Rosie Millard OBE has been appointed the new Chair of Firstsite’s Board of Trustees. Rosie is currently the Chair of BBC Children in Need, which last year raised a total of £60.7m and supported 2,562 projects to help children and families in poverty and crisis throughout...
Leading Wickford-based security specialists, VIP Security Services, are sponsoring the rising star, light heavyweight boxer, Dan Azeez, 28, to help him reach his full potential. Nicknamed by supporters as “Mini Bruno”, Dan Azeez, has just completed his first year as a professional boxer, fitting six fights...
With regular company rehearsals running every Saturday at Hutton Poplars and over five months until showtime, no-one expected leading man Chesney Hawkes to pop in! Last week Chesney drove himself to Brentwood to see how things were going in the upcoming Brentwood Centre production of...
Two people appeared at Basildon Magistrates’ Court after admitting flytipping on their own doorsteps. They appeared on Monday 4 February and both received fines. Jade Sharp, 21, of Travers Way, Basildon, admitted dumping polyurethane and waxed brown paper packaging on a round concrete flower bed near Travers...
A fast food takeaway shop in Harlow Town Centre has been fined £8,000 after Harlow Council successfully prosecuted the company for failing to comply with three food hygiene improvement notices. Chick Stop Ltd pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced at Chelmsford Magistrates court on...
The winners have made pledges to reduce their use of single-use plastics Residents Sarah Sherratt, Elisa Vasquez-Walters and Debra White have been announced as the final winners of the Colchester Plastic Pledge competition. The winners, who have all made pledges to reduce their use of single-use plastics,...
BT Group is responsible for generating £1 in every £55 produced in the East of England’s economy, according to an independent report published today. ‘The Economic Impact of BT Group plc in the UK’ report, by Hatch Regeneris, shows that the communications company generated a £2.7...
Stephen Metcalfe, MP for South Basildon & East Thurrock, visited Vange Library in Basildon last week following the announcement that it faces closure by Essex County Council after bring identified as ‘unaffordable’. Stephen has therefore called on residents to visit the library, become a member...
A new drinking water scheme to reduce plastic pollution and help people stay hydrated on the go is set to make waves in Southend. Refill is a national campaign led by plastic pollution campaign group City to Sea which aims to provide a network of cafes,...
A new report by leading search and social agency, Climbing Trees, has revealed the most-savvy MPs on social media in Essex. The report details activity on Twitter and highlights the MPs with the largest following. Topping the charts is the MP for Witham, Priti Patel, who...
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