Basildon Council’s commitment to tackling incidents of flytipping and dumped rubbish has been given a boost as additional Street Scene Enforcement and Education Officers get to work. The Corporate Resources Committee agreed in July to increase the number of officers from three to five in an...
An average of one child per classroom in the East of England has received a naked or semi-naked image online from an adult, a new NSPCC survey has found. And one in 50 schoolchildren sent a nude or semi-nude image to an adult, according to the...
Stephen Metcalfe, Member of Parliament for South Basildon and East Thurrock, will this week be launching his ‘Safer Streets’ initiative in Pitsea Town Centre on Monday 3rd September. Roger Hirst, Essex Police Crime Commissioner, Councillors Craig Rimmer and Luke MacKenzie and Simon Johnson from the Heart...
Residents from across the county are being invited to contribute to 2018’s Essex Power 100 list as plans for this year’s list get underway. Organisers for the list are inviting locals to contribute to the list by providing names of influential locals who they feel were...
The green light has been given to build 19 new Council homes for local people on the Harlow Housing Needs Register Last night (22 August 2018) the Council’s Development Management Committee gave planning permission to two Council-led developments in Bushey Croft and The Readings. Now planning permission...
James Duddridge, local conservative MP and avid Southend United supporter, found the perfect match recently when he visited a proactive team of National Citizen Service (NCS) participants at Roots Hall. The Rochford and Southend East MP attended the home ground of Southend United FC (on Friday...
Do you use a taxi or mini-cab in Harlow? Up until 24 August 2018 Harlow Council is asking for views on whether the town’s private hire vehicles (also known as mini-cabs) should be allowed to display roof signs. At a special Licensing Committee on 15 March 2018,...
Basildon Council are set to remove dying trees from St Martin’s Square it's been announced! An application to have Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) lifted on three trees in St Martin’s Square has been approved. An independent tree consultant was appointed by the council’s contractor, Thomas Sinden, to...
Last month, data by the Office for National Statistics suggested that there were 119 weapons possession offences between April 2017 and March 2018 in Thurrock. Following reports that knife crime has risen in Thurrock, MP Jackie Doyle-Price has said, “The growth in knife crime in Thurrock is...
Colchester Borough Council’s leader and deputy leader met with local community groups this week to listen to their concerns on the borough’s Local Plan. Leader Cllr Mark Cory and Deputy Leader Cllr Tim Young met representatives of key community groups at a special Leader’s Listening event...
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