Highways bosses have been criticised for overseeing a “disgrace” after leaving roadwork signs on a blind bend for 14 months despite carrying out no work. Barriers were placed around a stretch of road on Chapel Hill, Halstead, in March 2014 so Essex
A TV star hit all the right notes when he treated school pupils to a song-writing workshop followed by a private concert. Barney Holmes, of BBC1's The Voice, dropped in to Gosfield School, in Halstead Road, Gosfield, to mentor a group of 12-15-
An open day at the new traditional archery club at Bakers Hall Farm in Colne Road, Bures, will be taking place on Sunday. As a traditional archery club, it will be longbows only and have-a-go sessions will be available between noon and 5pm for
A last-gasp effort by campaigners to stop houses being built on open space in Sible Hedingham has failed. In 2013, villagers applied to Essex County Council to turn land off Oxford Meadow into a village green to stop Greenfields housing association
Halstead's new-look market is “here to stay” after organisers hailed the success of trial events which saw the number of stalls expand from four to 20. Mike Prince, of the Halstead Town Team, said there are now so many stallholders at the monthly
