Kelvedon Hatch & Doddinghurst

The summer of 2023 has been a mixed bag – with some of the hottest weather on record during July, followed by some of the wettest weather we have experienced all year during August.

Congratulations and thanks to all those involved in the Platinum Jubilee festivities across the Borough of Brentwood over the long June Bank Holiday weekend, from fireworks at Ingatestone to a party for residents and businesses in Shenfield - with Crown Street in Brentwood a hotspot of celebratio

What a happy and glorious Bank Holiday weekend celebrating Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee marking 70 years of her reign.

Driving around Brentwood, Ongar and all the surrounding villages this week it’s been wonderful to see homes, lamp-posts, railings and streets bedecked with flags, bunting and pictures of Her Majesty the Queen as we prepare to celebrate a truly historic event - a Platinum Jubilee.

Essex County Council are launching a draft library plan and want your views.

Many congratulations to the Shish Meze in Abridge on being long listed in the Best Newcomer Restaurant in London/Outside London category for a prestigious Turkish Restaurant & Takeaway Award.

6,500 homes and businesses across rural parts of Essex are set to be upgraded to lightning-fast gigabit broadband as part of the Government’s Project Gigabit programme.

As children break up for the summer holidays, and the weather, occasionally, brightens up to toast us and our gardens, thoughts turn to travel and time away from home.

Brentwood Borough Council will receive £67,383 to help local high streets reopen and attract shoppers and tourists along with £116,694 for Epping Forest District Council.

Essex is set to benefit as part of the first phase of the Government’s new £5 billion Project Gigabit which will deliver lightning fast broadband across the country.