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Save over £250 on your gas and electric bills by joining the Essex Energy Switch. With the costs of heating our homes over winter appearing to rise every year, the Essex Energy Switch is a free, easy and secure way to cut energy bills. The county’s collective...

Ingatestone and Fryerning Parish Council (IFPC) has announced that it will be funding Christmas trees on Ingatestone High Street this year.   In a pilot scheme, IFPC will pay for Christmas trees for High Street businesses that have existing electric sockets and...

A message from Highways England A12 junction 13 Ingatestone I am writing to provide you with details about maintenance work we will soon be carrying out to the A12 junction 13 southbound exit slip road at Ingatestone, to the south west of Chelmsford. This scheme forms...

Consultation period - 19 September - 6 November I would like to invite you to help us make decisions on the future of the mobile library service. At Essex County Council, we know how much people value their mobile libraries. But we also know that in recent years,...

Ingatestone & Fryerning Parish Council (IFPC) are organising another Village Litter Pick Day with the help of Ingatestone & Fryerning Community Centre and if you are 11 and under, we need YOU to promote the event!   We need a bright and colourful poster, A4 in...

There’s less than three weeks left to get your applications in to get funding for two grant schemes in Brentwood. They are the Brentwood Community Fund (deadline is September 29) and the Brentwood Mental Health and Wellbeing Small Grant Scheme (you have until October...

Residents living in Brentwood are receiving a form asking them to check and update information that appears on the electoral register for their address. Brentwood Borough Council is asking residents in the Borough to look out for the form and to make sure that they...

The parish council is aware of the recent spate of anti-social and threatening behaviour occuring in Ingatestone and both the police and Brentwood Borough Counils’ ASB unit have been informed.   The parish council have spoken to the police today following an attempted...

In recent months, two main options for change have been discussed with patients, staff and stakeholders. Both options would have seen significant changes to the way the three A&E departments at Broomfield, Basildon and Southend hospitals operate.     Having...

Brentwood Borough Council is to offer its residents a reduction on the car park charge for a two hour period taking the cost from £2 to £1.40. The new scheme will see residents awarded a Council certified car park disc which will be displayed alongside the discounted...

Brentwood Borough Council and the Brentwood Gazette newspaper are running a “Beautiful Brentwood” photography competition). There are two age groups – under 16 and Adult (i.e. over 16). The winner in each group will receive £100 with a further £100 donated, on their...

BEWARE OF BOGUS COUNCIL WORKERS We have recently had a couple of incidents in different areas of Essex where Bogus Callers have made out they were from the local council and had come to investigate and remove rats nests in the loft. These bogus callers have then...

Brentwood Borough Council has started its first new council housing developments for 25 years, at Magdalen Gardens and Fawters Close, to provide much needed homes for families and the elderly. Whilst this building work continues, other sites which may provide similar...

Make a difference in your local community Victim Support helps people affected by crime feel stronger, understood and able to move forward with their lives. Last year in Essex, our team of trained volunteers and staff supported over 3,000 people affected by crime...

Did you know that more than 12,000 GP appointments are wasted every month across mid and south Essex? An estimated 450 hours of GP appointment time per month are going to waste in Basildon and Brentwood alone. The knock on effect of someone missing their appointment...