This afternoon Paul Holmes questioned Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs during his Statement in the House of Commons on the newly published report of Sir Michael Pitt, on last summers flooding.
Chelmsford council have increased the charge for visitor parking tickets in residential zones by 67% from 1 July. The annual residential parking permits rise from £18 to £23, an increase of circa 28%. [Six monthly permits from £12 to £17.]
TWO years after initially backing the formation of a South Weald Parish Council, residents are to be asked for their views again.
Total power could soon be held by an elite circle of councillors under planned changes to town hall democracy.
Travellers mocked residents and council officials by illegally setting up camp just yards from where they had been evicted.
MONEY-MAKING ventures in Brentwood's country parks will not be curbed by their new joint custodians.
