Festival Leisure Park is going for gold and trying to break a Guinness World Record to support Team GB in the Olympic Games in Rio. Having already broken a record for the most amount of Princesses in one place in 2014, the Basildon based leisure park...
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service has been shortlisted for two Chartered Institute of Public Relation’s Pride awards – the most credible UK-wide awards in the public relations industry. Judges were impressed with the Service’s entries for the ‘Integrated Campaign’ and ‘Public Sector’ categories. The Chartered Institute...
Boys and girls of various age groups enjoyed a free Essex County FA Community Football Day on Saturday (16th July) as hundreds of players and their families visited Great Baddow High School in Chelmsford to reward them for maintaining high standards during the season. The annual...
If you live in a flat block, Harlow Council is looking for your views on your weekly food waste collection service. The Council successfully bid for Government funding to extend food waste collection to around 7,500 homes in flat blocks. The service is now operating routinely...
Aspiring footballers from Southend United Football Club have received life-saving road safety advice through Essex County Fire and Rescue Service’s FireCar programme. ECFRS Road Safety Team visited the club’s training ground, in Eastern Avenue, Southend, this morning (Monday, July 18). Members of Southend United Football Club’s youth...
Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust (EHAAT) has protected its vital life-saving equipment with SmartWater technology. The deal with SmartWater, leading provider of forensic crime prevention strategies, services and products, was completed last month (June) and now equipment including all EHAAT’s IT, monitors and medical equipment...
Chelmsford Foodbank, run by the charity, Oasis Church, was seeking a new home after the lease on its former premises in Goldlay Gardens in Chelmsford came to an end. Chelmsford City Council stepped in to help out and offered the charity accommodation in a unit...
On Wednesday 20 July at 4.30pm, ex-TOWIE star Jess Wright will be returning home to Essex to sign copies of her new book, Sparkling Stars, at intu Lakeside shopping centre. Sparkling Stars follows the story of Megan who leaves for Los Angeles in search of new opportunities...
Colchester Borough Council will be looking for a new tenant for the former Garrison Gym, set to become a Community Centre, after the withdrawal of the preferred tenant. The move follows notification by Abbeyfield Community Church on 12 July 2016 not to proceed with signing the...
Libraries across the borough are hosting the Roald Dahl themed Big Friendly Read Summer Reading Challenge from today 16 July. The challenge is aimed at children of all ages, encouraging them to read six books over six weeks to collect Roald Dahl cards, medals and certificates. Pre-school...
