Design and materials to be showcased by BALI garden for Chelsea

BALI is to submit a design for a show garden at next year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show, showcasing design innovation and the wide range of construction materials and techniques available to landscape contractors.

Essex Chronicle published Concord Rangers 1-0 Heybridge Swifts REPORT: Heartache for Swifts...

Heybridge Swifts suffered heartache in the final of the BBC Essex Senior Cup, losing 1-0 to Concord Rangers who completed a hat-trick of wins.Swifts' magnificent run in the competition didn't have the fairytale ending, but they came away with their heads held high against Vanarama National League South opposition.Ben Greenhalgh's close range finish after 15 minutes was the only difference between the two sides after a much improved second half from Swifts failed to fashion an equaliser.They were...

SamBalls published Masked robber caught on CCTV holding knife to Chelmsford...

THIS is the terrifying moment a masked robber held a knife to a shopkeeper's throat before getting away with hundreds of pounds in a desperate bid to pay off a spiralling drug debt.Father-of-four Mehmet Karpuz, 56, who has owned The Cabin in Beehive Lane, Great Baddow, for more than ten years, was confronted by a hooded intruder on Sunday, March 13 in the shocking five-minute ordeal.Mehmet, of Rutland Road in Chelmsford, was preparing to lock up for the night when the attacker barged past him at...

Grow your own Monet masterpiece!

As a Royal Academy exhibition examines the role gardens have played in art history, with Monet masterpieces as the starting point, Thompson & Morgan reveals its historic link with the world famous artist, his gardens and paintings.

Best known by the general public for his Impressionist paintings, it is less well known that Claude Monet first designed, planted and tended his iconic garden scenes before setting them to canvas. Monet’s natural flair for garden design and his artist’s eye led to harmonious colour planting and distinct design principles in his garden at Giverny, Normandy, that have inspired gardeners around the world ever since.

Even today the gardens at Giverny shout exuberance, but many of the elements in Monet’s planting schemes can be created with just a few packets of easy to sow seeds. If you’re looking to make a big impression on a small budget, Thompson & Morgan has all you need to get the Giverny look this summer.

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USSR- CIRCA 1973: A stamp printed by USSR painter Monet lady in garden 1867 State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg circa 1973

matt_harris published Essex County Cricket Club NEWS: Mervyn Westfield free to play...

Banned former Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield has been cleared to return to playing First Class County second XI and Minor Counties cricket this season.But the Cricket Discipline Commission Panel has upheld his full five year ban from first team cricket at First Class levelThe decision follows an appeal by the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA) on behalf of Westfield, who is currently serving a the ban from all First Class cricket for breaching the ECB's Anti-Corruption Directives while...

Essex Chronicle published Doe Show 2016: Thousands expected at Ernest Doe's annual trade...

More than 10,000 farmers, construction workers and professional grass cutting contractors are expected to flock to Ulting this week for the 56th annual Doe Show.The show, which runs from Tuesday, February 2 to Thursday 4 is a chance for more than 150 suppliers, including organisers Ernest Doe and Sons Ltd, to show off their tractors, construction and cultivation equipment to a mass audience.Founded in 1898, Ernest Doe is a family-run business with more than 500 employees and has held an annual...

JoeSturdy published Abandoned car found in middle of road near Witham

An abandoned car forced police to close a road near Witham this morning (February 1).Western Road in Silver End was closed during the rush-hour for 'safety reasons' while the car, which was in the middle of the road, was removed. The road was re-opened by 7.50am.

Barclays facing $70m US trading fine

US regulators are set to fine UK-based Barclays Bank $70m (£49m) for misleading investors about its US "dark pool" trading operations.

GHMorgan published Pictures: Best Essex January Pixs in monochrome

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DarrylWebber published Best gigs in Chelmsford this week

There are some great gigs happening in Chelmsford this week, featuring everything from a punk poet to a Rolling Stones tribute band, from a trio of Americana acts to some great Essex music talent:Attila the StockbrokerAsylum, Chelmsford, Wednesday, January 27Legendary punk poet Attila The Stockbroker comes to Chelmsford for a special fundraising and awareness gig for The Rucksack Project which helps out homeless people during the winter months. Championed by John Peel in the 1980s and combining...

JoeSturdy published Woman in 80s taken to hospital after crashing into Boreham,...

An elderly woman was taken to hospital after crashing into the barbers in Boreham this morning (Tuesday, January 19). Ambulances and police flocked to the scene on Main Road at the junction with Church Road. Police have cordoned off the building, which has a visible crack in the wall, above where the car appears to have hit. The East of England Ambulance Service sent three ambulances and their Hazardous Area Response Team to the incident at 10.30am. A spokesman said: "There...

GuyBell published Essex man swallowed £40,000 worth of cocaine in British...

A BASILDON man who bombed 311 grams of cocaine in a bid to smuggle £40,000 worth of the drug into Britain has been jailed.Preston Rogers, 23, of no fixed address but previously of Waterville Drive, was intercepted by Border Force officers at Stansted Airport on Tuesday, December 1 last year when he arrived on a flight from Lisbon following a three-day trip.When asked for his boarding pass he also produced an e-ticket showing a trip from Heathrow Airport to Sao Paulo, via Madrid, on 22...

Essex Chronicle published Marylou's Café and Buscall & Flynn's Tearoom host...

DOZENS of people in Chelmsford who faced spending Christmas Day alone spent it together thanks to two of the city's cafes.Marylou's Café and Sandwich Bar, in Byron Road, and Buscall & Flynn's Tearoom and Cakery, in Springfield Road, welcomed in young and old for a free meal.It was the first time Tearoom and Cakery owner Rachel Buscall, 32, had stayed open on December 25, feeding 20 people thanks to £1,130 raised online and food donations from Tesco."I realised you don't...