A MAN has been jailed for eight years after a £2 million fraud. Adam Woricker, 41, of Main Road, South Woodham Ferrers, admitted at Chelmsford Crown Court 34 theft and fraud offences. He was jailed for a total of eight years, receiving four
RESIDENTS are concerned plans to widena popular path at Hadleigh Country Parkwill see an influx of cyclists. In August 2012, Hadleigh Farm hosted Olympic mountain bike events which attracted more than 40,000 spectators over two days. Piggery
Christopher Levon, 43, of Merrylands, Laindon, admitted drink driving. He drove a blue Renault Scenic in Cranes Farm Road, Basildon, on June 1, after consuming alcohol that showed there was 75 mcgms per 100 mltres of it in his breath. The legal limit
ROCHFORD Hundred youngsters Mitchell Sarling, Bradley Bawden and Taylor Centre have helped Essex reach the national final of the England Golf Boys County Championship. Playing as part of a six-man team, the trio played 36 holes on one day with
A NEW cycle hire scheme at Southend Victoria Station has been launched by Rochford and Southend East MP James Duddridge. The scheme is part of Abellio Greater Anglia’s new Bike and Go initiative, the UK’s first major station cycle hire programme
TEENAGE Thai boxer Natty Dodds has conquered the world at the age of 15. Dodds claimed the XFS junior world title after knocking out double world champion George Mouzakitis in Corfu at the weekend. The Southend schoolboy silenced the Greek
ALL things maritime will be celebrated in Leigh later this month. The inaugural Leigh Maritime Festival, a rebranding of the previously popular Fishing Festival last held in 2012, will encompass all aspects of life on the estuary. Organised
A FAMOUS farmer spent the day at a top south Essex spot, promoting healthy eating to youngsters. Adam Henson, presenter of BBC’s Countryfile, was hand-picked to officially open the new polytunnel at Barleylands, in Barleylands Road, Billericay.
ALL the colours of the rainbow lit up the streets of Southend as walkers stepped out in their brightest clothes to take part in a sponsored walk. The 2014 Moonlight Colourthon attracted thousands of people, walking one of three distances, in a
MEDIEVAL sports and country entertainment wowed crowds at the Robin Hood Country Show. Jousting displays were put on alongside adrenaline- fuelled quad bike shows at the actionpacked event in Garon Park, Southend. Dogs and ducks joined falcons
MAX Cole successfully defended his Rayleigh Schools Tennis Tournament title on Saturday. The Year 4 pupil from Our Lady of Ransom school defeated Sid Franklin 10-2 in the final to retain the trophy he won last summer. Sid, who is Year 3 at
HUNDREDS of eager shoppers queued to be the first people into a new supermarket. Some customers queued from as early as 2am today outside Aldi, in Pitsea. Prizes were given away to the first customers through the door.
STRIKING workers held pickets across south Essex in a walkout over pay. In one of the largest strikes of its kind in recent years, firefighters joined teachers and council workers to protest against changes to their wages. Staff held a march
MORE than 1,100 youngsters celebrated 100 years of the Brownies with a space-themed spectacular. The girls, all aged seven to ten, from Brownies packs in Billericay, Basildon, Rayleigh, Castle Point, Southend East and Southend West, joined together
SEEVIC College basketball star Abbie Jones says visiting Denmark for a national tour will be “unforgettable and inspirational”. Southend Swifts’ Abbie was selected by coaches to visit the Scandinavian country for 16 days on September 16 to play
SOUTHEND United Football Club’s academy has been confirmed in Category Three following their recent Elite Player Performance audit. The Shrimpers’ staff worked tirelessly to secure the status. And academy manager Ricky Duncan was thrilled by
ASDA employees took part in Southend’s Colourthon to show their support for a colleague fighting cancer and to raise money for Southend Hospital’s Breast Unit. About 40 members of staff from Asda, in Rayleigh, came out to support checkout worker
THE last of Flybe’s six new European flights from Southend Airport began this morning. The first flight to Maastricht took off from Southend at 8.10am and completes the successful role out of Flybe’s ten-year franchise with Stobart Air. It
CAMPAIGNERS have applied to protect historic bomb shelters underneath a site earmarked for 231 newhomes and a hospice. Activist group Skipp has called on English Heritage to list the air raid tunnels, which lie 25ft beneath the former Ekco factory
SPRINTER Matthew Hamilton has been chosen to represent Great Britain at the International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation World Junior Games in Stoke Mandeville next month. The talented teen – who celebrates his 17th birthday just a
BRAD Pitt fever swept through Billericay after the Hollywood megastar was spotted having a burger and pint in the High Street. The Oscar winning producer and actor stopped off in the town’s Wimpy restaurant before heading across the road to the
DEDICATED teachers and pupils are cycling, running and swimming to help pay for a £200,000 state-of-the-art playground. Castledon School, in Bromfords Drive, Wickford, wants to install equipment, including slides and climbing frames, create a sensory
THREE more arrests have been made as part of the investigation into the murder of Hassan Mohammed in Southend. Two men, aged 18 and 19, as well as a 17-year-old boy, all from north London, have been arrested by police investigating the murder.
RESIDENTS are concerned plans to widena popular path at Hadleigh Country Parkwill see an influx of cyclists. In August 2012, Hadleigh Farm hosted Olympic mountain bike events which attracted more than 40,000 spectators over two days. Piggery
Witness describes how neighbours tried to save murder victim Top police bosses urge residents not to jump to conclusions around motives York Road community call for CCTV A WOMAN spoke of her shock at seeing the Southend
ANGRY residents are concerned their road is becoming a parking free-for-all after they opted out of a parking permit scheme. People living in most of the streets around Boscombe Road, in Southend, chose to be included in a residents’ parking permit
STUDENTS will be documenting the history of a Canvey school. The old Castle View School, in Meppel Avenue, closed its doors to students in 2012 and has stood empty ever since. Now former students Joe Mander, 17, and Liam Heatherson, 17, are
A MARCHING band has been chosen to take part in one of the biggest floral carnivals in Europe. More than 50 members of the EssexMarching Corps will travel to Jersey for the Battle of the Flowers festival after the youth band were picked for the
