Witham's Majorettes are on their way to represent England in the world Twirling Championships in Prague thanks to an appeal through the Essex Chronicle. The youngsters needed to raise £3,500 in just three months, and with time running out they appealed
A Chelmsford firefighter was injured while tackling a blaze at a Danbury timber yard. Station officer Clive Bangs, based at Chelmsford, suffered a broken ankle and underwent an operation at Broomfield hospital after the blaze on Tuesday morning. No-one
A 67-bed Hatfield Peverel residential home is appealing against Essex Council Council's decision to cancel its registration. Wickham Bishops Nursing Home Ltd lodged an appeal last Wednesday to the independent Registered Homes Tribunal following an unsuccessful
Maldon race ace and race car builder Graham Hathaway had his first experience recently of driving a Le Mans championship Jaguar XJR12 at the Nurburgring, Germany. Run by JD Classics, based in Rettendon, the 1990 Silk Cut Jaguar XJR12 was competing in
Witham rally driver Neil Wood, 39, partnered by his regular co-driver Justin Imber, 29, from Braintree, bounced back after their impressive, but ultimately disappointing, performance in July's Jim Clark rally. Competing at last weekend's Colin McRae Stages
Southend's Sarah Wilhelmy may have secured her sprint relay berth for the Sydney Olympic but she is still trying to qualify for the 200m. Sarah was named in the British 4x100m team for the games on Tuesday and now has race plans in hand in order to crack
