News in Basildon

FIREFIGHTERS rescued a woman after a road traffic collision close to the Sadlers Farm Roundabout near Basildon yesterday (Saturday, 16 January) at 9.18pm.

On arrival, crews from Basildon and Grays reported that a car and lorry had collided and a woman was trapped in her car.

A MASS Covid-19 vaccination centre that could offer the jab to hundreds of people a day and will be available to anyone living within a 45-minute drive will be opened in Runwell, Wickford, tomorrow (Monday, 18 January).

The new centre is one of 10 new super hubs announced by the Government this weekend and is the first of its kind in Essex. It comes in addition to the local sites already in operation at the Nevendon Centre in Wickford, Emmanuel Archer Hall in Billericay and Holy Trinity RC Parish Church Hall and George Hurd Centre, Basildon. Vaccinations are also being given at Basildon & Thurrock Hospital.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a life-changing accident caused by a dog whose legs are mounted on a wheeled mobility aid.

It happened on Clay Hill Road, Basildon, near the junction with Swan Mead at 4.30pm on 10 December, 2020.

POLICE are looking to trace witnesses to a robbery in Basildon on Saturday, 9 January.

Three men jumped in front of the 35-year-old man as he rode his bike through the underpass between Long Lynderswood and Westgate Shopping Centre at 8am.

THE Met office has given a warning that Basildon could be hit be heavy snow over the weekend, with the main period being from 3am tomorrow Saturday, 16 January) to 8pm.

A yellow warning for the region has been given.

A VICTIM of sexual abuse has thanked Essex Police after a Basildon man was convicted of child abuse that took place over a three year period 30 years ago.

Laurence Bourne abused a child on numerous occasions between 1989 and 1992 in Basildon and the offences came to light when they were reported to police in April 2019.

AN new area of public open space is set to become a centre for sustained environmental activity in a plan described as 'brilliant' and a real boost to local people's well-being.

At Basildon Council's Neighbourhood's and Public Spaces Committee next week (Wednesday, 20 January) councillors will be presented with an update on the planned extension to Wickford Memorial Park.

A CALL has gone out to local residents to help play key roles in a major new youth initiative in the Basildon area.

OnSide Youth Zones are designed to give young people aged eight to 19 years old (25 for those with a disability) somewhere to go, something to do and someone to talk to in their leisure time; occupying their bodies and minds with fun activities, learning new skills and socialising in a safe, positive way.

A TRIP out this evening proved a fatal mistake for a rogue driver in Pitsea.

Officers from Operation Sceptre, which tackles serious violence, particularly knife crime, were out and about and spotted a suspicious vehicle.

THE NHS trust running Basildon & Thurrock Hospital has the second worst Covid death rate in England, figures suggest.

According to the latest figures Mid and South Essex Hospital Trust, which looks after Basildon as well as Chelmford's Broomfields Hospital and Southend Hospital has had 1,313 Covid-related deaths during a total of more than 35,000 Covid bed days.