An elderly Brentwood woman tragically died on a hospital operating table while doctors fought to save her life, an inquest heard last week. After complaining of bowel pains, Margaret Adamthwaite, 78, a retired midwife, of Hammonds Lane, was rushed to
Use the pubs you've got - that's the angry message to developers from a leading councillor outraged at the continuing scandal of plans to convert High Street shops into pubs. Conservative Group Leader Cllr Malcolm Buckley has spoken out after it was revealed
A mystery substance found on a building site in the Hythe, Colchester, has turned out to be 1,000 tonnes of brick dust. Environment Agency experts were called out to the site in Hawkins Road after a resident feared there was blue asbestos on the land.
Travelling Terry the terrapin was found wandering through Weeley - and now a hunt is on to find his owners. The roaming reptile has been handed in to Kinfauns vets in Little Clacton, who have been feeding him pilchards and dried cat food. But they are
The company spearheading an Essex version of the timeless game Monopoly has been inundated with requests by firms keen to take squares on the board. The nation's obsession with Essex man and woman is expected to rocket sales of the game past the 100,000
A nine-year-old boy has fallen eight feet down a manhole. Matthew Jarvis was playing on the town council-owned green near his home in Longship Way, Maldon, at 8pm on Wednesday when a makeshift cover gave way. Fortunately, he suffered just cuts and bruises
Thieves with an expensive taste in booze stole a huge 26-litre bottle of vintage champagne from a shop. The £600 bottle, which is about three feet tall, was stolen after a paving slab was thrown through a window of Unwins Wine Merchants in Coggeshall
A four-year-old boy and a man are in intensive care following a horrific road smash which left six people injured. The accident happened when a blue Mercedes saloon and a cream Ford Escort were in collision on the A120 roundabout in Ramsey. After the
A conman posing as a policeman escaped with the contents of a Colchester shop till after telling a member of staff to empty it into a bag. The man calmly walked into High Street News, High Street, Colchester, at about 3.10pm on Wednesday. Without showing
Sunday sees the Southend and District LTA finals take place at Westcliff Hardcourts in The Ridgeway, Westcliff. Play starts at 10am with the men's singles final, the mixed veterans doubles and the ladies' veterans doubles. OTHER MATCHES 11.30am: ladies
A video reconstruction of Danielle Jones's final moments before her suspected abduction was today (Friday) being shown to pupils at her school. By showing the Crimewatch footage police hope to get vital information from youngsters at St Clere's school
Braintree Aki-Budo Kai held its third Annual Budo Course last weekend at The Four Seasons in Braintree. The event was a multi-discipline course and well supported with martial artists travelling from as far afield as Glasgow to receive top grade instruction
For the second year running the Braintree Golf Club senior team have reached the Premier County Inter Club Knockout competition semi-final. Sixty-four teams compete for the Thornton Cup and it represents an outstanding achievement for the club to reach
It's been a treble-winning season for the year nine netball team at King John School, Thundersley. Having already won the district league and rally, they completed their fine trio when they captured the Southend and Castle Point/Rochford Cup, beating
This Sunday features two special occasions for Braintree BMX Club, which is hosting round seven of the East Anglia BMX Summer Series. The first round in April saw riders from all over East Anglia competing at the track opposite Towerlands but the club
Tommy Miller plans to help shoot Ipswich Town into the upper reaches of next season's Premiership -- and erase the tearful memory of being rejected by the club seven years ago. The attacking midfielder -- signed from Hartlepool for an undisclosed fee,
Industrial action at an Essex firm has been called off after workers backed down in a £5-a-week pay dispute. Some 120 manual workers at Heybridge printing firm ET Heron on the Bentalls Industrial Estate have resumed duties after almost two weeks of deadlock
BAC Ltd - the Harold Wood replacement windows and doors market leader - has announced a major shake-up. The new look BAC will see the decentralisation of its customer sales and service arrangements to three business units - in Romford (Harold Wood), Dartford
Southend United made it a hat-trick of pre-season wins at Jewson League Bury Town on Monday night. Strikes from Blues hitman Tes Bramble and midfielder Danny Kerrigan made it three out of three warm-up victories for the Shrimpers. But home forward Gary
Willowherbs 140-9 Purleigh 135-6 (Willowherbs won by five runs) (T. Rippon League Division Four) Willowherbs closed the gap at the top of Division Four after winning an exciting reduced overs contest at Purleigh on Saturday. Credit went to the Purleigh
Essex will need to act quickly to prevent Kent setting a big target in their County Championship match at Southend. At Southchurch Park Kent put on 253-4 by the end of a rain interrupted day's play yesterday (Thursday). After only managing to put 107
The tremendous response to Thurrock Council's consultation on its new structure has boosted its leader's confidence that the authority is heading in the right direction. In all, 102,609 forms were sent out by the Electoral Reform Service with 21,701 valid
Patients using the Westcliff Centre in Balmoral Road for mental health treatment have been reassured they will not lose out with the centre's closure yesterday (Thursday). The move is part of South Essex Mental Health and Community Care NHS Trust's plans
A furniture recycling project which passes unwanted items to the needy is asking residents with old beds to come forward. Thurrock Council for Voluntary Service runs Seconds Out one day a week with the help of volunteers. If you have a bed that is in
Vandalism is "worse than ever" in Maldon, it has been claimed. Youths have been rampaging through the West Maldon community centre in Sunbury Way, and now police are stepping up both uniformed patrols and plain-clothes officers on the beat. Bookings officer
Southend United have agreed a £36,000 fee for Barnet striker Tony Richards. Blues boss David Webb has been searching for a targetman to compliment his current forward-line and the aggresive former Leyton Orient man would seem to fit the bill. Richards
More places on refresher courses for former teachers interested in brushing up their skills and returning to the classroom are to be provided in teacher training schools all over Essex. The courses which run from this autumn are part of the nationwide
The future of Brentwood's threatened Hopefield Animal Sanctuary is still hanging in the balance despite a determined campaign to stop it being thrown off its home in Sawyers Hall Lane. The land is owned by Supermarket giants Tesco, which has evaluated
Leading councillors are outraged after being snubbed by Home Office officials over talks on the application for the "youth jail" at the St Charles site in Weald Road, Brentwood. Councillors are furious after being told no meeting would take place between
PREMIER DIVISION Colchester & East Essex 0 Gidea Park & Romford 0 (Abandoned) Fives & Heronians 210-9 dec Wanstead 153 (Fives won by 57 runs) Hadleigh & Thundersley 0 Loughton 0 (Abandoned) Horndon-on-the-Hill 0 Shenfield 0 (Abandoned)
Essex are falling headlong towards a heavy defeat at the hands of Kent as their batsmen again struggled at the crease at Southend. After the visitors chose to declare just before lunch today (Friday) with a lead of 246, the Essex batsmen again struggled
