Next week Anna Kennedy OBE will be chatting to a mother battling to get her son Stephen home. Leo Andrade's son Stephen is in his early 20's and detained in an assessment and treatment unit (ATU) in Clacton-on-Sea . Anna over the years has read about Leo’s Bring Stephen...
A dedicated Help for Heroes volunteer is holding a fun event for all the family this weekend in Witham. Jules Adcock, from Braintree, has organised the free entrance event for this Saturday at the Western Arms Pub on Western Road in Silver End, (CM8 3SD). Fun...
Mighty Claws Adventure Golf Colchester is the place to be this summer to play some roarsome crazy golf on the Roman Ruckus course and enjoy delicious food and drinks at The Kitchen Club! Mighty Claws is a truly family fun day out. Swing, cut and drive...
Barking & Dagenham College’s digital and creative industries department was awarded with a plague by the Career Colleges Trust last week. They became a Digital & Creative Industries Career College in 2015 to ensure that their training is designed by employers so that young people have...
A daredevil volunteer from Chigwell has taken to the skies for Haven House Children’s Hospice with a skydive at Headcorn Aerodrome in Kent. Zac Hassan, from Fencepiece Road, plunged 13,000 feet in a tandem jump on 7 July and raised more than £1,000 for Haven House. Zac,...
Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle-Price This Week Said Time To Back The NHS & Stop Playing Party Politics on Orsett Hospital! Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle-Price said "This year we celebrate seventy years of the NHS. It looks after every single one of us. Every political party supports...
Martin Andrews and Glen Ellis had never met before the moment they suddenly heard an explosion close to their homes on a Sunday morning last month. Both neighbours leapt to their feet and headed outside to their gardens, where a number of other people had already...
A new drive to encourage organisations to work together and improve the health and wellbeing of Harlow residents has been backed by local Paralympian Anne Wafula-Strike MBE. Anne, a wheelchair racer who represented Team GB, attended last Wednesday’s (25 July) launch of the Harlow Health and...
Essex Police launched a new hotline for anyone with concerns about child sexual exploitation and concerns about young people being exploited. The hotline number is 01245 452058. It is open Monday to Friday between 8am and 4pm and you can leave a voicemail outside of these...
Essex is top in the UK for student satisfaction in film studies, with 100% of students expressing overall satisfaction with their course in the latest National Student Survey (NSS). Film studies courses combine the history and theory of cinema with practical filmmaking experience. Students build up...
