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Letchworth Girls' Rugby (Free subscription) | yesterday
It has just been announced that this season's Herts Sevens will take place at Tring RFC on 16th May. Its great news for the game in the county. This will be the sixth Herts Girls' Sevens (or seventh Herts Girls rugby festival, depending on what you count!) and the great thing about the tournament is that - not only has it been a huge success, growing ( almost ) every year - but it uniquely moves around...
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British National Party (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
A new leafleting group in Essex is brewing up a storm amongst the white flight residents of the area, reports Rochford organiser Geoff Storbridge.
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Fibre-Reaction (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
She's here, there and everywhere. It is very true that one thing leads to another, indeed this weekend I've heard of yet another possible.... My next event has had a very quick timescale, 10 weeks from hearing about it, applying, being accepted and then taking part!! Rochford Art Trail 7th - 15th November, Rochford, Essex. My work will be in Barclays Bank, 15 West Street, Rochford, SS4 1BE this is...
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Lord Hanningfield's Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
Essex County Council has been recognised as having the greenest transport of any local authority in the UK , that’s everything from providing services for people with limited mobility, library services, our road repair crews and all the other front line services we deliver. This is down to our radical programme of replacing vehicles with dual fuel vehicles and encouraging our staff to share...
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Poets On Fire (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009
Friday, 2nd October, 2009, 8pm-9.30pmRochford Library,8 Roche Close,Rochford,EssexSS4 1PXThree Essex poets, Derek Adams, Tim Cunningham and Adrian Green, read as part of Essex Poetry Festival.Telephone: 01702 546 688 to book.
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Letchworth Girls' Rugby (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
News from Essex where the county's only(?) - certainly biggest - team have now reformed as Rochford Girls . When we started South Essex boasted three girls teams - Basildon, Westcliff and Rochford. We worked quite closely with Rochford in our first season - they even helped out our U17s (as they then were) when we entered the National Sevens for the first time and also developed a very friendly rivalry...
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Julian’s musings (Free subscription) | 20/09/2009
Some interesting figures from the Empty Homes Agency website . These two tables show the empty homes by local authority for the years 2007 and 2008 in south Essex. 2008 Total empty homes Percentage of empty homes Private homes more than 6 months empty Basildon 1024 1.39% 422 Brentwood 513 1.64% 219 Castle Point 1014 2.76% 649 Chelmsford 1697 2.43% 759 Maldon 860 3.24% 460 Rochford 896 2.62% 492 Southend-on-Sea...
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Blackmore Area Local History (Free subscription) | 28/08/2009
Twenty years ago today (on 28th August 1989) saw the official centenary celebrations of the ‘New Essex Lines’, the railway from Shenfield to Southend Victoria and branch from Wickford to Southminster. Bank Holiday Monday crowds could buy a ‘Rover’ ticket and have freedom to travel the branches as well as view trains and rolling stock at Southend Victoria station. I was there....
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Longpier (Free subscription) | 05/08/2009
Commuters in the Southend area face more disruption after talks to avert fresh rail strikes, on Thursday and Friday, broke down. Services in and out of Southend Victoria will be affected, including stations in our area - Prittlewell, Rochford and Hockley - the train company says a limited service will be operating. The strike on the National Express line lasts 48 hours from 0001 on Thursday morning....
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ukcider (Free subscription) | 18/07/2009
The 3rd Autumnal Equinox ROCHFORD CIDER & PERRY FESTIVAL SEPT 18th-19th (FRI-SAT) Horse And Groom (formerly Blanchfields Bar), 1 Southend Rd, Rochford, Essex SS4 1HA. Open Fri 4pm – 11pm & Sat 11am-11pm FREE ADMISSION. 20 Ciders and Perries. Full list to be confirmed but ciders including the following have been ordered: Totham Kneecracker, New Forest Snakecatcher, Janet’s Jungle...
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Julian’s musings (Free subscription) | 24/06/2009
Essex Police have a Crime Mapping page on their website which allows the user to check crime levels in their area. Castle Point has average levels of crime everywhere except Canvey Island South, which has an above average level of crime. The borough as a whole is described as average. Of the neighbouring local authorities Rochford [...]
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A View from Middle England (Free subscription) | 21/06/2009
The British press, particularly the downmarket Sun, has never really understood the workings of the Christian Church. Now that we live in an increasingly secular world, knowledge of the Church is virtually non-existent now. To the Sun any person in a clerical collar is a "vicar" regardless of the fact. If they are told that person is a bishop, they may recognise that. But mostly it's vicars...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/06/2009
Far-right party takes Padiham and Burnley West ward in Lancashire local authority The BNP has won its first seat on an English county council with a victory in Lancashire, ending Labour's 20-year-rule. The far-right party took the Padiham and Burnley West ward, its principal stronghold in the north west, where it already has four district councillors. But the BNP took second place to the Lib Dems...
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Julian’s musings (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Angelina Marriott is the Labour Party candidate for the Rochford West division in the Essex County Council elections on June 4th. She is Chair of both the Hullbridge Community Association and Hullbridge Parish Council. She is also a member of her local police neighbourhood action panel and a first responder for the ambulance service. “I got [...]
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Swaffham Girls' Rugby (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
Well done to all of the girls that have been selected to travel to Rochford to represent Eastern Counties u15 and U18's in their upcoming fixtures against Essex. Competition for places has been and hopefully will continue to be fierce and any girls that have not been included will have more oppotunities before the end of the season. The squads are as follows; U15's 1) Kelsey McTaggart (Swaffham) 2)...
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