The Amazon delivery station in Romford has rolled out a fleet of Mercedes-Benz electric vehicles as part of The Climate Pledge – Amazon’s commitment to be net zero carbon by 2040, a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement’s goal of 2050. In August 2020, Amazon announced...
Concerns about child abuse have soared since national lockdown measures were first introduced, the NSPCC has found – with the average monthly number of referrals from the charity’s helpline on the issue increasing by 126% in the East of England. The NSPCC has analysed its data...
Celebrity Chef Dipna Anand, who co-owns the famous Brilliant Restaurant and Banqueting Suite in Southall, has kindly agreed to become one of the Patrons for Essex -based charity The Dream Factory. The Dream Factory grants dreams to children and young adults between the age of...
Nobody likes being in hospital over Christmas, but this year will be especially hard for patients who are unable to see family during their stay. To remind patients at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kings Lynn, Norfolk that being apart from their loved ones doesn’t...
‘Shameful’ removal of fire safety from PI insurance leaves building owners uninsured in Grenfell aftermath, Colchester construction firm warns Colchester construction experts have raised concerns over fire safety issues being increasingly excluded from professional indemnity insurance policies following the Grenfell Tower inquiry – leaving building owners...
Arts and culture are set to be at the forefront of plans to reimagine Basildon town centre after councillors approved next steps for a draft cultural strategy. The council, which is currently running its Basildon's Bouncing Back campaign, has already made clear its intention for a...
People across Essex are being encouraged to ‘be aware, tolerant and kind’ to people living with sensory impairment in a campaign showing their new reality during COVID-19. The campaign has been co-created by Healthwatch Essex and people in the county who are deaf, blind and deafblind,...
Coronavirus has changed many people’s circumstances this year, with the pandemic hitting some households in multiple ways leading to enduring impacts on health and wealth. Power cuts are rare these days, but for some, dealing with such an inconvenience at this difficult time, could be...
A team member from Amazon in Tilbury has made a £5,000 donation to a Special Educational Needs (SEN) trust in Essex after winning a national competition to design a festive postcard. Erzsebet Kovacs, who works as an associate at Amazon in Tilbury, designed the winning...
The Land of the Fanns Landscape Partnership Scheme is working with Essex Gardens Trust on a new project to record the many precious green spaces across Thurrock. Essex Garden Trust was successful in applying through the Land of the Fanns Community Action Fund to fund...
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