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Councillor demands action from Pilgrims Hatch Co-Op

Pilgrims Hatch's Cllr Vicky Davies is demanding that the Co-Op store in Harewood road Pilgrims Hatch pays for the ongoing damage to highway verges, bollards and pavements caused by their delivery drivers.. The latest incident resulted in the concrete bollard on the verge being mown down for the third time. Cllr Davies said: "This is a step to far and I have demanded action from the County Council to ensure tha Cooperative store is held to account . "I fear the dreadful driving and parking standards of the delivery drivers could one day cause a serious accident involving pedestrians in this busy area and, furthermore, why should tax payers foot the bill for damage caused by careless and dangerous delivery drivers?"

Essex County Council Chief Dined At Jamie Oliver’s Cornish Restaurant At Your Expense

THE Essex Chronicle revealed today that chief executive of Essex County Council, and former Brentwood Chief Exective, knew about some of Lord Hanningfield's excessive credit card spending during his time as leader of the authority.

Essex County Council Chief Dined At Jamie Oliver’s Cornish Restaurant At Your Expense

THE Essex Chronicle revealed today that chief executive of Essex County Council, and former Brentwood Chief Exective, knew about some of Lord Hanningfield's excessive credit card spending during his time as leader of the authority.

Brentwood's footpaths suffer from Tory neglect

Brentwood Councillors were shocked to uncover the fact that Brentwood is ninth on the list of footpath resurfacing since 2010. Whilst Braintree has had over 33,000 metres of resurfacing, Brentwood has had just over 4,000 and trails Uttlesford, Harlow and Epping. Ranking City/Borough/District Council Number of metres of resurfacing 1 Braintree 33,020 2 Chelmsford 23,313 3 Colchester 15,850 4 Basildon 14,791 5 Tendring 10,500 6 Epping 8,800 7 Harlow 8,480 8 Uttlesford 7,435 9 Brentwood 4,120 10 Castle Point 3,685 11 Rochford 3,080 12 Maldon 2,350 Commenting on these figures Lib Dem County Councillor for the Brentwood South Division David Kendall said: "These shocking figures show once again how Tory controlled Essex County Council is short changing the residents of Brentwood. "We have footpaths across the Borough that are in urgent need of resurfacing to make them safe but the County keep saying they don't have the money to do them. 74% of council tax that Brentwood residents pay goes to the County Council and

Statement: Tory split in Brentwood is now official

County Councillor helps communities prepare for a cold snap

County Cllr David Kendall did his bit to help snow stranded communities by delivering salt and grit bags for use during the snow and ice.