A new walk-through coronavirus testing facility has opened for those with symptoms to book appointments at Dorrington Gardens Car Park (RM12 4HX) in Havering, as part of the Government’s UK-wide drive to continue to improve the accessibility of coronavirus testing for local communities. Testing at this...
Sleep pods, better lighting and discount gym memberships are among sweeping changes employers must embrace to improve workplace wellbeing and attract reluctant workers back to the office after lockdown to help revive the local economy in north-east Essex. That's according to Rob Diamond, a sustainability expert...
People across the UK are being invited to make works of art to put up in their front windows to create the nation's largest ever exhibition – a celebration of creativity to counter the gloom of the pandemic. People will be encouraged to draw, paint,...
Last June, after the worldwide protests following the murder of George Floyd in America, the Leader of Basildon Council and The Mayor of Basildon hosted a Zoom call with BAME community leaders from across Basildon. The aim was to talk about the issues that block...
All schools in the Basildon borough and across the country will remain closed until at least 8 March, the Prime Minister has announced today. This is a decision supported by the Leader of Basildon Council, Councillor Gavin Callaghan, who publicly called for schools to shut earlier...
This is a story about never giving up no matter how impossible the odds might seem. A story needed to be told in these turbulent times of lockdown and the COVID pandemic. It all began in 2017, when Allan Vogel was introduced to a gentleman who...
A Basildon Primary School is leading the way in supporting pupils’ wellbeing during the pandemic, using digital technology. Lee Chapel Primary School was one of the first schools in the country to sign up to Discovery Education Health and Relationships – a new digital PSHE programme...
Taylor Wimpey will launch an online consultation on proposals for a new development in Wivenhoe on Monday 1st February. The site off Richard Avenue is allocated for residential development of a minimum of 120 homes in the Wivenhoe Neighbourhood Plan, which was approved in a referendum...
The University of Essex is one of the best universities in the UK, and its business department has been attracting lots of attention. But it is not just prospective business and economics grads who are having their head turned by the courses on offer. We...
Local man, Mike Sheehy, is bringing high-quality home care services to Braintree, Sudbury and the Colne Valley with the launch of his new care company, Home Instead. Mike has lived in Essex for 30 years, having raised his own children in the county. He says: “I...
