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Taxi driver sells nearly 7,000 copies of debut novel

Taxi driver sells nearly 7,000 copies of debut novel

5:30pm Friday 30th November 2012

A POPULAR taxi driver has managed to sell nearly 7,000 copies of his debut novel after being snubbed by agents and publishers.

I ditched City career to teach kids sport

David Ascott – gave up a high-flying City job to teach sport to children

7:00am Sunday 9th September 2012

A SPORT-loving dad is happier than ever after trading in his £90,000-a-year City job for a basic wage teaching youngsters how to play dodgeball David Ascott turned his back on his 20-year -career in London after becoming disillusioned with working for some of the capital’s biggest banks and financial firms.

Cheers! Mail order beer firm is coming to town

8:00am Thursday 30th August 2012

A NEW mail-order beer business is coming to the borough after a boom in online sales.

Emily gets her grades – despite a year in hospital

Off to university – Emily Wallington

9:20am Monday 20th August 2012

AN inspirational teenager has fought her way back from the brink to win her dream university place, after missing out on a year of school.

Rayleigh man murdered in Chelmsford

Renewed appeal for witnesses after West Norwood stabbing

6:31pm Sunday 19th August 2012

A MAN from Rayleigh has been found murdered at a house in Chelmsford. The 39-year-old, who has not been named by police, was found in a house off the A414 London Road in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Disgraced Lord Hanningfield wants prison reform

Lord Hanningfield

6:00am Monday 6th August 2012

DISGRACED peer Lord Hanningfield has revealed he is looking to use his prison experience to help others.

Our caravan trip to see Olympic Games

Great atmosphere – Derek and Marion Stewart

8:00am Sunday 5th August 2012

EXCITED Olympic visitors have made Barleylands their temporary home as the Caravan Club hosts more than 300 caravans. The Caravan Club, which has 160 sites in the UK, has a base at the Billericay attraction for the duration of the Games. More than 1,000 people with tickets for London 2012 events have pitched up and are sleeping at the site after travelling to the capital to watch the sporting achievements. The site is only 2.7 miles from Billericay station, which has a direct line to Stratford, home of the Olympic Park, which is just a 25-minute ride away. Sporting fans from Sweden, Italy, Spain, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, France, Ireland, Great Britain and more have gathered at Barleylands. The Caravan Club has put on activities for those on the site, including lessons from the Mayflower Archers. Two Olympic diehards have travelled down from Nottinghamshire to be closer to the action. Derek Stewart, 63, and wife Marion, 62, arrived last Friday for the opening of the Games.

Now craft village goes it alone to launch art trail

Countdown – Donna Phelps, with one of her paintings, and Katy Willett, from Hazle’s Pottery Barn, at the Barleylands Craft Village which launches its first solo art trail

6:00am Friday 3rd August 2012

ARTISTS will display their work as Barleylands Craft Village launches its third art trail.

Dementia unit to be a leader in its field

7:30am Thursday 2nd August 2012

A FLAGSHIP health unit for dementia patients across south Essex is to open in Billericay.

Rise in number of traveller pupils at Crays Hill school

7:00am Wednesday 1st August 2012

MORE traveller children are now going to Crays Hill Primary School than before the Dale Farm eviction, new figures show.

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