15 recycling centres in Essex will be open from Monday 18 May. Only waste and recycling which cannot be stored at home without causing a health or safety risk will be accepted. You should only visit a recycling centre if absolutely necessary. The safest way to...
More than 55,000 people have now downloaded Art is where the home is – an innovative initiative by Firstsite in Colchester to help keep young people entertained and engaged during the current coronavirus lockdown. Version 3 of the pack is released today (Friday 15 May...
Singers and musicians from across the borough of Basildon have collaborated on a special tribute to say thank you to the borough’s NHS workers, carers and key workers. They have recorded a new version of Only You, the 80s hit for the band Yazoo, which was...
Liverpool media, music and performing arts institution LMA, which is co-owned by singer Robbie Williams, is set to expand with a brand new state-of-the art campus at the city’s Metquarter. LMA is set to invest more than £15 million in the new site, which will...
A father of two, and dedicated keyworker, from Maldon in Essex believes karma is to thank for his life changing £1,000,000 EuroMillions win (Tuesday 5 May, 2019). The lucky winner, Anthony Canty (33) has been working throughout lockdown maintaining the water quality for hospitals and...
Councillors have approved next steps for the Basildon town centre masterplan ahead of a summer public consultation. The draft masterplan re-imagines Basildon town centre from what it is at the moment – a shopping centre – into a home for thousands of people, an attractive destination...
BT is encouraging community groups across the East of England to seize the opportunity to do something wonderful with their iconic red phone boxes during the coronavirus pandemic. Communities across the country have been thinking innovatively to transform red phone boxes for good, from community food...
Colchester residents can be proud of helping the Colchester Foodbank become the most liked Foodbank in the country. When Mike Beckett, Foodbank CEO, put out a message on Facebook asking for likes, to close the gap, 500 new likes were achieved on the same day,...
Households can keep better track of their fridge and cupboard food stocks during COVID-19 thanks to a free food monitoring smartphone app developed by the University of Essex. The pandemic has totally changed most people’s food buying habits – from stockpiling groceries in the early...
The Coronavirus crisis has encouraged many people to think about the future and focused their thoughts on how they can help those outside of their immediate family. As we encounter Foster Care Fortnight, which runs from 11-24 May, foster carer Fran Barzoukas from Basildon is urging...
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