Basildon Council Leader Gavin Callaghan says Basildon town centre is “alive with opportunity” and “nothing is off the table” when it comes to big and bold ideas for its future. At a meeting of the Town Centre Revival Committee on Tuesday 1 October councillors will hear...
Every year Web Summit is attended by a lot of great and innovative companies from around the world. Everything from regular tech to AI to VR, AR and more, you can find at Web Summit. This year there will be a special attendee from Singapore, Skipjack Corp and...
A new care home opening in Chigwell will offer much-needed places for older people in the county which has seen a loss of more than 500 care home beds. Lambwood Heights on Lambourne Road will provide residential, nursing, memory and respite care for up to 73...
Unopened jars of Marmite, peanut butter and Harrods Jam are just some of the 15 tonnes of items donated by London Stansted to local foodbanks over the last two years. A team of airport volunteers dropped off the latest delivery of food and toiletries to...
Work has started to create a display of knitted poppies in Harlow. Around 1,000 poppies have been made and donated so far for this exiting public art installation, which will be unveiled in Harlow next month (we are not going to give away the location!) ...
Artist Mark Titchner is producing a new series of public artworks across Colchester, entitled Is this the place of your dreams? which will be placed in the windows of vacant shop units around the town centre. This follows on from Mark‘s current exhibition at Firstsite,...
Almost nine in 10 professionals working in the domestic abuse sector in the Essex area have seen cases where a pet has also been abused, according to shocking new statistics released by Dogs Trust. The figures have been released ahead of the 15th anniversary of...
Channels has Christmas all wrapped up this year! As well as hosting Christmas lunches, dinners, party and tribute nights, they are laying on a magical weekend of Christmas fun and celebrations to get everyone, and their dogs, in the mood for the festive season! Remember the...
The third annual Sesh For Luke charity event is being held on Friday 4 October at Colchester bar and venue, Three Wise Monkeys. Founded by Tom Wade, Sam Ward and Ryan Evans, Sesh For Luke’s goal is to raise funds for the mental health charities...
Nine borough primary schools took part in a special “Decades Day” event at Wat Tyler Country Park on Friday as part of the Basildon at 70 celebrations. The pupils aged seven to eleven took part in interactive and educational workshops with some of the town’s key...
