Essex County Council is set to spend about £85million creating more than 400 new special school places across Essex. The record investment comes following an increase in the number of young people in the county being diagnosed with autism and with a growing demand for special...
Primary school pupils with speech, language and communication needs will benefit from extra support following the launch of a new project. Supported by Essex County Council, the early intervention project starts in mid Essex this month following a successful pilot during 2015/16, with specialist support based...
With Recycle Week taking place between 12 and 18 September, Recycle for Essex is urging residents to think of the ‘unusual suspects’ which more often than not don’t make it into the recycling bin. While most people remember to recycle plastic drinks bottles, food and drinks...
A man and a woman have been charged after police found drugs with an estimated street value of £180,000 during a house search at Shoeburyness. Officers from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate seized 2.3 kilos of cocaine and 71 grammes of cannabis after executing...
The ongoing focus on mayors should not be allowed to derail a future devolution deal, Essex County Council leader David Finch has said. Essex leaders have been meeting for the last 18 months to develop a countywide deal, but in a letter to Essex MPs, Cllr...
Four people were arrested during a road policing operation in the Basildon area yesterday (Wednesday, September 7, 2016). Officers from the Casualty Reduction Unit worked with colleagues from the Safer Essex Roads Partnership and HMRC to detect offenders using the roads and increase road safety. Automatic Number...
Now, during this amazing summer of sport, is your chance to celebrate your sporting heroes and those who have made outstanding contributions to sport and physical activity in Essex by nominating them for a 2016 Active Essex Sports Award. From volunteers, coaches, clubs, schools and organisations,...
Four of Essex’s best loved parks are up for nomination in the Green Flag, People’s Choice award 2016. As part of the 20th anniversary of the Green Flag award, current award winning parks and green spaces are eligible to be named one of the UK’s ten...
On 16th August2016, Sergeant Paul Gooding, from Chelmsford’s Local Policing Team, was called to an incident where a woman in distress was outside the railings on top of a multi-storey car park in Chelmsford. He approached her carefully and demonstrated empathy to build a rapport with...
A mother whose daughter died while waiting for a double organ transplant is preparing to give the gift of life to a young man who has kidney failure. Natalie Carroll died at the age of 38 on New Year’s Day in 2014. She had complex health...
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