Essex

Stowaway cat Pharaoh survives twoweek voyage to Britain from Egypt

Pharoah the cat has survived after stowing away in a container on a merchant ship that arrived at the British port of Felixstowe after a 3,000 mile journey from Egypt. Pharaoh: Pharoah the cat has been put into quarantine in...

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Castle wins lottery grant

PLANS to transform one of Essex's biggest tourist attractions have been given a major boost with a grant of more than £250,000 of lottery money. The Heritage Lottery Fund has given the green light for work on a £2.9 million...

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Museum given refurbishment boost

A museum in Essex has cleared the first hurdle in a bid to apply for £1.6m from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Colchester Castle Museum has been awarded £265,300 lottery cash to help it develop plans for refurbishment of the Norman...

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Contract award: Chelmsford: clinical chemistry system

UK-Chelmsford: clinical chemistry system SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Address: Organisation: Mid Essex Hospitals NHS Trust, Commercial Services Broomfield Court Broomfield Hospital...

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Contract award: Chelmsford: clinical chemistry system

UK-Chelmsford: clinical chemistry system SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Address: Organisation: Mid Essex Hospitals NHS Trust, Commercial Services Broomfield Court Broomfield Hospital...

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Dale Farm travellers to be evicted, Constant & Co. to make £2m

The Basildon District Council cabinet is meeting on 10th December to decide which of two undisclosed bailiff companies it will use to forcibly evict travellers living on Britain's biggest traveller site, the renowned Dale Farm...

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Grandmother who was sterilised 13 years ago gives birth to 'miracle baby'

A grandmother has just given birth to a 'miracle' baby boy 13 years after being sterilised twice. Debbie Amos, 43, had the operation to stop her falling pregnant again after having her first three children. Debbie Amos was...

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Paramedic 'left father to rescucitate his dying son'

Senior paramedic Alan MacFarlane left a distressed father to rescucitate his dying son in the back of an ambulance, a hearing was told. Alan MacFarlane failed to start basic life support on the disabled eight-year-old who...

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Woman questioned over pram crash

A 75-year-old woman has been questioned after a six-month-old boy in a pram was hit on a pedestrian crossing in Essex. The baby was airlifted to hospital after the incident involving a Volkswagen Polo in Ongar Road, Brentwood...

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British India and Indian States: Viceroys and Governors-General: 1858-1947

Charles John Canning, Viscount Canning, of Kilbraham in the county of Kilkenny (from 21 May 1859 Earl Canning) Thomas George Baring, Baron Northbrook, of Stratton in the County of Southampton Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton,...

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