Hedges Direct launches hedging network for landscapers

Online hedging and shrub retailer Hedges Direct has launched a new database to connect customers directly with landscapers and garden designers who can carry out work for them.

Brentwood Gazette published BMW crash shuts part of Parkway in Chelmsford

Part of Parkway in Chelmsford city centre is closed this evening following a crash.A BMW has collided with a lamp post on the roundabout close to the multi-storey car park.Paramedics, police officers and firefighters are at the scene.It is not known how badly hurt the driver of the car is at this stage.More to follow.

How to get the best out of Rashid

After Adil Rashid's up-and-down Test debut, Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale looks at how best to deal with the leg-spinner.

ricbrown3193 published Missing Chelmsford woman Carlie Johnson spotted on CCTV in London...

Police investigating the disappearance of Chelmsford woman Carlie Johnson are releasing CCTV of a man they need to trace.Carlie has been missing since Friday, October 16, when she failed to return home after a day in London. She was due to catch a train back to Chelmsford from Liverpool Street station but instead is believed to have stayed in the capital.Police are releasing a CCTV image of the 28-year-old woman in the company of a man outside the XOYO club in Cowper Street, near Old Street...

chrisdyer published Man arrested over daylight mugging of elderly woman in Chelmsford

A man has been arrested over the daylight mugging of an elderly woman in Chelmsford. Yesterday at around midday, a man grabbed cash from the woman in Melbourne Avenue and ran off towards St Nazaire Road. A police helicopter was deployed after the incident and was seen hovering over the Melbourne area of the city looking for a male suspect. Essex Police also conducted a search of the area on the ground. And today police arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of robbery following the incident...

SamBalls published Pod's Brook Road in Braintree faces night-time road closures for...

The B1256 Pod's Brook Road in Braintree is scheduled to close for three nights from Friday, November 6 for essential resurfacing work.It will close from Broomhills up to and including the Springfield roundabout between 8pm and 6am on Friday and between 7pm and 6am on Saturday and Sunday. Diversion routes will be in place via Rayne Road, Pierrefitte Way and London Road. The work forms part of Essex County Council's ongoing commitment to maintain and enhance the county's 5,000 mile road...

Essex Chronicle published GP2 driver Alex Lynn lets victory slip away after bad brake

GP2 driver Alex Lynn was gutted to throw away a golden chance for his third win of the season in Sochi at the weekend.Starting on pole, the Dams driver got off to a flyer and, despite a red flag halting proceedings briefly, it all looked set for Lynn to take the chequered flag.Unfortunately for the 22-year-old, that wasn't the case and he was left devastated by the result."I was comfortably leading the GP2 Series feature race at Sochi and looking set for my third win of the season,"...

HSinclair published More permit parking and higher car park charges proposed for...

Shoppers and commuters planning on parking in Chelmsford city centre may need to rethink where to leave their cars, as new parking regulations and charges are under discussion.Chelmsford's Hill View Road, popular with shoppers who want to park for free and walk to the High Street, is set to become part of a resident's parking permite area from November 9, while discussions to increase parking charges for season ticket holders and key car parks in the city are planned.A Chelmsford City Council...

WillWatkinson published Knife wielding man chases teenagers with a knife through Essex...

A man with a knife chased a group of teenagers through a train leaving Liverpool Street last month. British Transport Police (BTP) officers want to speak to the man (pictured above) after a group of teenagers were threatened with a large knife.It happened on a Liverpool Street to Southend Victoria train as it travelled between Wickford and Hockley at 1.50am on Saturday, 15 August. PC Lauren Newling said: "A man on the train got involved in an altercation with a group of teenage boys. A...

Garden Bridge planting team begins tree selection process

This week the Garden Bridge planting team visited nurseries in the UK and northern Europe to select some of the plants and trees planned to feature on the bridge.

libbymcbride1 published Conservative councillors in Essex reject proposed pay increases

Proposed pay increases suggested by the Independent Remuneration Panel for Essex County Council have been rejected by Conservatives at County Hall.The report will be debated at the full council meeting tomorrow (Tuesday, October 13) where Conservative councillors will amend the report to ensure there is no additional burden on the Essex taxpayer. The leader, deputy leader and cabinet members will not take any pay increase and having taken a pay cut of 3% at the start of this council in 2013...

Frequent gaming 'linked to worse GCSEs'

Children who play video games twice a day are less likely to achieve five good GCSE grades, a study suggests.

Maldon Chronicle published 'We are not closing' says Maldon's Blue Boar Hotel owner before...

THE owner of a popular Maldon pub and hotel has quashed rumours of closure, despite announcing a sale of more than 600 items from the hotel's weird and wonderful antiques collection.Fears had been raised that the Blue Boar, which recently underwent renovation work, would be shutting with the mass auction, but owner John Wilsdon has reassured concerned townspeople.Mr Wilsdon instead claimed the auction is simply a way of thinning out the hotel's extravagant collection of items."I'm just...

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Braintree Chronicle published Two abandoned Essex RSPCA kittens re-homed after Chronicle...

KITTENS found abandoned by Mid Essex RSPCA have all been given new homes since they were featured in the Chronicle.The kittens were adopted soon after the article came out, and one woman – who took in two of them – said it was one of the best decisions she had ever made.Holly Lockwood-Waduge, of Churchill Rise, Springfield, said: "My husband and I were thinking of getting a cat as our ten-month-old daughter Elyia loves them, so we felt we had space for a cat in the...

WillWatkinson published Essex Police take longer than any other force in England to...

ESSEX Police take longer than any other police force in England to investigate crimes and to charge suspects according to new government data.The new figures released by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) show that on average an investigation conducted into an Essex crime takes 114 days until somebody is charged.That's an 11 day increase from 2014 when officers spent an average of 103 days investigating a crime until they were charged.The figures, for April to June this year, also revealed the force...

Man arrested over apartment block blaze

A 32-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of arson after the top floor of an apartment block in east Belfast is destroyed.

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SamBalls published Seven-metre deep sewer collapse causing misery for motorists...

A collapsed sewer seven metres underground in Springfield is causing a stink with disgruntled motorists.Anglian Water engineers were called to repair a blocked sewerage pipe beneath Lupin Drive at the start of the month, but upon closer inspection, found that an entire section of the network had buckled. Engineers have subsequently had to install a set of temporary traffic lights as they carry out emergency excavation work at the roundabout which joins Pump Lane with New Bowers Way.A spokesman...