Stories for 11 January 2008

Braintree And Witham Times News

Have you got the SX Factor?

A contest to find the hottest young talent in the region is underway.   more...

Brentwood Weekly News News

Guards foil attempted armed robbery

AN attempted armed robbery in Ongar was foiled by two security guards but not before one of them was attacked with a metal steering lock.   more...

Brentwood Weekly News Sport

Hutton women scoop win at Clacton

Essex County League Division 3FC Clacton 0 Hutton LFC 4   more...

Hockey honours even for Brentwood Ladies in Kent

Canterbury Ladies 2nds 1 Brentwood Ladies 1sts 1   more...

Chelmsford Weekly News News

Big 'golden handcuffs' deal for chief constable

ESSEX Chief Constable Roger Baker is being handed an annual bonus worth thousands to stay in the post until 2010.   more...

Chelmsford Weekly News Sport

Clarets gear up for tomorrow's tie at Harlow

Clarets' head coach has vowed the players have put potential cup glory to the backs of their minds as they focus on bringing home three points from Harlow Town on Saturday.   more...

City away to Redbridge in Essex Senior semi

Chelmsford City have been dealt a tricky-looking challenge in the semi-final of the FansFocus.Com Essex Senior Cup.   more...

Clacton And Frinton Gazette News

Clacton: Teenager struck in hit and run

Police are appealing for witnesses to a hit and run in Clacton.   more...

Clacton: Children praised for good behaviour

Well-behaved children were honoured at a special event at their school.   more...

Clacton: Veggie garden plans for youngsters

Green-fingered youngsters are seeking cash to set up their own vegetable garden.   more...

Clacton: Cash in the attic/sideboard/garage...

Do you have old picture postcards tucked away somewhere? If so, you could be sitting on a pretty penny.   more...

Great Bentley: House saved from blaze

Firefighters from Weeley and Brightlingsea were called to deal with a blaze in Linnet Way, Great Bentley.   more...

Clacton: Special needs drama contest makes a comeback

A DRAMA competition for children with special needs is set to make a comeback.   more...

Echo News

Revealed: The Essex horse meat traders

FARMING horses to sell for meat on the continent is on the increase in south Essex, a charity claims.   more...

Armed robbers steal takings from Billericay bookies

ARMED robbers escaped with cash after holding up a bookmakers at gunpoint.   more...

Billericay slimmers' chocolate amnesty

ARMED robbers escaped with cash after holding up a bookmakers at gunpoint.   more...

Young offenders team praised by watchdog

SOUTHEND Council's work with young offenders has been praised by Government officials.   more...

Drugs quartet make guilty plea

ARMED robbers escaped with cash after holding up a bookmakers at gunpoint.   more...

Guild members spice up meeting

COMMITTEE members from Eastwood Cockethurst Townswomens Guild entertained fellow members at their January meeting at the Community Centre, Western Approaches, Eastwood.   more...

Southend Council to hold £1 garage sale for homes

DISUSED garages on council estates will be sold off for just £1 to a housing association to make way for new low cost homes.   more...

Canvey bird feedback needed

THE RSPB wants to hear from residents about its plans for a 640-acre nature reserve on Canvey.   more...

Man arrested in attempted armed robbery

A man has been arrested following an attempted armed robbery at the First Choice travel agents in Furtherwick Road, Canvey on Thursday evening.   more...

Youngsters get new soccer strip

YOUNGSTERS at a Canvey football club are proudly showing of their new jackets after attracting a new sponsor.   more...

MP's fears for elderly in winter

CASTLE Point MP Bob Spink has called for "fine tuning" of a scheme to help the elderly keep warm in winter.   more...

£60 fine if you park in Asda's disabled bays

A CAMPAIGNER has praised supermarket giant Asda for introducing £60 fines for drivers parking in its disabled or parent and child spaces when they are not entitled.   more...

Bookmakers in armed hold-up

MASKED robbers escaped with a haul of cash after holding up a bookmakers at gunpoint.   more...

Why our West End trip was so Wicked

VOLUNTEERS who raised more than £80,000 for Basildon Hospital took time out from their charity work to enjoy a hit West End musical.   more...

Cash for grades to help our care home kids?

A FREE computer and cash prizes for exam success are being considered by Southend Council as rewards to get more children in care to stay in full-time education.   more...

Man's arm trapped in printing machine

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150 new homes planned for leisure centre sites

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Ping-pong fans fear for future

PING-PONG mad pensioners want MP John Baron to help them save a sports centre.   more...

Top cop’s £25k a year golden handcuffs deal

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Restaurant for Shoebury East Beach

A NEW restaurant with stunning views of the Thames Estuary could be built at Shoebury East Beach, it has been revealed.   more...

Fined for selling alcohol to kids

TWO people have been given £60 fines for buying alcohol for underage youngsters from a supermarket.   more...

Nightmare wait for boiler to be fixed

A FAMILY will continue to shiver their way through the New Year without heating or hot water after blundering British Gas repeatedly failed to fix their boiler.   more...

Help cut crime

A RECORD-BREAKING team of special constables is looking for new recruits to join their ranks.   more...

Gazette Business

North Essex: Movers and shakers

THREE members of staff at Tiptree company Mumford and Wood have been promoted.   more...

News in brief: Businesses Go Green

2008 has begun with a big green bang in north Essex, as everyone does their bit to reduce their carbon footprint and ease climate change.   more...

Companies make plea for help

SMALL businesses are being "strangled and drained of their lifeblood" by the Government, it has been claimed.   more...

Firms face tough challenge ahead

ESSEX businesses need to adapt and polish up on their skills base in 2008, according to business leaders.   more...

Colchester: Traders put new vision on the table

A NEW vision for Colchester town centre has been laid on the table.   more...

Grant boost for network hub

NOT-for-profit businesses in north-east Essex have received a boost after a new grant was awarded to establish a social enterprise network hub.   more...

Small firms feeling tax rise burden

BUSINESS tax has topped the list of concerns for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs).   more...

Gazette News

Tendring: Youth council wants charity status

A youth council has revealed plans to become a registered charity.   more...

Walton: Body is recovered from sea

A police search was launched after a Walton woman was reported missing.   more...

Frinton: Helicopter drops in

The air ambulance was called to the aid of an elderly man who suffered a suspected stroke in Frinton.   more...

Tendring: Grant scheme accused of lacking transparency

A grant-giving scheme run by Tendring Council has been accused of lacking transparency.   more...

Jaywick: Family escape as fire engulfs home

A couple had to lead their toddler son to safety when the house next door was gutted in a suspected arson attack.   more...

Great Bentley: 'Thank you for saving homes'

Two families today praised firefighters who stopped a garage blaze from spreading to their homes.   more...

Colchester, Stratford St Mary: Driving ban for moped rider

A man has escaped a jail sentence after he was caught riding a moped while over the drink drive limit.   more...

North Essex: Tribute match for mum and daughter

The memory of a tragic mother and daughter who died at the same spot will live on thanks to a football fundraiser.   more...

Colchester: Women celebrate 20 years of networking in business

A networking group for Colchester's business women is celebrating its 20th anniversary.   more...

Colchester: Victoria is top BT female apprentice of the year

AN engineer from north Essex has been named one of the country's top young women in her field.   more...

Colchester: Man and teen had no sex, court told

A pensioner accused of repeatedly raping a teenage runaway more than 30 years ago told jurors that he never had any sexual contact with the boy.   more...

Great Horkesley: Jail for speeding driver who flouted ban

A man who flouted a driving ban, before careering at high speed through town centre streets and refusing to stop for police officers, is starting a jail sentence.   more...

North Essex: Attack after 20 pints

A man who downed an astonishing 20 pints of beer forced his girlfriend to flee barefoot into the street and hide behind a garden wall after attacking her.   more...

Fordham: Making plans for new school hall

Youngsters are set to get a £830,000 school hall if plans are rubberstamped by education chiefs.   more...

Essex: Council abandons pothole deadlines

Highways chiefs plan to scrap deadlines for repairing potholes in roads and pavements.   more...

Tiptree: Burglar caught in the act

A brave homeowner disrupted a man trying to burgle his shed.   more...

Colchester: Appliance of science

A Colchester scientist, who is fed up with litter in the town, is planning to carry out his own experiment.   more...

Colchester: Assault man is fined

A man stepped in to break up a fight - by headbutting his mum's neighbour.   more...

Colchester: Roadworks - new delay

Roadworks that will shut off a major route through Colchester have been delayed again.   more...

Colchester: Church group’s text link-up

Gd evns - a church is turning to text messages to keep in touch with its congregation.   more...

Colchester: Taxi woman tells of knife-raid terror

The victim of a terrifying knifepoint robbery today told how she feared for her life, as three masked men threatened to abduct her.   more...

Colchester: Stuck in Stockwell St... again

A Good Samaritan helped as a lorry driver came a cropper in Colchester's Dutch Quarter.   more...

Bradwell: Going nuclear?

The prospect of a second Bradwell nuclear station opening was today condemned by some residents.   more...

Love it? Hate it?

The Angel of the North it isn't - but it could have the same impact.   more...

Gazette Sport

New signings a boost for survival hopes

COLCHESTER United manager Geraint Williams believes Chris Coyne and Phil Ifil are just the type of players to give the club's Coca-Cola Championship survival hopes a boost.   more...

Top RFU award for Goggin

MULTI-TALENTED mayor Alan Goggin has received a top award from the Rugby Football Union.   more...

Non-league soccer fixtures

TOMORROW's fixtures: Blue Square South: Basingstoke v Bognor Regis Town, Bromley v Maidenhead Utd, Eastbourne Borough v Fisher Athletic, Hampton & Richmond v Thurrock, Havant and W v St Albans, Sutton Utd v Bath City, Weston-S-Mare v Hayes & Yeading.   more...

Quinton's facing a race against time

BRAINTREE TOWN are hoping their influential skipper Bradley Quinton will be fit enough to return for tomorrow's FA Trophy second round home tie with former Football League club Workington AFC.   more...

Swifts to face Southend United in semi-final

BRIAN Statham's Heybridge Swifts will be planning an upset in the semi-finals of this season's FansFocus.Com Essex Senior Cup after being drawn to face Coca-Cola League One outfit Southend United, a tie to be completed on or before February 9.   more...

Statham feeling upbeat

VICTORY for HEYBRIDGE SWIFTS over tomorrow's visitors Wealdstone will move the mid-Essex club above their Ryman League rivals in the premier division table.   more...

Dragons off to uncharted territory

WIVENHOE TOWN are preparing for their trip to Redbridge in Ryman League division one north in unchartered territory for this season.   more...

Tanner has been busy on transfer market

MALDON TOWN manager Russell Tanner has been busy on the transfer front this week with the signing of two new players Gary Howard and Kevin Hawes.   more...

Coyle is confident of keeping Matt

DAVID Coyle is confident of keeping phenomenal' talent Matt Waters - despite the midfielder's red-hot form for FC CLACTON.   more...

Wallington wants a big crowd

RUNAWAY leaders TIPTREE UNITED are expecting their biggest crowd of the season for tomorrow's Ridgeons League, division one clash with top two rivals Ely City.   more...

Bryan in race for fitness

HALSTEAD TOWN striker Chris Bryan faces a fight on his hands to return to the starting line-up for the club's game against Downham Town tomorrow.   more...

Rovers do not want repeat

STANWAY ROVERS host Kirkley and Pakefield in the Ridgeons League premier division tomorrow hoping they can escape the misfortune that scuppered their game at Haverhill Rovers last week.   more...

Shrimpers will have to wait for Carmicheal's 100th goal

HARWICH AND PARKESTON fans will have to wait another week to see their star striker Matt Carmichael score his 100th goal for the club.   more...

Harwich And Manningtree Standard News

Harwich: Crime Initiative Is Growing

CRIME-conscious schoolchildren are getting in the garden to gear up for a community initiative.   more...

Harwich And Manningtree Standard Sport

Shrimpers will have to wait for Carmicheal's 100th goal

HARWICH AND PARKESTON fans will have to wait another week to see their star striker Matt Carmichael score his 100th goal for the club.   more...

Maldon And Burnham Standard Sport

Heybridge look forward to tie with Southend Utd

Brian Statham's Heybridge Swifts will be planning an upset in the semi-finals of this season's FansFocus.Com Essex Senior Cup after being drawn to face Coca-Cola League One outfit Southend United, a tie to be completed on or before February 9.   more...

Thurrock Gazette News

Four face jail over drugs offences

FOUR men face a long spell behind bars after pleading guilty to a string of drugs offences.   more...

Swoop catches four illegal immigrants

IMMIGRATION officers and police have swooped on homes in Thurrock to arrest four illegal immigrants.   more...

Rally granny championship bid

A Corringham woman is slamming the old stereotype that women can't map read by becoming a successful in-car navigator for her rally driver husband.   more...

Bookmakers in armed hold-up

MASKED robbers escaped with a haul of cash after holding up a bookmakers at gunpoint.   more...

Star students awarded

HIGH-flying students took centre stage at a celebration evening.   more...

Diabetes girl Eleanor, 12, springs into action

A SCHOOLGIRL with diabetes is not letting the condition take the bounce out of her life.   more...

Thurrock Gazette Sport

County cup semi-draws

BRIAN Statham's Heybridge Swifts will be planning an upset in the semi-finals of this season's FansFocus.Com Essex Senior Cup after being drawn to face Coca-Cola League One outfit Southend United, who beat Tilbury to a semi-final place.   more...

  
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