“WAR is futile, it proves nothing,” said a World War Two veteran who survived five years in a prisoner of war camp. Fred Reeves, 96, of Halstead, always observes the two minute silence on the eleventh hour of Armistice Day but has long since given up
X Factor star Matt Cardle was the labelled the “one to beat” after his performance on this week’s show. Matt, from Little Maplestead, near Halstead, wowed judges with his rendition of “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” in the Elton John themed show
Heave ho! Brave and burly teams attempted to haul an 8-tonne truck 50 metres. Four teams comprising eight members attempted the feat at the White Hart pub in Butler Road, Halstead, on Saturday. And it was The Essex Boys whose strength saw them drink
A green show home has been unveiled. Greenfields Community Housing and Higgins Construction have opened the first BREEAM retrofit show home in Essex in White Horse Avenue, Halstead. The three-bedroom house has been converted to reduce carbon dioxide
