Brentwood

What new home developments are coming to Essex in 2023?

Pavilion View, Elmstead Market Photo by: Richard Blaxall / Photerior (www.photerior.co.uk)
PAVILLION VIEW
Development address: Church Road, Elmstead Market, CO7 7AW
Contact details: Nicholas Percival, 01206 563222
Describe the development: Pavilion Vie…

Less than half of ULEZ grace period applications approved by TfL

Fewer than half of applications for an ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) grace period have been approved so far according to data held by Transport for London (TfL). The measure is designed to lessen the impact of the £12.50 daily fee for people travellin…

The mysterious deaths and disappearances in Essex that remain …

On Essex Police’s cold cases file are murders, violent crimes and missing person investigations that are still yet to be solved. The cases will not be closed until they are concluded. Essex Police is urging anyone with information that could help them …

Roadworks in Havering for the coming week

Lower Mardyke Avenue will have a lane closed for street light maintenance from 8am to 5pm today ( September 2).
Hall Lane remains closed for drainage works between The Fairway and Ingrebourne Gardens until 5pm tomorrow.  
As part of these works, there …

Person left with ‘life changing injuries’ after major crash

A person has been rushed to hospital with “life-changing injuries” after a serious collision on the M25 near to Lakeside Shopping Centre. Emergency services were called to the M25 at the Mardyke Junction, close to Aveley and the shopping centre, at abo…

Yellow thunderstorm weather warning issued for parts of Essex

A yellow weather warning has been issued for thunderstorms for parts of Essex on Friday, with the weather likely to cause significant delays on the roads. The warning from the Met Office is in place from 6am on Friday, August 18.
The Met Office has adv…

One man behind 21 shoplifting incidents in Brentwood

A Romford[1] man admitted to stealing more than £2,000 worth of food and alcohol from shops over 21 incidents in Brentwood[2]. Between July 2022 and May 2023, incidents of shoplifting took place at various shops in the area.
The total value of goods st…

What the south and north of Essex think about each other

The north and south divide doesn’t just apply to the UK as a whole – it applies to Essex too. The most northern and southern areas of Essex are just shy of 50 miles apart.
Driving from Canvey Island in the south to the village of Hadstock in the north,…

The hardest secondary schools to get into in Essex

Almost half of those choosing Essex’s most oversubscribed non-selective secondary school as a first preference failed to get a place, figures have revealed. As many as 45.8 per cent of first-choice applicants for the De La Salle School in Basildon were…

Pedestrian hit by car outside nightclub in hit and run crash

A male pedestrian has been injured following a hit-and-run crash. The incident happened in Brentwood High Street outside the Bloc 40 nightclub, with emergency services called to the scene at around 3.30am.
A man was found injured after a car drove at h…