The critically acclaimed Bohemian Rhapsody will be the feature film when East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) brings its open air cinema experience to Audley End. The event on Saturday, 21 September promises to be full of fun, with a live band to entertain until the film...
An original 1950’s dancing dress, decorative antique china and dancing that would have scored highly on a Strictly Come Dancing scoreboard were all part of the Basildon at 70 vintage tea dance at Woodlands School last Saturday. The tea dance organised by Basildon Council and the...
Essex residents are invited to kick start a healthier lifestyle by taking part in 30 minutes of physical activity every day in June. The campaign is run by the Active Essex Foundation – a charity that provides life-changing support to Essex communities through sport and...
With the turn of spring bringing warmer weather and longer days, Braintree Rugby Club are hosting a Warrior Camp on the 26th May. Offering participants a less daunting way of trying rugby, the Warrior Camps consist of fun team-based activities that will shake up participants fitness...
A familiar face in the British film industry for the past decade, Jonathan Sothcott is a prolific and often forthright London film producer behind some 40 movies, often in the gangster/crime genre. Here’s everything you need to know about him. Born in Redhill, Surrey his family...
YOUNG East Anglian residents are feeling the financial pinch and forgoing food due to lack of money, according to new research. Over half of 25 – 34 year olds (57%) have confessed to missing a meal because money is too tight, whilst more than four fifths...
Fresh from a class podium at her home rally in Clacton, Nabila Tejpar once again graced the rostrum as she took the lead of the ERC Ladies Trophy standings at her FIA European Rally Championship debut outing at Rally Islas Canarias last weekend (2-4th May). Tejpar...
Boots is the latest retailer to confirm that it will stock Ooh La Latte, the newest milkshake flavour in the Shaken Udder herd. Launched in March, Ooh La Latte is a delicious and creamy milkshake made from fresh British milk and real Arabica coffee beans. The...
Stephen Metcalfe, Member of Parliament for South Basildon and East Thurrock, welcomes today’s Bill introduced by the Government to ban the use of wild animals in circuses for performance or exhibition. The Wild Animals in Circuses (No.2) Bill will face its second reading in the House...
The life of award-winning plantswoman Beth Chatto OBE and her support of the National Garden Scheme have been commemorated at her internationally famous garden in Elmstead Market, Essex with a specially commissioned carved, Welsh slate bench. The idea for marking the very special life and career...