Tickets are still available for a quiz in aid of The Empire Theatre. It will be on May 22 at Queens Hall, Halstead from 7pm. Tickets are £5 each with teams of up to six. Call 07702 293178 for tickets.
There will be a police street meet in Alphamstone on Friday. There will be the opportunity to meet one of the local Neighbourhood Policing Team to discuss any issues you may have in the local area in the village green, in Pebmarsh Road, from 5pm
There will be a duckling “massacre” unless warning signs are put up sooner than planned. Teacher Julie Winters is unhappy that signs warning of ducks will not be put up in Trinity Street until October. A duck has been nesting in her garden
Halstead Fire Station is having a charity car wash on Saturday. It will take place between 10am and 2.30pm at the station in Parsonage Street. Money raised will go towards The Fire Fighters Charity. Donations welcome.
A new set of arrows proved spot-on for archery ace Imogen Newby as the Halstead youngster added yet another title to her rapidly-expanding list of achievements in the sport. The ten-year-old Braintree Bowmen member was competing at the Southern
Youngsters in Halstead could soon have more to do after a youth club showed interest in the town. The Essex Boys and Girls Club, a charity started in 1939, supports 140 voluntary youth groups, clubs and sports groups, providing activities for more
