A scheme to help lone parents in Maldon and Burnham will be launched next week. The Employment Service project is aimed at helping single parents who have been isolated in rural areas to break into the job market. Surgeries will be held once a month on
Taxi driver Keith Lynn has been cleared of indecently assaulting a 13-year-old blind schoolgirl. A Basildon Crown Court jury unanimously found him not guilty of one charge and returned a majority verdict of not guilty on a second. Mr Lynn, 65, nodded
The family of a youngster killed in a supermarket car park are planning to campaign for better facilities at the site. Leon Beal, 12, was killed after being hit by a vehicle as he rode his BMX through Somerfield supermarket's car park in Corringham. Paramedics
A teenage girl was viciously attacked on her way to school yesterday. The 14-year-old was walking along Greenstead Road in Colchester when a skinhead set on her and tore her bag from her arm. Another man pushed her to the floor, leaving her with cuts,
A woman who was shot in the face with an airgun has lost the sight in her left eye, it has been revealed. But Terry Hall, who accidentally shot best pal Tracey Power with an airgun, said she has forgiven him. Speaking for the first time yesterday about
Disgruntled shopkeepers were yesterday counting the cost of a power cut which left them in the dark for hours. More than 200 businesses in Basildon were thrown into chaos from around midday when a main electricity cable was cut. The hospital, fire station
A 54-year-old woman is seriously ill in Basildon Hospital after her car was involved in a crash at Rettendon. Margaret Matthews, 54, of Lindesfarne Court, Maldon, suffered internal injuries when her Ford Fiesta was involved in a collision with a Peugeot
A traffic-busting slip road was officially open to drivers yesterday - two weeks ahead of schedule. EJ Taylor and Sons has completed the £400,000 project earlier than expected and a ceremony was staged at the Sadler's Farm roundabout. Motorists, who had
An off-licence manageress has told of her terror when she was threatened at knifepoint by a robber who ordered her to hand over cash from the till. As detectives stepped up their hunt for the thief, Valerie Holland revealed she is now worried about being
A member of a Colchester boy band who was attacked is determined to continue a singing career which hits out at thugs and bullies. Tim Boon, 20, was attacked in London Road, Copford, on Saturday after a night out with friends at Kings Nightclub. Tim is
The site of a Clacton convent and day nursery may be set to be sold off for housing. But those running St Clare's nursery - which has been in the town for about 30 years - have vowed to carry on from a new base. The Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the
Police have named the man killed when his car collided with a tree in Willows Green near Felsted last night. Graham Stone, 34, of Goldingham Drive, Braintree, died after his silver Ford Fiesta was involved in a collision with a tree as he drove along
Olympic gold medal winner Tessa Sanderson paid a visit to White Notley Primary School last week. Pupils and staff chatted with the champion javelin thrower who struck gold in 1984. Tessa was visiting the school as part of the BT Top Sports scheme, which
Music teaching at schools across south Essex is set to be boosted by around £350,000 of extra funding. The cash is part of a £41 million Government scheme to improve music services nationwide. Southend Council will be allowed to spend more than £113,000
Education bosses have revealed they never planned to build a new school at Turner Rise in Colchester. Essex County Council has come under fire after a delay signing papers meant it was no longer entitled to a free parcel of land on the site worth £1.4
