items were stolen from a Tiptree house.Between 5.30pm and 10pm on April 5, burglars broke into a house in Barbrook Lane.Anyone...
View ArticleTOWIE's Joey Essex targeted on Celebrity Juice
Joey Essex had a tricky time on last night's Celebrity Juice - after failing to identify the country that borders Wales. Appearing on the ITV2 show for the third time with fiance Sam Faiers, it also...
View ArticleChristopher Cheater wins Rettendon Parish Council by-election
Christopher Cheater won the hotly contested Rettendon Parish Council by-election by just 20 votes.Mr Cheater garnered 270 votes in Thursday's poll, compared to 250 for Glenys Jones.The turnout for the...
View ArticleSignalling faults cause delays on Greater Anglia services from Chelmsford
Engineers are currently working on the train line between Chelmsford and Ingatestone following damaging signalling problems.Greater Anglia isreporting delays of about 10 minutes for London bound trains.
View ArticleMaldon publican 'acted in self-defence' in baseball bat attack, court told
A Maldon publican accused of chasing three men with a baseball bat after they failed to pay for their drinks, before breaking the jaw of one of them, said he acted in self-defence. Richard Henfrey, 54,...
View ArticleBrentwood's Miss Essex candidate 'wants to show a different side' to the county
A Brentwood hair and make-up artist is preparing a jump into the unknown as she looks forward to a charity skydive just one week before her inaugural appearance at Miss Essex. Danielle Killick, 22, of...
View ArticleReveller hides in bush to escape Chelmsford taxi fare
Police have released a CCTV image a man they would like to speak to after a late-night Chelmsford reveller hid in a bush to avoid paying his taxi fare.The suspect had been collected outside Evoke...
View ArticleFour in Colchester court after Clacton stabbing
Four men have been arrested and charged by detectives in Clacton in connection with a stabbing incident.Unemployed Johnathan Blaize, 26, of Lightermans Way, Greenhithe, Kent has been charged with...
View ArticleChelmsford Nandos CCTV shots released after girl loses iPhone
Police need to speak to two people captured on CCTV in Nandos in Brewery Yard, Chelmsford, on March 23 about a missing IPhone 4. A teenage girl accidentally left her phone in the restaurant but it was...
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