Basildon Council is celebrating World Environment Day today and marking the occasion with the full launch of the “Our Streets Basildon” waste and recycling app. The app is now available on android and IOS devices and allows residents to engage with all the ways they can...
If you’re a Canadian looking to enroll at a university located outside of your home country, the University of Essex is well worth considering. It accepts students from North America and offers a variety of different courses which can help you on your journey to...
London Southend Airport has been keeping busy during lock down by collaborating with 'Carbon Happy' so that offsetting is available when passenger flights return. When 'Carbon Happy' presented their concept, the airport not only recognised an environmental consideration but was impressed by those behind it. Carbon...
Essex & Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT) is set to benefit from a major grant from Lions Clubs International to help with the charity's response to Covid-19. Lions Clubs are distributing a total of £160,000 to air ambulances across Britain to assist with their work during the...
Top London restaurants donate recipes for cookbook in aid of NHS Charities Together With the UK population still on lockdown and unable to dine at the restaurants they love, Cook for Charity hopes to sate the nation’s cravings with its innovative and delicious new fundraising initiative....
It’s with disappointment that Harlow Council announces that it will not be opening the paddling pools this summer due to the coronavirus outbreak and concern for public health. Under current government rules playgrounds and outdoor swimming pools cannot be opened and social distancing restrictions...
The Mayor of Basildon, David Burton-Sampson and NHS staff have officially thanked Colin Wilkinson, who since April has stood and applauded NHS staff at Basildon hospital every morning as they come into work. At a socially-distanced presentation today outside Basildon Hospital Mayor David Burton-Sampson presented Mr...
CAMPARI today announces the virtual reopening of three of the world’s best bars - and the public is invited. With uncertainty around when the UK’s bars and restaurants will reopen and international travel looking unlikely for many this summer, CAMPARI, the iconic Italian aperitivo, has...
Councillors on the Neighbourhoods and Public Spaces Committee are set to discuss a number of completed and planned investments to council-owned car parks as well as plans to crackdown on nuisance parking. At a meeting on Wednesday 10 June the committee will hear details of where...
Today, Historic England reveals the eleven images from across the East of England that have been added to the Historic England Archive as part of the Picturing Lockdown Collection, now freely accessible online. This follows a national week-long call out where the public were asked to...
