A thriving Scout group has a completely revamped centre and improved facilities after six years of hard work and fundraising. The final phase of refurbishments costing £26,000 has been completed at the building in Golf Green Road, Jaywick, which belongs
Family and friends have put their heads together to support cancer sufferer Lesley Cook - and had them shaved. Lesley Cook, of The Clovers, Halstead, discovered she had breast cancer last year and underwent a mastectomy. She is now undergoing treatment
Burglar Colin Evans was caught red-handed after he broke into a house in Black Notley. A court heard how 19-year-old Evans was stopped on the drive of the house in London Road after a neighbour became suspicious and called police. Evans, of no fixed address
Essex are waiting with bated breath to see if their overseas star Stuart Law will be selected in Australia's final World Cup squad. The dashing Queensland run machine and useful medium pace bowler was named in the Aussie's original party of 19 earlier
A new report has slammed Chelmsford Prison as being "dreadful and totally unacceptable." And it claims staff failed to learn the lessons of a tragedy in which a prisoner was kicked to death by his cell-mate. The shocking revelations show many of the problems
Billericay Town's weekend soccer match was halted for three minutes as players, officials and managers of both sides tried to stop fighting on the terraces. Trouble started in the closing stages as the hugely-supported home side battled to save a Ryman
Burger van owner Stuart Whellen became worried when his once-thriving business began to decline. So he jumped at the chance of buying smuggled vodka, wine, tobacco and cigarettes to sell from his six vans throughout Basildon. But he failed to pay customs
Ten-mile tailbacks marked the start of three weeks of roadworks on the A12 yesterday. Drivers faced early-morning chaos after roadworks began on the A12 Witham bypass. Motorists were delayed as tailbacks up to ten miles long developed on the London-bound
Vandals have attacked a doctor's surgery four times in a week causing hundreds of pounds of damage. Windows were smashed at the building in Nayland Drive, Clacton, which was saved from closure two years ago. The latest attack happened over the weekend
A shocked householder has told how he awoke to find a car had ploughed into his home. Paul Johnson said it was like a "scene from hell" after the car slammed into the front of his house. Miraculously the driver and three passengers walked away from the
A man accused of trying to blow up his niece with a bomb has appeared before Basildon magistrates. Martin Diggines, 37, of North Weald, is charged with the attempted murder of Kelly Diggines, 18. Kelly's home in Delhi Road, Pitsea, was badly damaged last
Proposals for an out-of-town Boots superstore are on the table for the Turner Rise development in Colchester. But planners are reluctant to give the chemist giant permission to build as they fear the store will encourage shoppers to move out of the town
Chelmsford Council is set to object to proposals to turn a former post office depot into a roadstone coating factory. And MP Simon Burns has written to Essex County Council, which will decide on the plans, to urge them to reject the scheme. Hundreds of
A man has been left scared of crucifixes after he was subjected to a series of indecent assaults when he was a young boy by a man who wore one. Christopher Hill kept a wooden cross around his neck when he carried out the assaults in church premises in
A woman who lost a breast after an alleged delay in diagnosis by a top cancer specialist has been awarded £50,000 High Court damages. Medical secretary Christine Melton from Chelmsford said after the settlement in London that she wanted her story to give
Colchester United's wounded hero Aaron Skelton could be back in action inside a couple of weeks if the nasty looking injury he picked up during the 2-2 draw at Wycombe Wanderers proves not to be serious. Skelton fell awkwardly after a second half arial
