Brentwood and Essex news, sport and information from the Brentwood Weekly News

Bomb expert 'to get George Cross'

Christina Schmid, wife of bomb disposal expert Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid, who was killed in Afghanistan

11:56pm Saturday 13th March 2010

A bomb disposal expert killed in Afghanistan will be awarded a posthumous George Cross, it has been reported.

Cheryl Cole spoof bags dance title

9:46pm Saturday 13th March 2010

Comedian Rufus Hound has walked away with the Let's Dance For Sport Relief title after performing an entertaining spoof of Cheryl Cole's number one Fight For This Love.

Burglars raid home of war heroine

4:58pm Saturday 13th March 2010

Friends of a French Resistance heroine have slammed "despicable" burglars who raided her home days after her death.

Campaigners march for flats trio

4:16pm Saturday 13th March 2010

Hundreds of campaigners have joined a march and rally in memory of three asylum seekers who leapt from a tower block.

Pensioner saved in car river plunge

3:46pm Saturday 13th March 2010

An elderly man has been saved by two passers-by after his car plunged into a river.

'Kiss' jail man vows to clear name

3:46pm Saturday 13th March 2010

A British man facing jail in Dubai after he was accused of kissing a woman in public has vowed to clear his name.

More move over nightmare neighbours

3:06pm Saturday 13th March 2010

More than 360,000 people have been forced to move home in the past year because of irritating neighbours, new research shows.

Cable accuses Tories over economy

1:49pm Saturday 13th March 2010

Vince Cable has accused the Tories of "playing fast and loose" with the economy as they try to frighten voters into electing a Conservative government.

Union: BA must end 'needless war'

12:58pm Saturday 13th March 2010

Union bosses have urged British Airways to end the "needless war against its own workforce" as the row over cost-cutting continued after the announcement of seven days of strikes by cabin crew.