ELECTRICAL goods and two outboard motors have been stolen during a £4700 night-time raid on a rural village.

FRONTLINE staff of the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) responded to more than 668,000 emergency calls during the last financial year.

TRAFFIC cops managed to collect fines totalling £2420 in just one day as they hunted for dangerous and poorly driven lorries at the M11 Junction 8 services.

HOUSEHOLDERS have a new recycling centre in Braintree to take their recyclable rubbish as of today (July 30).

WITH the summer holiday period upon us the Highways Agency is advising anyone towing a caravan, boat or horse box to take some simple steps to ensure a trouble-free journey.

DUNMOW MP Sir Alan Haselhurst has promised Flitch Green residents he will lobby the Government on their behalf in a bid to get long overdue facilities built.

A 56-YEAR-OLD man has been given a two-year anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) following months of abuse against his neighbours in Takeley.

AN ANGRY mob that descended on the suspected home of a convicted paedophile “got the wrong house” according to Essex Police.

THERE will be a sharp increase in construction traffic using the B184 around Great Easton as a retirement home project enters its construction phase.

A NURSERY has won a two-year battle to secure early opening hours so that parents can drop of children before leaving for work.

A FLAGSHIP project to rejuvenate a town centre will get some extra additions before it is unveiled to the public.

STAY safe and sexy this summer is the message for under 25 year olds in a drop-in campaign to help combat one of the fastest growing sexually-transmitted diseases among young people.

THE work of Essex police’s traffic officers has been filmed for an ITV documentary.

ROAD improvements will provide a lasting legacy to a motorcyclist who died following a horrific crash almost a year ago.

FINCHINGFIELD CofE School pupils have taken part in a sponsored walk in memory of one of their most popular members of staff.

THIEVES stole a burgundy BMW X1 after breaking into the owner’s house to get the keys.

POLICE were called in to break up a “loud and abusive” mob last night which had gathered outside what is believed to be the home of paedophile Leslie Blanchard.

A PAEDOPHILE who swapped pictures with Jamie Bulger killer Jon Venables has set up home in Great Dunmow causing anger amongst parents.

THE Arts Centre in Haslers Lane, Great Dunmow, has reached the finals of the 2010 Essex Business Excellence Awards in the Best Company in the Community category.