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...
Basildon Council is asking residents to complete a short survey in order to determine the level of support for a potential Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) to cover parks, open spaces and town centres across the borough in a bid to tackle Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB). PSPOs...
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...
This week GP surgeries across Essex started administering the COVID-19 vaccine. In Brentwood, a Royal photographer was among first to receive the vaccine. Arthur Edwards MBE, Royal photographer, aged 80 was pictured having his COVID vaccination at the Brentwood centre on the 15 December 2020. Also pictured...
‘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...
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