Essex Chronicle - May 15, 2025

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May 15, 2025

THEATRE AND DRAMA SCHOOL TEAM UP FOR NEW COURSE

CHELMSFORD Theatre has announced a new partnership with leading drama school Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts to offer a performing arts course in the city.

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New partnership set to see performing arts students taught in city

CHELMSFORD Theatre has announced a new partnership with leading drama school Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts to offer a performing arts course in the city.

3 mins

New prayer garden opened in grounds of primary school

A PRAYER garden has been officially opened at a Chelmsford primary school.

1 min

Hospice's interim chief looks to the future as strategy views sought

FARLEIGH Hospice has appointed a new interim chief executive, Michelle Kabia, who is inviting the mid-Essex community to 'Have Your Say' on the hospice's future strategic plan.

2 mins

War of words between leaders over spending on museum's rebrand

CHELMSFORD City Council has come under fire for spending £25,000 to change a museum's \"identity\".

2 mins

County set to get thousands of electric vehicle charging points

MORE than 5,000 electric vehicle charging sockets will be installed across Essex with millions of pounds awarded in government funding.

1 min

Barge is joining surviving 'Little Ships' to mark their finest hour

THE UK has just celebrated the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day.

2 mins

No further action for explorer

AN EXPLORER will face no further police action after sharing graphic footage from inside the home of a woman who killed her own parents.

2 mins

Mental health deaths inquiry told failings in cases were 'a disgrace'

A FORMER health ombudsman has told an inquiry into the deaths of more than 2,000 mental health patients in Essex that failings in the cases of two vulnerable young men were a \"disgrace\".

2 mins

Village's primary academy is rated as 'outstanding'

OFSTED INSPECTION PRAISES SMALL SCHOOL

2 mins

'We must recognise the current way of doing things is not sustainable'

INDEPENDENT COMMISSION CALLS FOR RADICAL CHANGE IN ESSEX FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

3 mins

Courage and sacrifice of firefighters remembered

A MOVING ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the National Red Plaque Fire Service Memorial was held at the Living Memorial complex in Rettendon on Firefighters' Memorial Day.

1 min

Youth group win mayor's accolade for their projects

THE Witham Hub Youth Group have won the Mayor of Witham Environment Award.

1 min

Bravery award for heroic father who saved sailor

A WITHAM man has been awarded a Chief Constable’s Commendation for heroically saving a sailor who fell into the water off Mersea Island.

1 min

Prison nurse banned after making lurid sexual comments

INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING BY AGENCY WORKER

2 mins

Staff spend fundraising night under the stars

STAFF from Chelmsford-based developer Barratt and David Wilson Homes Eastern Counties took part in the Great Tommy Sleep Out, raising vital funds for The Royal British Legion (RBL).

1 min

Supermarket plan for village agreed despite road safety concerns

PLANS for a supermarket to be built in a small village have been agreed despite concerns about traffic.

1 min

Hospice tells of impact of extra NI contributions

VISITING TORY LEADER TOLD EXTRA £250,000 NEEDED 'JUST TO STAND STILL'

1 min

Morality, ethics and conscience ignored by powers that be

TODAY, in the year 2025, the world is facing a calamity of disastrous leadership.

3 mins

Know your rights around private parking charges

YOUR CONSUMER RIGHTS CHAMPION

2 mins

LOADED question

With barbecue season upon us, do not let your trusty dishwasher fail you, says SAM WYLIE-HARRIS

2 mins

CLASSY COROLLA

LONG gone are the days when family motorists wanting an estate car had few choices available with diesel engines predominant and the majority of those being noisy, smelly, emitting horrible blue exhaust smoke and lacking in any kind of performance.

3 mins

New clubs are feeling at home after claiming division titles

WANDERERS AND FINCHINGFIELD CELEBRATE THEIR FINE TERMS

2 mins

Scrivens' centuries are not enough to save her team from double cup defeats

GEORGIA Adams won the battle of the century-making captains as Hampshire beat Essex by 17 runs in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup women's competition on Sunday.

2 mins

Essex produce a superb final day rearguard action for draw

MATT Critchley and Michael Pepper knuckled down for a monumental fifth-wicket stand of 154 in 77 overs to steer Essex to the unlikeliest of Rothesay County Championship draws against Yorkshire at Chelmsford.

2 mins

Witham skipper Godwin wary of winless Swardeston's threat

WITHAM captain Michael Godwin says that his side cannot 'underestimate' Swardeston this weekend if they are to pick up their first away win of the East Anglian Premier League season, writes

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