Harlow Council will reopen its 43 outdoor playgrounds when it is safe to do so and after it has fully considered health and safety guidance issued by the government. On 26 June 2020 the government issued detailed guidance for managing playgrounds and have said that playgrounds...
A family-run Suffolk ice cream producer with Italian roots is celebrating its 100-year anniversary despite the ongoing disruption thanks to funding from Lloyds Bank. Criterion Ices, headquartered in Bury St Edmunds and with a parlour – Marine Ices – and second distribution hub in London, had...
Bespoke London jeweller Taylor & Hart has announced a winner who has been gifted a diamond ring to sat thanks for their unwavering strength during the pandemic. The winner, Lauren Ezekiel, from Essex, is the founder of WE C U 2020, an initiative supporting our NHS frontline workers with...
During the COVID-19 pandemic a lot of local businesses have been hit very hard, including Essex businessman Frank Khalid who owns of Elbrook cash and carry, West London Film Studios and Chak89 restaurant & banqueting. The uncertainty surrounding the hospitality sector in particular caused a...
With over 680,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, and a host of energetic DJ sets performed across the world, Amsterdam based producer and DJ Jarreau Vandal has been meticulously honing his sound beyond his home-city of Amsterdam. Today, Jarreau Vandal follows his previous single, 'Nothing Nice' feat....
It was an emotional reunion when mother and daughter Winnie Mulgrew and Margaret Godfrey were brought face to face after months of separation, thanks to a Chigwell care home’s innovative summer house. Lambwood Heights on Lambourne Road installed the summer house in its grounds so residents...
A mystery man, known only as Mr. J from Essex, has won £10,000 a month for a year without ever touching a ticket. The lucky man was one of 10 winners who won the same life-changing prize by matching the five main numbers in the...
Lockdown Lessons: Top Tips for Mental Wellbeing Lockdown has been tough; however many people have enjoyed some of the benefits a more basic lifestyle has offered, such as working from home, learning a new skill, eating homecooked meals or hopping on a bicycle. Leading author and psychotherapist,...
A new survey of writers has yielded powerful evidence that writers have been more resilient to the impact of lockdown. Whether or not we see the next big literary success story, we are on track to see a flurry of new books, unlike new film...
A new mum will be able to take her young baby on board a brand new BMW M8 worth £124,000, after paying just £6.90 to enter the dream car competition, BOTB. Student Danielle Clarke, 24, had to get rid of her Audi A1 after giving birth...
