Recorded sexual offences against children in Essex have risen by 64% in four years, data obtained by the NSPCC has revealed. There were 2,122 offences recorded by Essex Police in 2018/19 – up from 1,293 in 2014/15.* Analysis of the data also reveals that where age of...
Deptford X, London’s longest running contemporary visual arts festival, celebrates its twenty-first birthday this year with its largest programme to date. New director Nathalie Boobis has curated twelve major projects, five of which have been specially commissioned. These will be bolstered by almost 100 fringe events...
Charlie and Ella have been revealed as the naughtiest names amongst children in the East of England, whilst children named Noah and Grace are considered to be the most well behaved, according to new research amongst children, parents and teachers in the region. Children and teachers...
Durden & Hunt International have this week announced that in 2020 they will be holding a summer ball in Essex with all profit going to Mind charity. For more than over 60 years Mind has worked to improve the lives of people that experience mental health...
Stephen Metcalfe has met with the new Stanford-le-Hope Town Centre Policing team as the Government has announced 135 new extra officers for Essex Police for next year. The extra 135 officers will be in addition to the 368 extra officers currently being recruited as a...
Work has completed on 15 semi-detached and terraced houses in Roman Way, Billericay. The homes are a combination of two, three and four-bedroom houses. In total, three of the homes will be available for affordable rent with six available for shared ownership and six for market...
Field for The British Isles, which consists of 40,000 tiny individual terracotta figures, is the largest single artwork in the Arts Council Collection and its arrival in Colchester will herald the latest stage in the journey of this spectacular piece. Gormley, who won the Turner Prize...
CHARITY Meningitis Now is warning people to stay vigilant to the signs and symptoms of meningitis as cases of the deadly bacterial form of the disease peak during the winter. With the clocks going back on Sunday (27 October) and the prospect of colder winter weather...
After decades of underfunding, dementia is now the UK’s biggest killer. Yet investment in dementia research still trails far behind other health conditions. Gary Hawkins, from Chelmsford recently took part in London Marathon Memory Walk, with his brother Marc, and Alzheimer’s Society took Gary to...
Nabila Tejpar will head to Spain this week with the intentions of putting her Wales Rally GB heartbreak behind her, as she tackles the penultimate round of the FIA World Rally Championship, RallyRACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada (24-27 October). The Maldon driver was unable to start...
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