Essex County Council is celebrating a double success after picking up two prestigious national awards. The council had four finalists in last night’s Children and Young People Now (CYPN) Awards, with its Family Operations Essex Social Care Academy (ESCA) among the victors, winning in the Recruitment...
Thirty nine new recruits proudly ‘passed out’ this afternoon and were welcomed into the force by Chief Constable Stephen Kavanagh, Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner Jane Gardner and RAF Cosford Group Captain Mark Hunt OBE during a special ceremony at our HQ in Chelmsford. The 39...
intu Lakeside has joined forces with preschool toys manufacturer PLAYMOBIL to create a unique Christmas grotto experience for children in Essex. They will get the chance to meet some larger than life PLAYMOBIL figures alongside Santa himself and will also leave the enchanting gingerbread themed grotto...
Officers from Castle Point and Rochford Community Policing Team made four arrests after they discovered over 200 cannabis plants at a premises in Benfleet. Following reports that a group of men were acting suspiciously near an industrial unit on Rayleigh Road, Benfleet, officers arrived at the...
Two free recruitment events, in Chelmsford and Basildon, are kicking off a campaign to help job seekers find new careers in the care sector. With hundreds of vacancies each month, apprenticeships, training and a choice of roles in front-line, back office, management or specialist services, the...
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ is offering holidaymakers in and around the Essex area a choice of two festive sailings from London Cruise Terminal, London Tilbury in December 2016, on board 804-guest ship Black Watch. Fred. Olsen guests can opt to take in the very special Christmas...
A Langham grandfather is calling for a pioneering procedure at Colchester General Hospital to be made available throughout the NHS. Mike Mays is one of just 14 patients who have undergone the non-surgical procedure there in order to reduce the size of his prostate. Known as prostatic...
By Matthew Martino An MP Led Campaign pledges to end fatal road collisions at hands of visually-impaired motorists, 10 years after Rochford bride-to-be was killed by partially blind driver Castle Point MP Rebecca Harris has supported a campaign to make our roads safer, as she joined a...
Specially trained officers will be patrolling Clacton this week as part of an ongoing police operation aimed at tackling gang activity and the supply of illegal drugs in the town. Officers from our Operational Support Group are working alongside officers from Operation Raptor and local officers on...
A major refurbishment programme to transform a 1920s built village hall has completed its first phase and was officially opened by The Rt Hon Robert Halfon, MP for Harlow. On Sunday 20 November, local people came together to celebrate the completion of phase one works to...
