There was a time when the only cinema in Essex worth visiting was the Odeon at Lakeside. For a while in the 1980’s my home town, Chelmsford, did not have a cinema at all after the Select on Anchor Street closed down (and that was a flea pit of a cinema if there ever was one).
Best Cinemas in Essex Read MoreIf you are looking for a new job or career in Essex then look no further. There are many excellent websites which list jobs, however it is hard to keep track of them all. That is why we are providing a list of the best sites for job hunting in Essex.
Essex Jobs and Careers Websites Read MoreEssex’s only race course at Great Leighs has finally found new investors who are willing and capable of driving the venue forwards. The new owner is MC Racetracks Limited. They have announced plans to build a new hospitality complex and a state of the art grandstand for Great Leighs.
New Hope for Great Leighs Racecourse Read More
Getting children, and adults, more active is one way to tackle the obesity problems. Essex is becoming fatter, more children are now overweight and obesity rates are increasing.
Get Essex Kids Active in 2012 – Fight Obesity and Improve Health Read More
The University of Essex was founded in 1964. It is one of the UK’s top ten universities for both teaching and research and attracts students from all around the world. The university motto is Thought the harder, heart the keener.
Essex University – Top Class Education in the Heart of Essex Read MoreIf you live in Essex and want to learn how to get fit and lose weight then you are in luck, as Essex has many options available to you. Here we share some of Essex’s best gyms, classes and other sports and fitness related companies and activities. We are always looking for new great places to add.
Health And Fitness In Essex Read MorePiano Perfection – A Live Pianist for any occasion Enhance the atmosphere of your special day with a live Pianist. Piano Perfection specialises in supplying piano players of the highest …
Bands and Entertainers in Essex Read MoreDespite the unexpected good weather that we enjoyed last week, it is the time of the year when we see many people suffering from “flu like illness”. Like every winter …
Flu Jabs in Essex – NHS Launch New Campaign to Encourage people to have Flu Jabs Read More
It seems that Shakespeare, the most famous playwright and poet the world has ever seen, may not have been from Stratford-Upon-Avon after all. The current theory that is emerging us …
Was Shakespeare Really an Essex Boy? Read the Evidence Read MoreOK, over the years we have reviewed many Essex events but still many people are unsure of what Essex has to offer. To Essex Portal has decided to create a …
The Essex Portal Top 100 Things To Do in Essex Read MoreTo mark National No Smoking Day on 9 March 2011, the NHS South East Essex Stop Smoking Team will be out and about at local supermarkets, offering help and advice …
Essex No Smoking Day – Quit smoking with help from your local NHS Read MoreThe first event in an exciting new campaign to increase awareness of chlamydia was an overwhelming success. NHS South East Essex launched the ‘Don’t Sweat It, Get Tested’ campaign on …
“Don’t Sweat It, Get Tested” – NHS Essex Chlamydia Screening Read MoreNHS South East Essex is giving local people tips on keeping warm and well in extremely cold weather: Keep curtains drawn and doors closed to block out draughts. Have regular …
NHS Essex Advice For Staying Well In Very Cold Weather Read MorePlanning applications for three new primary care centres in Westcliff-on-Sea and Shoebury were approved by Southend-on-Sea Borough Council yesterday, 1 December. The two centres in Westcliff will be in North …
Planning permission granted for three new primary care centres in Westcliff and Shoebury Read MoreA brand new Sure Start Children’s Centre will be formally opened on 10 December 2010 offering health and family support services for all children aged 0 to 19 in the Southchurch area. …
New Sure Start Children’s Centre for Southchurch Read MoreThe Exercise Referral Scheme is run jointly by the NHS and local leisure centres. Exercise can help weight loss, help control diabetes, enhance the immune system, slow the reduction in …
NHS Exercise Referral Scheme in South East Essex Read MoreNHS South East Essex (South East Essex Primary Care Trust, i.e. ‘the PCT’) announced today that South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT) is the preferred acquirer for managing …
Preferred acquirer announced for new management of local NHS community healthcare services Read MoreWhile driving home this evening, just after 6pm, in the dark, I saw something on a road close to where I live that I have never seen before. I saw …
Warning: Essex Council May Be Raising More Money Through Parking Fines Read MoreNHS South East Essex is currently consulting on changes to the way GP services are provided to patients registered at the Globe Surgery, Westcliff-on-Sea. Patients registered at The Globe Surgery …
PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE FUTURE OF THE GLOBE GP SURGERY Read MoreHave your say about better health and wellbeing for people with learning disability and family carers People across the east of England are being invited to have their say on …
Better Health And Wellbeing For People With Learning Disabilities in Essex Read More