TweetHere are the Winners and Finalists for the 2009 Essex Food and Drink Awards. The Awards are organised by Essex Chronicle Media Group and the winners are voted by the people of Essex. The awards ceremony was held last night, 8th October, at Bartellas Restaurant, Furze Hill in Margaretting. These awards are very important...
TweetEssex band The Prodigy are playing at Southend Cliffs Pavilion on 26th January 2010. The Prodigy are from Braintree and got together in 1990. Along with bands such as Fatboy Slim and The Chemical Brothers they were pioneers of the big beat electronic dance genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s....
TweetTimes are harder than we though in the seaside town of Clacton. Yesterday a schoolgirl from Great Clacton CoE Junior School put her nan up for sale on eBay. Nan received bid of up to £2000 before the auction was stopped by eBay, as selling grannies is against their policies. Zoe Pemberton, aged 10,...
TweetThe British Trust for Conservation Volunteers has awarded Essex County Council with two Green Hero regional awards. BTCV awarded Essex County Council after 15 years of dedicated support to green and environmental improvements in the county. Essex County Council was also awarded for best green project in the East of England, London and the...
Tweet Paul Alexander, 53 year old from Braintree, was in court this week in connection with his rural gun factory. Alexander has been building gun kits for street gangs, and his weapons have been connected with 28 violent crimes, including the shooting of 11 year old Rhys Jones in Liverpool in 2007. Alexander’s “assassin...
Tweet5-Elements Martial Arts, one of the fastest growing martial arts schools in Essex, has seen its first competing female kickboxer win her début fight. Chloe Wilson from Beauchamps School in Wickford has been training at 5 Elements in Basildon for 2 years. In stepping into the ring showed great courage and determination. It was...
TweetChelmsford is to have a new railway station, located next to the A12 at the Boreham Interchange, for easy access from Beaulieu Park, Springfield and Boreham. Also commuters travelling down the A12 into Chelmsford will probably benefit from the new railway station. There are also plans to build an additional 4000 homes in the...
TweetIt is never good news for residents when they hear that a new travellers site is to be built on their doorstep. Although some may say that this is just a typical “NIMBY” attitude, few people really wish to have travelling communities set up home next door. Why should they be able to? Most...
TweetIt seems that more strike action is imminent, affecting the main commuting line into London, plus other routes. No doubt there will be a skeleton service as before, but we can expect to see chaos again as the rail workers strike once again over pay. This time, rather than proposing a one day strike,...
TweetEssex beat Durham by 7 wickets yesterday, and mostly thanks to Essex’s keeper James Foster who hit an excellent 83 in 38 balls, and Alastair Cook hitting a fine 104, and building an excellent partnership of 117 runs with Graham Napier. In the 37th over Foster smacked the first five balls from Durham leg-spinner...
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