The NSPCC-run service Childline today releases stark new data that highlights the huge toll of the pandemic on young people. Since April last year Childline has carried out 73,088 counselling sessions about mental or emotional health. 5,646 of these counselling sessions were with children aged 11...
Taylor Wimpey will put over £560,000 into the Kirby Cross community thanks to its upcoming development in the village, The Laurels, which launches this week. The first homes at The Laurels, off Thorpe Road, are due to go on sale on 15th May 2021. The development...
Harlow Council has this evening issued a contract default notice on waste contractor Veolia following more missed bin collections this week. Despite the council issuing a rectification notice on Veolia on Monday morning (10 May 2021) there continues to be delays to some of this week's...
Local business director and Rural Business Award winner, Jacqui Stone from Colchester, is encouraging fellow rural entrepreneurs to showcase their work, products and services to the nation at the 2021/22 Rural Business Awards. Entries for this year's competition close on 21st May 2021. The Rural...
Hundreds of children at Brimsdown Primary School in Enfield have been taking part in the national Deaf Awareness Week campaign to learn more about the impact of hearing loss. Pupils of all ages got involved in a day of activities to promote deaf-awareness, including a...
Environmental charity Thames Chase Trust has been helping the Tesco Extra store in Romford connect with nature through tree-planting. Swedish Whitebeam trees, specially selected because of their high tolerance to urban conditions, were planted in the car park at Tesco Gallows Corner to help offset...
Albert Said, nearly 5, from Brentwood, Essex was diagnosed with rare genetic disorder Pitt Hopkins Syndrome last year. He cannot crawl, walk or talk and relies on a lot of sensory input. As well as enjoying lights, he also loves his hippotherapy sessions (physiotherapy on ponies)...
Members of the Royal College of Nursing Essex branch have gathered on a bridge close to Basildon Hospital to mark Nurses’ Day (12 May) and highlight their battle for fair pay. Nurse Leah Scanlon said: “It was great to celebrate Nurses’ Day with fellow RCN Essex...
London Southend Airport is collaborating with South East and Central Essex Mind (SECE MIND) to support Mental Health Awareness Week, 10-16 May. During the COVID-19 pandemic, millions have experienced a mental health problem or seen a loved one struggle. For them, for us and for...
The festival has been curated in response to the Thames Estuary and the lives, landscapes and histories found there. A mix of large scale and intimate visual art, literature, music and film, it celebrates culture, creativity, recovery and renewal. Conceived to be enjoyed for free,...
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