BY James Dwan A CAMPAIGNING councillor who fought against charging elderly falls victims to be picked up has been left outraged after being told he faces a standards board investigation after his actions allegedly brought the council into disrepute. Harwich councillor Ivan Henderson could face a standards...
AN ENTREPRENEUR will be taking shoppers into an alternative reality by marketing innovative 360 degree headsets at a major trade show this summer. Scott Taylor, who lives in Rayleigh, has started a business selling virtual reality headsets after moving on from his previous careers in the...
By Matthew Porter FRONTLINE ambulance staff could go on strike in protest against excessive working hours and a lack of proper breaks during their shifts. Trade union Unison has informed the East of England Ambulance Service it will ballot staff over possible strike action after accusing managers...
Danny Cowley has resigned as manager of Braintree Town and is expected to take up the vacant post at National League rivals Lincoln City, reports BBC Essex. The 36-year-old led part-time Braintree to the play-offs in his first season in charge, where they lost to Grimsby. The...
By Andrea Collitt VIP visitors Alice in Wonderland, Little Red Riding Hood and Pinocchio brought a slice of sunshine to poorly children at Colchester General Hospital. The children’s classics were performed by four actors from The Panto Company for the Starlight Children’s Foundation’s Storytellers Tour. Sarah Amos,...
Cllr John Aldridge has been elected as the new Chairman of Essex County Council for the coming year. County Council Member for the Broomfield and Writtle Division since 2005, Cllr Aldridge takes over the post from the outgoing Chairman, Cllr Norman Hume. Cllr Aldridge said:...
AThe University of Essex’ Department of Mathematical Sciences is to have a new home in the state-of-the-art £13.7m science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) building to be built at their Colchester Campus. The new STEM building will transform Square 1 into a dedicated science square with...
09/05/2016 The new police and crime commissioner for Essex says the first thing he will look at is "modernisation and getting police out on patrol". Conservative Roger Hirst won the election with a total of 135,948 votes, once second-preference voting had been added, beating UKIP's Bob Spink. Three...
A young actor from Essex, Michael Howard of Feering, Colchester, is one of the stars of a new independent British horror film, Once Upon a Haunting, just released on DVD and Blu-ray. Michael, who took a screen acting course with the Kingdom School of Arts and...
The number of faulty streetlights in Essex is dropping, according to latest statistics. Essex County Council has published its latest quarterly report on defective streetlights analysed by district. In the three months to March 31, the number of faulty streetlights averaged across the county’s 12 districts stood...
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