THERESA May promised the nation that she would be a Prime Minister who would look after the 'Just-about-managing'. Well it appears that Thurrock Conservatives didn't get the memo.
IT IS not always obvious. Naturally, you would not just walk into someone's house but you could be where this is being filmed, The Water Gardens in Harlow and be admonished for filming on private land.
LOCAL authors are a rich quarry of information and stories. We spoke to Harlow author, Ram Gulrajani about how he gets the word out there and the help he gets from the press.
THERE are some people who run on-line newspapers who are IT proficient. Not this reporter. So always be on the look out for handy pieces of advice. It is not in my comfort zone so be on the look out.
IT was a cold Monday morning and the first job of the day was a meeting with the accountant. It is January and it is tax return time. We thought we would reflect on this period of the year and whether an on-line newspaper should be a sole trader, limited company or some other entity.
TRAFFIC AND travel in the south east. Snowflake spotted!? If you run your own on-line newspaper, then how should you approach reporting the weather, traffic, travel.
WE ran a little piece about the music scene from the comfort of our office but here we are at the Essex Skipper pub where we were catching up on an act (Paul Howard and Jo Clack).
IT is good, where you can, to immerse yourself in the community within which you work. You don't have to wear a press hat but people soon get to know and appreciate your role.
