The draw for the coming seasons Gordon Brasted Memorial Trophy and League Challenge Cups was made at the league AGM the other week. Basildon, who won the competition last season have been given a bye in the first round of the league challenge cup. We will...
Invitations are being issued for FA Charter Standard Clubs and girls’ clubs to take part in a day of skills sessions, inflatables and 5v5 football at the 2016 Essex County FA Community Football Day on Saturday 16th July in Chelmsford. The annual event promotes grassroots development...
Three aspiring musicians from Essex were among the winners of a national competition after taking part in new grime music workshops. More than 8,000 secondary school pupils from across the county have been encouraged to explore their creativity through the VIP Studio Sessions programme, which is...
A group of people planning ahead for their retirement moved a step closer this week to building a new community in Colchester, Essex, by putting the contract for their project out to tender. Members of Cannock Mill Cohousing are creating one of the first cohousing...
This September ACL Essex is encouraging adult learners across Essex to step back in the classroom and join fellow students in studying for GCSEs in English, Maths and Science. Believed by many employers as crucial to pursuing certain careers, GCSEs in these three particular subjects are...
Mike Frost, a freelance life coach from South Woodham Ferrers, is calling for a step changing treatment for an enlarged prostate to be available on the NHS in Essex. For Mike had to sort a dilemma of his own earlier this year when medication was no...
The Clarets are pleased to confirm the signing of striker Jake Reid from Maidenhead United. Reid, 28, spent just the one season at York Road last campaign having joined the Magpies in the summer of 2015 from Dover Athletic. The front-man has had spells at Weymouth, Bath...
The Independent Visitors Service is run by Essex County Council and gives young people in care time away from the environment they are in by matching them with a volunteer mentor who visits them once a month. Laura Hayden, who lives in Danbury, became an Independent...
Three people have been successfully prosecuted by Harlow Council for littering in Harlow. The cases were heard at Chelmsford Magistrates Court on Friday 24 June 2016 and led to fines totalling £900 with £1,160 in court costs. All three cases were brought to court under Section...
One hundred years ago British troops took part in the largest battle of the First World War on the Western Front, which was fought on the River Somme in France; more than one million men were wounded or killed, making it one of the bloodiest...
