Local Democracy Reporter

PLANS for 82-new homes to be built on land currently occupied by a rifle club have been unveiled.

A rural Essex pub has been spared a total ban on having customers outside after claims of drug taking, clashes with police and people urinating and vomiting in neighbour’s gardens.

A waste facility in Basildon which was supposed to process all black bag waste in Essex will be demolished this summer due to “significant performance issues”.

A council has apologised after taking to nine months to respond to a woman who claimed she had been wrongly charged council tax on an empty property.

A teacher who locked a child with special educational needs in a sensory break room after he became “violent” towards her has been spared a permanent ban from the profession.

More than 12,000 fines have been issued to parents and guardians in Essex who took their children out of school during term time over the last three years.

A decision to end a former benefits worker’s job early and without explanation was influenced by the fact she was on maternity leave and was “tainted by discrimination”, an employment tribunal has found.

A new specialist dementia care home could be built on green belt land in an Essex town if planners give the go-ahead next week.

An Essex waste facility could be demolished due to a legal dispute with the county council.

“It’s hit me massively,” said Michael West, a taxi driver of more than two decades.