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Air Accidents Investigation Branch probes cargo issue on aircraft loaded at Stansted

18 November 2024
Air Accidents Investigation Branch probes cargo issue on aircraft loaded at Stansted

Air Accidents Investigation Branch probes cargo issue on aircraft loaded at Stansted

18 November 2024

The crew heard a “dull double bang” as the 695kg container shifted forward and struck the bulkhead wall of the Boeing freighter.


Council backs Stansted’s £1.1bn upgrade despite climate change concerns

06 November 2024
Council backs Stansted’s £1.1bn upgrade despite climate change concerns

Council backs Stansted’s £1.1bn upgrade despite climate change concerns

06 November 2024

Cllr James Abbott said: “Flooding disaster in Spain shows what can happen when a weather pattern is supercharged by anthropogenic global warming.”


Transport for London against extra parking at Epping Tube station

01 November 2024
Transport for London against extra parking at Epping Tube station

Transport for London against extra parking at Epping Tube station

01 November 2024

Epping’s Central Line station is the closest London Underground link for many East Herts and Uttlesford capital commuters and visitors.


Just 3% of rape allegations reported to Essex Police end in a conviction

09 October 2024
Just 3% of rape allegations reported to Essex Police end in a conviction

Just 3% of rape allegations reported to Essex Police end in a conviction

09 October 2024

Roger Hirst said: “What we do compared with other police services is good. What we do compared to what the public needs is not.”


Essex’s refuse incineration plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30%

27 August 2024
Essex’s refuse incineration plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30%

Essex’s refuse incineration plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30%

27 August 2024

The authority estimates that a new refuse contract – with a combined waste capacity of 337,000 tonnes – will reduce greenhouse gas emissions.


Green councillor dubs Essex’s incineration plan ‘landfill in the sky’

08 August 2024
Green councillor dubs Essex’s incineration plan ‘landfill in the sky’

Green councillor dubs Essex’s incineration plan ‘landfill in the sky’

08 August 2024

All waste currently being sent to landfill would be burnt at a plant under construction in Rivenhall near Witham.


Essex County Council ramps up road maintenance plans over summer holidays

07 August 2024
Essex County Council ramps up road maintenance plans over summer holidays

Essex County Council ramps up road maintenance plans over summer holidays

07 August 2024

Some significant closures are starting in the next few weeks including Bonhunt Bridge on Wicken Road, Newport.


Harlow set to grow to rival Cambridge within a decade

01 August 2024
Harlow set to grow to rival Cambridge within a decade

Harlow set to grow to rival Cambridge within a decade

01 August 2024

Harlow and Gilston Garden Town joint committee to steer delivery of 23,000 homes, including 10,000 in seven new East Herts villages, over 20 years


Uttlesford ‘Bingate’ cost council tax payers £75,000, report reveals

21 May 2024
Uttlesford ‘Bingate’ cost council tax payers £75,000, report reveals

Uttlesford ‘Bingate’ cost council tax payers £75,000, report reveals

21 May 2024

An in-house report revealed “significant failures” and “human error” were to blame for the fiasco, which saw rubbish piling up on the streets.


Council set to spend over £1m to reduce SEND assessment backlog

01 May 2024
Council set to spend over £1m to reduce SEND assessment backlog

Council set to spend over £1m to reduce SEND assessment backlog

01 May 2024

Currently, only 1% of SEND assessments in Essex are completed within 20-week deadline – and there are 1,232 in the EHCP needs assessment process.


Council under fire for ‘woeful’ oversight of £1m social media spending

01 May 2024
Council under fire for ‘woeful’ oversight of £1m social media spending

Council under fire for ‘woeful’ oversight of £1m social media spending

01 May 2024

There was “no evidence of competitive procurement” before internet prankster Simon Harris and others received thousands of pounds during Covid-19.


Council approves £20m plans for regeneration of Harlow’s arts quarter

15 April 2024
Council approves £20m plans for regeneration of Harlow’s arts quarter

Council approves £20m plans for regeneration of Harlow’s arts quarter

15 April 2024

Harlow Playhouse extension will include new performance space for live entertainment, a music school and recording studio, café, restaurant and bar.


Every Lidl helps? No, says Tesco, as it opposes plan for store in Dunmow

09 April 2024
Every Lidl helps? No, says Tesco, as it opposes plan for store in Dunmow

Every Lidl helps? No, says Tesco, as it opposes plan for store in Dunmow

09 April 2024

Plans for a Lidl in Great Dunmow have been opposed by Tesco, which has a superstore in the town three-and-a-half times the size of the proposed one.


Essex to consider quarry solution to looming water shortage

13 March 2024
Essex to consider quarry solution to looming water shortage

Essex to consider quarry solution to looming water shortage

13 March 2024

Utility companies predict that by 2050 the county will have only 63% of the water it needs available.


Essex says burning black bag waste is only option as it plans for no landfills

26 February 2024
Essex says burning black bag waste is only option as it plans for no landfills

Essex says burning black bag waste is only option as it plans for no landfills

26 February 2024

However, the county council’s principal focus is to reduce the overall amount of residual waste by increasing recycling rates to 70%.


Essex set to make booking system for tips permanent despite Uttlesford opposition

26 February 2024
Essex set to make booking system for tips permanent despite Uttlesford opposition

Essex set to make booking system for tips permanent despite Uttlesford opposition

26 February 2024

Essex County Council’s booking system for household recycling centres is set to be made permanent, despite its unpopularity in Uttlesford.


Essex County Council commits £564,000 to analysing black bin waste

20 February 2024
Essex County Council commits £564,000 to analysing black bin waste

Essex County Council commits £564,000 to analysing black bin waste

20 February 2024

The Essex Household Waste Composition Analysis will obtain a “statistically representative baseline composition analysis” of kerbside waste.


Government ‘pauses’ devolution plans for Essex

14 February 2024
Government ‘pauses’ devolution plans for Essex

Government ‘pauses’ devolution plans for Essex

14 February 2024

The leader of Essex County Council has said his goal of devolution will never be abandoned despite work being “paused” because of MPs’ concerns.


Stansted bucks trend to offer Pharmacy First support

17 January 2024
Stansted bucks trend to offer Pharmacy First support

Stansted bucks trend to offer Pharmacy First support

17 January 2024

Peacock Pharmacy has begun operating the Government’s Pharmacy First scheme amid concerns about the closure of chemists across Essex.


More fines for Essex families who break school holiday rules than anywhere else in country

12 January 2024
More fines for Essex families who break school holiday rules than anywhere else in country

More fines for Essex families who break school holiday rules than anywhere else in country

12 January 2024

A record 12,017 penalties were issued by the county council in 2022/23, up from 1,218 in 2020/21 and 6,828 imposed in 2021/22.


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