Askham Bryan students win Ideal show garden title

Askham Bryan College students have been crowned the 2016 'Young Gardeners of the Year,' announced in line with the launch of the Ideal Home Show.

libbymcbride1 published Woman in critical condition after serious crash near Coggeshall

A woman is in a critical condition after a serious crash on the A120 near Coggeshall this morning (Friday, March 18).Emergency services were called to the scene at 8.20am. The East of England Ambulance Service sent three ambulances, two ambulance officers, a rapid response vehicle as well as a response car containing a specialist doctor. Medics treated a woman, believed to be in her 40s, for a 'very serious' head injury. Fire crews were called to her remove her from a vehicle by 8.51am. She was...

libbymcbride1 published ITV's Love Island looking for Essex singletons

ITV2's Love Island is back this summer, with a group of islanders spending six weeks in a luxury villa in Majorca getting to know one another.The show is looking for fun singles from right across the UK, who want to head to the sun in search of romance.To remain in paradise, the chosen islanders must not only win the hearts of each other but also the public, who ultimately decide who stays on Love Island and who goes home with the £50,000 prize.On last year's show, Essex's Hannah Elizabeth...

PM angers Leave campaign with jobs claim

David Cameron angers Leave campaigners by accusing them of regarding lost jobs and businesses as "a price worth paying" for getting out of the EU.

Frogheath Landscapes takes the title at APL Awards

Sussex-based Frogheath Landscapes has been proclaimed the supreme winner at the APL Awards 2016 today (4 March).

Garden Bridge tree team reaches halfway mark

The Garden Bridge planting team is well on the way to selecting the trees needed for the project, with 144 of the 270 trees tagged in two European nurseries.

ricbrown3193 published Essex Police and Crime Commissioner's £5-a-year tax...

A council tax increase of around 10 pence a week, which will allow Essex Police force to retain 90 Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs), has been approved.A meeting of the Police and Crime Panel meeting on Friday (January 29), ratified the proposals, just months after it had been planned to see the number of PCSOs in Essex cut to just 60, down from the 250 currently in operation.Nick Alston, Police and Crime Commissioner for Essex, said: "I am delighted that the Police and Crime Panel...