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Workshop helps Pitsea youngsters learn to beat the bullies

Anti-bullying message – Denise Macmanus, teacher David Ludbrook, Ethan Taylor, Emily Graco and Charlotte George from Sure Start

5:00pm Thursday 18th March 2010

YOUNGSTERS were given advice on how to beat school bullies at a workshop.

Updated: Traffic easing after car and lorry crash causes delays on A127

5:05pm Thursday 18th March 2010

TRAFFIC is easing on the A127 after a smash involving a lorry and a car.

Biker injured in smash with van

4:42pm Thursday 18th March 2010

A biker was taken to hospital with minor injuries after a collision with transit van

New housing plan set for approval on old gym site

3:00pm Thursday 18th March 2010

A NEW housing estate could be built in Basildon.

Wickford housing plan lifts regeneration hope

11:30am Thursday 18th March 2010

A HOUSING development, once billed as the catalyst to the £250million regeneration of Wickford, may still go ahead.

Cash boost for Royal Opera House academy in south Essex

10:40am Thursday 18th March 2010

PLANS for a world-class performing arts academy have moved a step closer after the Government announced £13million of funding.

Anne’s warning to others about telephone con man

Alert – Anne Emerson knew straight away the caller was bogus

9:00am Thursday 18th March 2010

AN elderly woman is warning others to be on their guard after she was targeted by a phone scam.

Blaze on Wickford garage forecourt

8:57am Thursday 18th March 2010

FIREFIGHTERS were called after a blaze on the forecourt of a car dealership. A crew from Wickford raced to Tudor Cars in Runwell Road, Wickford after one of the vehicles went up in flames.

‘Badly parked cars could put lives at risk’

7:50am Thursday 18th March 2010

A FIRE chief has warned residents their double parking could cost lives.

Jobs safeguarded at Ford in Essex

Lord Mandelson announced major budget cuts for universities

7:52am Thursday 18th March 2010

JOBS in Essex have been safeguarded as car giant Ford announced plans to develop a new generation of environmentally friendly engines and vehicle technologies.









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