TESCO PLANNING PERMISSION REFUSED 21st January, 2013. Application number 12/01375, 12/01374 & 12/01405 for Tesco in Halstead was refused. One councillor said that it was the largest collection of objection …
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This blog post has been moved to the new Great Baddow blog.
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Snow has hit Essex heavily over the weekend, and while parents and kids have had a lot of fun over the weekend there is now the usual uncertainty over whether or not …
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Blockbuster video is the latest high street shop to enter administration, following HMV and Jessops. Blockbusters have been facing rising competition from falling DVD prices, online rentals from Lovefilm.com (postal …
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It seems that the old house hunting rule of “location, location, location” is still alive an well, even in the modern world of 3G (soon 4G) and super fast, wirelesss …
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Latest (13 Mar ’13): Charlie has made it across the Atlantic and broken the world record. It took him just 35 days, and the journey was far from smooth, although Charlie …
Read MoreNetwork Rail are planning a massive upgrade of the UK’s railways and the East of England is to receive £2.2 billion of investments. The investments will upgrade tracks, stations, signals …
Read MoreChannel 4 are looking for contestants in a family cooking show with a twist. This show will pit family members against each other to determine once and for all, who …
Read MoreOnce again season tickets are increasing at a rate above inflation. This is reportedly the 10th year that rail fares have increased above the rate of inflation. In some areas …
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Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. The nursery rhyme above …
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Southend-on-Sea has experienced some of the biggest house price increases in the UK in 2012, with house prices rising by almost 15%.
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The River Chelmer is Chelmsford is close to bursting its banks. Water has already overflowed into the flood plains along the Chelmer, including the newly developed area between Bond Street …
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The villagers of Toppesfield have bought their local pub, The Green Man, from Admiral Taverns, the pub chain that previously owned it. The pub has been on the market for years but nobody showed any interest.
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The old Bull On The Green in Chingford is being transformed into a new Prezzo restaurant. The new restaurant is set to open on 12th December, ready for Christmas and New Year if everything goes to plan.
Read MoreThe Essex Portal editor talks about snow ….. Woke up to about 1 inch of snow. School sent a message to say it is closed as staff and teachers have …
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The congregation of St Michael’s and All Angels has been growing in recent years and they had out-grown their old hut. So a project was launched to build a new church. It was decided that the most economic method was to build from Scandinavian pine.
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Jacks Famous Supplies on St. Nicholas Street in Colchester has announced that it may be forced to close its doors for one final time.
Read MoreGreat news for families across Essex and the surrounding region today as Greater Anglia have announced that there will not be engineering works over the Christmas period. This means that families will not have to struggle across Essex on bus replacement services with their bundles of presents and food as has happened in previous years.
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On Saturday 24th November the Shire Hall in Chelmsford will open its doors to the public for one day. The doors will open at 12.30pm on Saturday and remain open until 4pm.
Read MoreParalympic gold medallist and TV presenter Danny Crates will be signing his book, Danny Boy, in Chelmsford’s High Chelmer shopping centre on November 23rd at 10am. He will also have his Beijing Olympics Torch with him!
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A Little Bazaar, which is on the parade of shops on Maldon Road in Great Baddow, just outside Chelmsford, is appearing on Celebrity Antiques Road Trip with John “Boycie” Challis and Philip Serrell.
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Four pallets of Listerine mouthwash have been stolen from a parked lorry near Church Langley, between Harlow and the M11.
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Jean Colclough is possibly the longest serving nurse that the UK has ever seen. Now 74 years old, Jean started working at Southend Hospital in 1956, and has clocked up 56 years since.
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Santa is a very busy man this year and is setting up grottos all over Essex so that every good boy and girl has the chance to make a personal request and receive a toy for Christmas. While this list does not cover all Santa Grottos, it does provide details for the best ones that we have discovered. If you know of others please leave a comment and we will update the list.
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While GPS will not guarantee that Essex County Council will always be one step ahead of the snow, it will help to manage gritting and demonstrate to road users that it is making every effort to grit the most important roads in the county.
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