A PACKAGE of measures designed to calm traffic and stop rat-running in roads near the new £20million David Lloyd leisure centre is being considered by councillors. Traffic-calming measures, including speed humps, are being planned for the length of Snakes
Further questions are being asked about a fire which destroyed one of the last concert halls of its kind in the county. Following angry reactions from campaigners at news that the Edwardian former Severalls Hospital had suffered a massive fire destroying
A woman was sexually assaulted while on her way home from a night out. Police were today hunting a motorist who offered to give the woman a lift in Lexden, Colchester. The victim, from Halstead and in her 40s, got in the car and was sexually attacked.
A one-man protest brought part of Manningtree to a standstill. Time for a read of the newspaper - John Caldow blocks the road to stop the Tesco lorry delivering its goods. Picture: STEVE BRADING (45152-i) John Caldow decided to take on the might of the
The mucky antics of the world-renowned Maldon Mud Race will take place twice in one year. Mucky business - competitors brave the infamous Maldon Mud Race, which is screened across the world and will be run again on Boxing Day. Picture: NIGEL BROWN (40318
Antique collectors were turning their prized collectables into hard cash thanks to the BBC TV auction programme Flog It!. Nice example - Paul Martin, presenter of Flog It!, with Dennis Hummel and James Grinter, who take a closer look at an auction piece
A teenager was stabbed in the thigh by a youth riding a bike in Clacton town centre. Police revealed the 17-year-old underwent an operation to a 3in wound to his left thigh yesterday. The youngster was in Christmas Tree Island when the attacker, believed
A bird-lover could be slapped with an anti-social behaviour order to stop her feeding the birds in Clacton. Ruling the roost - pigeons at Christmas Tree Island. Pictures: ADRIAN RUSHTON (45129-1) Traders in the town centre are spitting feathers about
A TALKING camera aimed at fighting graffiti and vandalism has made its Essex debut at Southend Victoria station. The new technology is the first of four One Railway is installing across its region to combat damage to its trains and platforms. Managing
A woman had a lucky escape when her car crashed through a large wooden fence - twice. The accident happened on the Chelmsford-bound A130 between West Hanningfield and Howe Green. An ambulance, a rapid-response vehicle and a paramedic manager were sent
SOUTHEND department store Ravens, founded in 1897, has won an award for innovation. Raven's proved its 21st century credentials by scooping the most innovative retailer of the year prize at the menswear industry's annual equivalent to the Oscar ceremony
Phil Parkinson is eager to see his young guns continue to impress. Star in the making - the likes of Garry Richards (left), John White and George Elokobi have given Colchester a real lift, according to boss Phil Parkinson. Picture: ROB SAMBROOK (45003
Sito Castro is available to line-up at Leeds United this weekend after having his red card against Norwich City overturned. The Ipswich Town full-back was dismissed after just 18 minutes of the Blues' derby defeat on Sunday for a professional foul on
Magistrates have fined a German drink-driver almost £1,000 after he was found to be nearly twice the limit. Appearing at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court yesterday, Jens Anderson, 47, admitted driving with excess alcohol on September 15 in Essex Regiment
BASILDON'S Festival Leisure Park will be jumping to the sound of the town's musical hopefuls tonight as the Chicago Rock Cafe plays host to a talent contest. Rock Academy will include bands, singers and musicians battling it out for the chance to win
THOUSANDS of tonnes of rubbish from towns across south Essex are set to be dumped on Pitsea after councillors backed plans for a new waste treatment plant. Up to 160 lorries a day will be used to carry waste from Southend, Rochford and Castle Point to
School run mums in Braintree will no longer be able to park outside their children's schools. Move along - restrictions to be imposed at many Braintree schools will prevent parents stopping at the school gates when dropping off and collecting their children
A massive waste management centre may be coming to Rivenhall despite residents' fears. The owner of Rivenhall Airfield, Gent Fairhead, is preparing to submit a planning proposal to build a 14-hectare waste plant to dispose of 250,000 tonnes of waste every
Protesting villagers fighting plans to develop countryside around Frating today declared: "We are not giving up." Fighting - Jenny Willson, chairman of the Card campaign group, on the threatened land at Raven's Green, Frating. Picture: TERRY WEEDEN (45088
EIGHT talented youngsters from a Corringham dancing school dazzled on their small-screen debuts on Sunday night. The girls from the Junior Performers School, in Southend Road, shone alongside a galaxy of stars on ITV's special 50th anniversary programme
Desperate mum Louise Harknett was at her wit's end - so she called in the experts. Now she is set to feature in the BBC's smash hit lifestyle programme Little Angels, as she is shown how to improve the relationship with her children. Louise, 35, contacted
TWO of Canvey's oldest residents have celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. Bill Monk, 94, and wife Lillian, 90, were joined by family and friends at the Oysterfleet Hotel to toast the landmark with champagne. They attended a get together organised
There is just no stopping Colchester's ace female boxing champion Shanee Martin. Undefeated since turning fully professional almost a year ago the Gladiator Way fighter lived up to her road name with a no-nonsense, no punches pulled demolition of fellow
STAFF and patients at the new eye clinic at Orsett Hospital can keep up to date with news, sport and soap operas thanks to a donation from Orsett Hospital League of Friends. The hospital was given a television to be used in the department waiting room
DISCOUNT food giant Lidl is planning a new store on the Essex Ford car showroom at one of the busiest junctions on the A127 in Southend. The company has applied to Southend Council to demolish the existing Essex Ford dealership at Kent Elms corner at
He is literally the man who has been everywhere. Signing in - Alan Whicker with his new book. Picture: SEANA HUGHES (45166-b) And that included a visit to Chelmsford to sign copies of his new book Whicker's War. Veteran traveller and journalist Alan Whicker
Canvey Island boss Jeff King refused to launch an inquest into the own goal which cost his side victory during last night's 1-1 draw at Woking. Gulls seemed to be holding all the aces on their visit to the Cards when striker Kezie Ibe fired them into
A pensioner faces prison after taking his son's work van without permission and crashing it. James Schofield, of Douglas Road, Tendring, drove the Ford Transit to a garage because he wanted to buy cigarettes, a court heard. The 67-year-old, who is registered
TWO-goal hero Bobby Zamora insisted that none of Hammers' strikers were playing second fiddle after helping West Ham to a 4-2 win at Sheffield Wednesday last night. The trip to Hillsborough was only the second start of the season for Zamora, who ended
WOULD-be fundraisers still have a chance to attend the Marie Curie Cancer Care Autumn Ball. The event, which will take place at Billericay's Stock Brook Manor country club on Friday, October 21, will raise funds for the Marie Curie nursing service. Marie
Two-goal hero Bobby Zamora insisted that none of Hammers' strikers were playing second fiddle after helping West Ham to a 4-2 win at Sheffield Wednesday last night. The trip to Hillsborough was only the second start of the season for Zamora, who ended
A LOVING father held the memory of his daughter closed to his heart when he took part in a sponsored walk. Duncan Holland, 46, of Benfleet, lost his 12-year-old daughter Gemma to leukaemia in 1997 and since then has raised more than £44,000 for the Leukaemia
Traffic snarl-ups hit Colchester's major traffic routes after reports of a suspect package at an A12 restaurant. Police received calls about an unattended briefcase at the Little Chef, near the Ardleigh Crown Interchange, at 3pm yesterday. Officers evacuated
MEETING targets, starting new services and attracting new staff are just some of the good news stories in this year's Southend Hospital annual report. Despite dealing with rises in the number of A&E, day surgery, outpatients and inpatients, the hospital
School meals face lab tests from food inspectors in a bid to make sure children are eating healthily. Trading standards chiefs want to run tests on school lunches to check what goes into food dished up to thousands of Essex pupils. A county council spokesman
