Stories for 24 April 2007

Braintree And Witham Times News

Birthday boy gets voting

Born one day later, and Sean Ranson would have waited four years before voting in local elections.   more...

Fire-struck school re-opens

A fire-struck special school has re-opened after making its premises safe.   more...

Nursery in blaze drama

Quick thinking neighbours have helped prevent a fire destroying a children's nursery.   more...

Gym is just the tonic

Fancy a gym and tonic?   more...

Great Leighs under inspection

Horse racing chiefs inspected the nearly-completed facilities at Great Leighs race course this week.   more...

Rayne in the spotlight

Rayne villagers stepped into the limelight this week to field questions from Village of the Year judges.   more...

Doug back at the station

Trader Doug Fowler was this week back selling newspapers outside Braintree railway station -after finding out that he should never have been moved on in the first place.   more...

Advice charity in need of cash

A CHARITY that helps people resolve their money and legal problems is struggling to find all the cash necessary to carry out its important work.   more...

Inspectors praise school for work during unsettled period

EDUCATION inspectors have praised a primary school for its work, despite it going through an unsettled period due to the former headteacher's ill health.   more...

Clacton And Frinton Gazette News

Clacton: Save our rank!

TAXI drivers have launched a fight to stop a busy rank from being scrapped.   more...

St Osyth: Traffic wardens too busy to visit village

TRAFFIC wardens spent so much time in Brightlingsea last summer that other areas were neglected, a council has revealed.   more...

Clacton: Warning after teenager attacked

YOUNGSTERS are being warned not to walk the streets alone following an unprovoked attack on a 16-year-old boy.   more...

Tendring: Counterfeit cigarette appeal

CAR boot sale goers are being warned not to buy counterfeit cigarettes.   more...

Echo News

Let battle commence for cabbies

CAB drivers in Castle Point are swapping fares for football as they stretch their legs in a charity game.   more...

Delay for pioneer green fuel company

A COMPANY planning on bringing green fuels to south Essex has hit a delay.   more...

Improve the borough for residents

RESIDENTS and voluntary workers are invited to a meeting next week to help shape a new borough-wide improvement programme.   more...

Balloon goes up, up and away to Europe!

SISTERS Katie and Paige Alston were blown away when they received a letter from Germany - five weeks after releasing balloons with their details on.   more...

A sensory boost for youngsters

VISUALLY-IMPAIRED children will benefit from new playground toys, thanks to a grant of more than £3,000 from a charity.   more...

Strewth! That’s my mum on TV!

A BONZER Benfleet Sheila has been chosen to appear in the latest Sheila's Wheels TV advert.   more...

£20,000 worth of Headway

A BRAIN injury charity is £20,000 better off, thinks to an event organised by a Basildon company.   more...

c2c line work all next week

COMMUTERS on the c2c line between Laindon and Leigh are being warned of service changes between Sunday and the end of next week to allow engineering work on the line.   more...

Squelch for cancer charity

TEENAGERS squelched their way across their school field during a sponsored mud race.   more...

Photographer fined £70 for touching teenager

A PHOTOGRAPHER who touched a teenager's back at a football match was fined £70 and ordered to pay £70 court costs.   more...

Air crash exercise on cliffs

A TRAINING exercise to test responses to a crash at the Southend Airshow is being staged on Thursday.   more...

Crash in controversial new bus lane

A BUS was involved in a collision with a car in a bus-only lane which drivers had branded an "accident waiting to happen".   more...

Help save our pre-school!

PRE-SCHOOL organisers are pleading with the public to help them carry on.   more...

Our great Gunners ground victory

PARENTS and pupils at a Billericay school are celebrating after its football team won a cup final at Arsenal's training ground.   more...

Hospice help earns students award

STUDENTS are celebrating after winning a national education award for their work to support Fair Havens hospice in Westcliff.   more...

Has Tesco broken bus cash promise?

SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has been attacked in the Commons for failing to fulfill a promise to subsidise Southend's bus services.   more...

More cash for our council?

SOUTHEND Council could be in line for more Government cash in the future, a minister hinted.   more...

Blue lights for all our police stations

BLUE lights are making a return to the entrances of police stations across the county.   more...

Long arm of law gets palmtops

POLICE are to get palm-sized computers in the latest drive to keep officers on the streets.   more...

Police force scheme 'to save millions'

ESSEX and Kent police forces have pledged to work together to save millions of pounds to pay for more beat bobbies.   more...

Gazette Features

Creating a sense of community

Anyone wanting to learn about community spirit should have a chat with youngsters at a music workshop this week.   more...

Gazette News

Great Horkesley: Protest over chicken farm

Claims a proposed chicken farm could pollute Essex's drinking supply will be probed next week.   more...

Tiptree: Golden gift for fifty lucky pupils

A school is to mark its golden anniversary next year with the creation of 50 music scholarships.   more...

Colchester: Recycle or face a fine - debate

Leaders of both mainstream opposition parties on Colchester Council have spoken in favour of plans to fine residents for not recycling.   more...

Colchester: School days remembered

More than 200 ex-pupils turned out to admire conversion work done to a Colchester school.   more...

Clacton: Wind farm to cost £200m

Construction of a 30-turbine wind farm off Clacton is to cost £200 million.   more...

Holland-on-Sea: A hole lot of trouble

Residents in Holland-on-Sea are the latest to complain about the state of their roads.   more...

Clacton: Boy, 16, set upon by four men

Youngsters are being warned not to walk the streets alone following an unprovoked attack on a 16-year-old boy.   more...

Colchester: Pedestrian dies in collision

A 20-year-old pedestrian died after he was in collision with a car in Colchester.   more...

Kirby: Rita’s big deal

Deal Or No Deal? That will be the question facing Rita McCord tomorrow when she takes centre stage in the hit TV game show.   more...

Harwich: Mystery Samaritan thanked

Ambulance staff have thanked a mystery first-aider who treated a young man who cut himself badly in a fall.   more...

Harwich: Surprise wedding delights friends

A couple who held a party to celebrate one of them beating cancer left their guests amazed when they revealed they had secretly got married the same day.   more...

Jaywick: Three hooded thieves make off with house

Thieves stole a child's playhouse from a garden in Jaywick.   more...

Essex: Blue lamps returning for police

Blue lights are making a return to the facade of police stations across the county.   more...

North Essex: Officers saddle up to tackle criminals

Beat bobbies aim to use pedal power to put the brakes on crime in north Essex.   more...

Brightlingsea: Pay your victim £2,500

A man has been told to pay a teenager £2,500 compensation for an attack in a street.   more...

Colchester: ‘Let us roam on the range’

Residents packed a public meeting to oppose plans to close off part of Army land to the community.   more...

Colchester: Group - stop waste project

A campaign group fighting plans for a waste treatment centre at Stanway has called on Colchester Council to abandon its involvement with the project.   more...

Colchester: Cyclist, 15, attacked by bearded robber

A teenage boy was knocked to the ground by a robber who made off with his bicycle.   more...

Colchester: Tea for a thief

A kindhearted pensioner was burgled as she made a cup of tea for the thief.   more...

Colchester: Jury fails to reach verdict

A jury has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a man accused of killing a former Gulf War veteran in a Colchester street.   more...

Colchester: Top footballer backs charities to score the big one

Superstriker Jamie Cureton has urged fans to show their pride in Colchester United by pledging cash for charity.   more...

Harwich And Manningtree Standard News

Makeover for Mistley couple

STYLE guru's Trinny and Susannah have transformed the lives of one lucky couple.   more...

Disabled man's parking anger

A DISABLED man has hit out at over-zealous parking attendants who issued him with a ticket.   more...

Dovercourt: Mystery first aider praised

AMBULANCE staff want to to thank a mystery first aider who treated a young man who cut himself badly in a fall.   more...

Thurrock Gazette News

Crackdown on fare dodgers welcomed

FARE DODGERS and yobs are being targeted at Thurrock railway stations.   more...

Cyclist's death probe called off

A MAN found dead next to his bike died of natural causes, a post mortem has revealed.   more...

Tears as crash horror is recalled

Two motorists died of multiple injuries after a tragic accident occurred on Father' Day last year.   more...

Dance kids shine

YOUNGSTERS from a south Essex dance school were celebrating after picking up the bronze medal in a national competition.   more...

Thurrock Gazette Sport

Lunan off as Thurrock set up a test of nerve

Histon 3, Thurrock 1   more...

Urchins too strong for dustbowl Dockers

Tilbury 0, AFC Hornchurch 4   more...

  
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