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Essex County Council needs to consider steps to stop Lidl opening a new store off a main road in Brentwood, a councillor has said. 

Lidl has won permission to build a new supermarket in the centre of Brentwood – overturning a decision from the local council which had argued the…

Lidl has won permission to build a new supermarket in the centre of Brentwood

Lidl has won permission to build a new supermarket in the centre of Brentwood

Police are on the hunt for the the organiser of a New Years Eve party in an empty industrial unit in Brentwood.

Police hunting for organisers of New Years Eve raves - including one at 500-year-old church Police are attempting to trace the organisers of two unauthorised New Years Eve events which put hundreds of people at risk. Officers dispersed two events at All Saints Church in East Horndon and an empty industrial unit in Brentwood. Hundreds of people had attended in breach of coronavirus restrictions, putting themselves and others in danger and in turn risking extra strain on NHS staff. Offic...

Police are trying to identify a reckless rave host whose unlicensed New Years Eve  party saw hundreds of revellers trash a 500-year-old church in Essex.  Members of the conservation group that supports All Saints Church in East Horndon - a Grade II-listed building - said they are devastated by the damage caused and estimate repairs could cost more than £1,000.  Organisers of the event set up a bar and DJ decks inside the church and hired Portaloos for partygoers. Officers had objects thrown...

A woman who held a house party in Bury Road, Sewardstonebury, for around 100 people on the same night has been fined £10,000. Penalty notices were issued to 27 people who attended. Music equipment was seized from all three sites where a total of 37 fixed penalty notices were handed out. Chief inspector Melton said: “It is the reckless minority of people who organise and attend unauthorised events of this kind that risk spreading Covid-19 and jeopardising the efforts of the majority of people...

Police hunting for organisers of New Years Eve raves - including one at 500-year-old church Police are attempting to trace the organisers of two unauthorised New Years Eve events which put hundreds of people at risk. Officers dispersed two events at All Saints Church in East Horndon and an empty industrial unit in Brentwood. Hundreds of people had attended in breach of coronavirus restrictions, putting themselves and others in danger and in turn risking extra strain on NHS staff. Offic...

Police hunting for organisers of New Years Eve raves - including one at 500-year-old church Police are attempting to trace the organisers of two unauthorised New Years Eve events which put hundreds of people at risk. Officers dispersed two events at All Saints Church in East Horndon and an empty industrial unit in Brentwood. Hundreds of people had attended in breach of coronavirus restrictions, putting themselves and others in danger and in turn risking extra strain on NHS staff. Offic...