The evening costs £49 per person and includes a three course meal and half a bottle of wine, as well as the murder mystery. There is also the option to stay in the hotel overnight and have breakfast for £199, based on two people sharing a double room.
Ambulance service spokesman Gary Sanderson said: “The man who we believe to be in his 50s sustained a back injury during the fall. Paramedics treated the man and gave him pain relieving drugs to ease the pain whilst they removed him with the help of the fire service from the fourth floor of the windmill.”
The Thatched Cottage, in Baker Street, Orsett, is being turned into a festive wonderland for an exciting Christmas Fayre, which will be taking place next weekend. There will be stalls, mulled wine, live music, carol singers, dancers and a Santa’s Grotto and some of the proceeds from the fayre will go to Little Haven’s Children’s Hospice.
FOR ANY would-be bride and groom, it is a must see event. The Orsett Hall Wedding Fayre is on Sunday between 11am and 4pm. There are well over sixty exhibitors with a fascinating array of services available.
THURROCK Museum have put together a series of picture postcards to showcase and chronicle the history of Orsett.
It is a fascinating glimpse into the past. As you go through the postcards, Orsett looks the same but it is the little things that are not there anymore.
Subjects raised included the pilot scheme for some councillors to spend £2,000 in their wards and funding for community forums; air quality across Thurrock; the council’s stance on a third Thames crossing, particularly the “Option C” route through Thurrock Green Belt and villages; refuse collections; how complaints to the council are handled; the future of a community hospital in Grays; sports facilities; educational attainment; and the question of “east-facing slip roads” to and from Lakeside from the A13.
THE THURROCK Council roadshow moves on to Orsett tonight where it is anticipated that a host of key issues will be discussed.
The roadshow consists of council leaders (led by cllr John Kent and chief exec Graham Farrant) taking questions from the floor on matters that concern local residents.
The news could be a bitter blow to Basildon South and East Thurrock MP, Stephen Metcalfe, who will have a fight on his hand to retain the seat having lost a swathe of blue voters. Mr Metcalfe won the seat last year with a majority of 5,772 however it is estimated that around 1200-1500 votes came from the Orsett area alone.
THURROCK Marching Brass have gone from strength to strength as they have re-emerged from a long hiatus last year.
They are such a dedicated group, travelling the country, training three nights a week and in general providing the young people with a great opportunity to participate in a great past-time.
THE ORSETT Show is a rich treasure trove of good news stories for YourThurrock. We tend to do a lap and see who we bump into. As we had lots of cut away footage, we thought we would put them in a short film for your enjoyment.
THE SUN shone and the crowds came out to the Orsett Show. There is so much to see and so much to do. YT has made a series of films that we will show over the next few days. In the middle of our lap, we spoke to honorary president, Dr Trudy Watt and asked her how she felt the show was going.
A BARMAN was in hospital last night after what appears to be a bizarre accident behind the bar at the Orsett Show.The incident occured around 8pm last night as staff from the stalls mingled on the eve of the show.
ORGANISERS of the Orsett Show this Saturday have their fingers crossed for the best ever show in fantastic weather. The weather forecast looks good as they hope that the crowds can pass 15,000.
There was so much to do for the whole family including an Inflatable Village, Face Painters, BBQ, Bar, Quad Bikes, Trampolines, Surf Simulator, Tribute Acts, Psychics, Twirlers, Dancers, Craft Stalls, Swing Boats, a Laser Tag Maze and much, much more. Jimbo the Partyman entertained the audience of over 350 people in the Pavilion at his show which was full of Jimbo magic!
Colonel Richard Graham will be there as part of a fundraising campaign on behalf of the Vulcan Restoration Trust at Orsett Hall. Col Graham flew the Mach 3 SR-71 ‘Blackbird’ as well as the F-4 Phantom during the Vietnam War, the KC-135 Stratotanker and the famous U-2 spy plane.
THURROCK residents living living in rural areas are set to benefit from faster internet speeds after the government allocated £362m to improve broadband connections in England and Scotland. The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said on Tuesday that the fund would ensure that 90% of hard-to-reach communities with “painfully slow” internet speeds could have access to superfast broadband by 2015.
IT IS one of the most popular days of the year as the good people of Orsett open up their gardens to the general public. It is a very well organised day, with a central organising point and a route map of all the gardens, green spaces and allotments that are open to the public.
urs later, Essex County Fire and Rescue Service issued a warning to motorists to take extra care when driving on roads close to the Recycling in Orsett-wood yard fire.
Due to the wind direction today blanket smoke was seen to be pouring onto the A13, A128 and Stanford Road. The fire service has advised drivers to drive slowly and safely as they drive through smoke on roads in that area.
Peter Alexander, Director of RIO, was determined the company would recover from this recent set back saying: “We have been operating at the RIO site for the last three years and have had the wood reprocessing business running very well for the last 18 months. The fire will set us back for a while until we can get the clean-up done, but then we can resume our part in supporting the country’s most advanced renewable energy facility.
Crews have had a problem with children sneaking onto the site and there are fears that a child could be badly hurt. So far a number of youngsters have entered the site and have been seen walking in the wood pile. Firefighters are urging parents to make sure that their children do not enter the site.
Junior Coaching starts from 6 years of age upwards on Friday 6th May 2011 between 6pm to 8pm and every Friday evening throughout the summer, finishing on Friday 2nd September 2011 at Recreation Ground, School Lane, Orsett, Essex, RM16 3JS.
This time it is in Orsett. Deputy leader Val Morris-Cook, Orsett councillors Diane and Mike Revell and chair of Veoila Mardyke Trust, Charlie Curtis as well as plenty of children came together to officially open the playground.
ORSETT HALL is holding a Wedding Fayre on Sunday from 11am to 5pm. For many brides across the country, Orsett Hall is the first place on their minds when their partner proposes. Katrina Einchcomb from Harlow said: “When my boyfriend Mark proposed to me on Valentines Day last year, the first venue in my mind was Orsett Hall. We went to the Fayre and that confirmed to me that this was the place fo rus to get married.
Twilight Trails is a new scheme to Thurrock aiming to educate children in a fun and interactive way, about the importance of wearing fluorescent and reflective clothing to ensure they are visible to road users.
