Residents are deciding how best to spend £100,000 on their area. Greenfields Community Housing has given the cash to the Halstead Area Forum to improve aspects of the town and the surrounding villages. The forum has received 52 suggestions from residents
A U-turn could by in the pipeline for a controversial pylon plan. Today National Grid announced it would be “revising its approach to undergrounding” cables following months of fierce opposition against the proposal for pylons across the Essex/Suffolk
Burglars stole £1,600 worth of jewellery and electrical equipment. They broke into a house in the Park Lane area of Earls Colne between 12noon and 12.20pm yesterday after smashing a small pane of glass in the front door and reaching inside to open the
Graffiti was scrawled over four garage doors, causing £100 damage. Vandals used silver paint on the garages inDooley Road, Halstead, between 8pm on Saturday and 9am on Monday. The graffiti consisted of letters, and did not contain any offensive words
An optician jumped 10,000ft from a plane for charity. Laura Pacey, who works for Wardale Williams in Halstead, was keen to raise money for Fight For Sight, a charity dedicated to funding world-class research into the prevention and treatment
