Transport and Logistics Network
An Essex eatery that specialises in brunch and small plates in the evening has been named the best restaurant in Essex. Fête Grays Yard has won the award for the best restaurant in the county in the latest Muddy Stilettos Awards.
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Woman who lost husband after a bin lorry reversed over him says she’ll ‘never’ get over tragedy as council fined £80,000Steve Bishop died after being hit by a bin lorry reversing on a Chelmsford road His wife says she and sons will ‘never’ get over the…
The council was fined £80,000 after the father of three’s death in December of 2017.
John Bishop, who was 37, passed away when he was struck by the underside of a bin lorry which was reversing down Osea Way.
The bin lorry[1] incident prompted the Healt…
An Essex council has been slapped with an £80,000 fine after a dad-of-three was struck and killed by a bin lorry. Steve Bishop, 37, passed away after being hit by the rear and underside of a bin lorry that was reversing down Osea Way, Chelmsford, on De…
The Situation
After a freight train broke down earlier today, between Ingatestone and Chelmsford, the line has now reopened. Some disruption is expected as the broken down train is pulled away from the passenger lines by a rescuing Locomotive.
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Thurrock council has updated its residents on a plan to try and resolve ongoing issues with its bin collection services. Bin collections in the South Essex district have been severely disrupted in the last few months due to staffing, recruitment, and f…
PC Tris Baker who was killed in a smash with a lorry. (Essex police )A lorry driver who regularly fell asleep at the wheel has been found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving after he ploughed into a car driven by an off duty policeman.PC Tris …
It’s hard to imagine when out for a stroll along the seafront in south Essex, that instead of looking out towards Kent, the view could have been very different. For around 50 years, politicians and researchers have been proposing the Thames Estuary as …
At the same time in another serious blow to the firm’s highways division, Costain has agreed it will now deliver its planned £1bn-£1.3bn A12 upgrade around Colchester in the south east as a joint venture rather than as sole main contractor as originall…
Parts of Essex are set to be warmer than Nice in France next week when a mini-heatwave is predicted to bask the county in sunshine. We might only be a week into June – with temperatures a bit chillier than we’d like – but the warmer temperatures are fa…