Two dog-loving sisters have launched a fundraising campaign to bring home a pair of mistreated strays they rescued while on holiday in Turkey. Florist Louise Walker, 32, of Earls Colne, was on holiday with sister Lizzie Rai, 36, of Colchester,
Halstead Road Runners long-distance legend Andy Wilmot successfully completed the Great Barrow Challenge by running a remarkable ten marathons in ten days. In doing so, the 70-year-old has become the eldest of the 15 runners in the UK to have completed
Tributes have been paid to a kind and generous community champion who has died from cancer aged just 49. Former Ramsey School pupil Michael Cracknell, of South Close, Halstead, died in Springfield Hospital in Chelmsford earlier this week after
Musicians will be rocking Wethersfield for the first Wethersfield Music Festival this Sunday. See Not Now John, Alex Stockley, Chelsea Afton Taylor, 1967 and Caitlin Pegley perform on the playing field in Hedingham Road from 1pm-7pm. There
A high school has unveiled two new classrooms worth £314,000, complete with “giant iPad” touchscreen boards. Hedingham School and Sixth Form opened the new block on September 1, which replaced outdoor demountables in time for the autumn term.
Tesco is selling land it once hoped to build a supermarket on. The retail giant submitted a planning application to redevelop Halstead Football Club’s ground in Rosemary Lane in February 2005. Under the deal, it would have built a new ground
