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.
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.
Schools, colleges and universities can now apply for funding to allow students to study and work across the world as part of the Government’s new Turing Scheme.
The children of Brentwood and Ongar have returned to school this week amid a genuine feeling of excitement having been out of the classroom since before Christmas.
