The Independent (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
The home I grew up in ... was a council house in Basildon, Essex, until I was nine. Then we moved into an old vicarage my dad had bought that was in serious need of renovation; we stayed there until I was 16. It was wonderful: 300 years old and full of character.
Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
I'd be happy to meet up for a coffee if anyone is around the Basildon area on Friday of this week. More specifically I'll be attending the Essex Total Business Show at Holiday Inn, Waterfront Walk, Basildon Essex, SS14 3DG. I expect to be there from just after 10:00 until 12:00 or 13:00 or longer - depending upon how many people I meet up with (already have a couple of meetings booked!). Seems a great...
Longpier (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Melissa Amis from Great Baddow, Chelmsford has won Miss Essex FM 2008. The 21 year old beat off competition from 23 other girls in a strong field to take the title at Basildon's Liquid & Envy nightclub on the Festival Leisure Park. More follows...
Longpier (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Samantha Harris from Stock - one of tonight's finalists The final of Miss Essex FM takes place tonight (Thursday) at the Festival Leisure Park in Basildon. longpier.com reluctantly agreed to give up 3-hours of telly watching to see 24 lovelies from across the county battle it out at Liquid & Envy nightclub in Bas Vegas. Rehearsals for the big night start today at midday, and the fun officially starts...
Horgan (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
So, they passed it. We are going to have a refuse treatment plant at Courtauld Road in Pitsea that will treat the rubbish of the whole of the South of the county, thanks to Essex County Council passing the planning application. This was opposed by Basildon District Council, all parties in a rare moment of unanimity, local pressure groups and the local population. In fact, I never met a single person...
d4d (Free subscription) | 20/06/2008
From Monday, I’ll be working away from home during the week again - this time down in Basildon, Essex. It might be that the company allow me to work from home for the majority of the time after the first couple of weeks, but in the mean time, I’m going to be down in [...]
SMS Text News (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
I’ve been talking to everyone and anyone about Basildon, recently. I’m doing some work in the town for a client and it’s both a joy and a shocker to get off the train at Basildon Station. It’s joyous to be out in the provinces, although, Essex isn’t exactly Hartlepool (or the like) but it is [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Alison Moyet, 46, was one half of the 1980s pop duo Yazoo, alongside Vince Clarke. Her subsequent solo career included the top-10 hits "All Cried Out" and "Love Resurrection". She has just reunited with Clarke for a comeback tour. She lives in Basildon, Essex, with her husband and their three children
Bengal Classifieds Bulletin (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Basildon, Essex, UK: Cinnamonpaws Bengals have a snow spotted female bengal kitten for sale (high quality pet). She is described as having “beautiful markings and an adorable personality”. She will be ready to go to her new3 home on June 28th. Further information can be found on the breeder listing. addthis_url [...]
Times Online (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
More than 40 traveller and Gypsy families will be allowed to stay on green belt land in Essex for the time being, after a High Court judge overturned a decision by Basildon District Council to evict them.
Mike Ion (Free subscription) | 29/04/2008
Last April I posted about Luke Mackenzie, a Tory candidate who was standing in the British National Party (BNP) target ward of Basildon in Essex. Mr Mackenzie had been accused of peddling scare stories by suggesting that people who wanted to stop asylum-seekers being given council houses should vote Conservative. The Times reported that Mr Mackenzie's future as a Conservative candidate was 'hanging...
Just Auto (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
What would a 'nine-minute limousine' be? One produced every nine minutes? 0-100 in nine minutes? Or is it a stretch-limo that will take a bubbly posse of screaming Essex girls from Basildon to the West End in a vodka and coke induced blur that seems like just nine minutes (to the passengers that is, but more like nine hours for the driver)? No, it was an amusing advertising tagline used by Lada in...
Postman Patel (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Wikipedia tells us that Denise van Outen (born May 27, 1974, Basildon, Essex) is an English television hostess and stage actress of partially Dutch descent and that she has been a presenter on The Big Breakfast and that her brother is a hairdresser and that in 1999 she was voted voted Rear of the Year. Which is probably an ideal qualification to carry the Olympic torch ... however this talented
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 03/03/2008
Yazoo (known as Yaz in the U.S.) was a short-lived but highly successful English synthpop duo from Basildon, Essex that had a number of top ten hits in the British charts in the early 1980s. Heavily influenced by earlier bands...
200 Weeks (Free subscription) | 01/03/2008
A major earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale hit in the early hours of last night. Epicentre: Basildon, Essex. Victims were seen wandering around aimlessly muttering "fackin ‘ell" and "whattacant" The earthquake decimated the area causing approximately £30.00 worth of damage. Several priceless collections of mementoes from the Balearics, Spanish Costas and Romford market [...]
