Malcolm Buckley News Today

Essex county council has said that the prominent ventilation stack of the Tovi Eco Park facility in Basildon is to be removed next month as the next step of dismantling works.

Basildons Toys R Us store was loved across Essex before it shut in 2018 - now the firm is making a High Street comeback.

Basildons Toys R Us store was loved across Essex before it shut in 2018 - now the firm is making a High Street comeback.

Wickford Market may close by the end of May after the latest batch of Essex County Council funding runs out

Bio Capital has announced that its East London Biogas plant has won a tender to process 50 000 t of local food waste in 2023, with plans to increase this further to 60 000 t in 2024.

Essex County Council is building a case for Southend Arterial Road to be re-trunked to unlock the necessary funding to revamp the busy highway.

Fears raised have mainly been around the “dangerous” surface of the Wickford bridge, which is susceptible to ice during cold spells.

Wickford High Street had been closing every Saturday morning for the last 18 months in a bid to boost the market.

With news on: European Union reaches provisional agreement on batteries; Essex council partners with reuse charity; Colas appoints Reconomy as waste management partner; and, environmental organisations warn of unnecessary Christmas waste.

A LOVED Wickford green space is safe from development after Basildon Council signed up for legal protection to keep the land from being built on.