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Mental Health Awareness Week: Experts share insight on the link between exercise and mental health.

MENTAL Health Awareness Week runs from May 11-17. This year's theme of 'Take action' encourages people to take small actions to support good mental...

School inspectors heap praise on Essex secondary school

OFSTED inspectors have given an Essex secondary school a glowing report for the way it supports its pupils, particularly those with additional needs. In a...

Help on hand for Basildon Dementia Day

BASILDON Council is running a Dementia Day offering help and support for residents caring for someone with dementia, or living with a person with...

Nearly 300,000 Self Assessment filers quick off the mark

HUNDREDS of thousands of taxpayers got ahead of the game by filing their Self Assessment return early last month, with 86,270 submitting on day...

Horse rescued from ditch in Tilbury

ESSEX Firefighters were called to rescue a horse in a ditch in Tilbury. On arrival, crews reported a horse was trapped in a ditch, with...

Ferne McCann Joins Little Havens Hospice as new patron 

LOCAL children's hospice, Little Havens, is proud to announce its newest Patron, TV personality Ferne McCann. After visiting Little Havens Children's Hospice last year and...

Pathways to host Working With Children jobs fair in Basildon

PATHWAYS is hosting the annual Working With Children jobs fair dedicated to a wide variety of roles in a range of work settings involving...

Plans to convert Catholic convent into 20-bed HMO submitted 

PLANS have been submitted to Thurrock Council to convert a former convent in Tilbury into a 20‑bed house in multiple occupation (HMO) reports the...

Children facing growing instability as thousands more foster carers needed across the UK

CHILDREN and young people are at risk of increased instability, as new figures reveal thousands more foster carers are urgently needed across the UK. New...

Essex Fire Service: ‘Double-parking makes it difficult to get to fires’

A FIREFIGHTER is seeing “more and more” obstructive parking when responding to emergencies reports the BBC. On Wednesday, Essex County Fire and Rescue Service said...

Tilbury: Firm action to tackle anti-social behaviour in the town

THURROCK'S Neighbourhood Policing Team focused on tackling anti-social behaviour in Tilbury, with a busy 48-hour period of targeted engagement across the town. A dispersal order...

Update on huge Google data centre in North Weald as energy use questioned

CONDITIONS around energy usage at a planned Google data centre on part of North Weald Airfield have been challenged by pressure groups reports the...

Reform wins first ever London council as it takes control of Havering 

REFORM UK has won control of a London council for the first time ever with a majority of 39 out of 55 seats. Not a...

Ten new firefighters coming to a community near you

MEET Ben, Charlie, Demi, Ian, Jack, Jacob, Kya, Mark, Randall and Richard…our county’s newest firefighters. They’ve been welcomed into Essex County Fire and Rescue Service...

Ninety-year-old resident achieves dream of climbing O2 in her wheelchair

A 90-year-old resident from Carolyne House Care Home, part of the Runwood Homes Group, has achieved an extraordinary lifelong ambition after successfully climbing over...

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