BASILDON Council last night passed a transformative budget that keeps key election promises, invests in the borough’s future, ...

THURROCK Council has set an ambitious target to recycle 50 per cent of its waste by 2031 reports the Local Democracy Reporter ...

Recycling infinity room in Newcastle; Food surplus fund open; Essex unites against fly-tipping; Scrap metal fire treated as ...

Basildon Council has set its target at 55 per cent while Southend’s target is 50 per ... the council has detailed how it hopes to achieve its new target. Weekly food waste collections which began in ...

Mr Callaghan confirmed that weekly bin collections will begin in Basildon from Monday April 28, and will also see the reintroduction of single-use bags for recycling. The council's current waste ...

Forty-two local authorities – or one in 10 – are considering cuts to waste collection services, new data reveals. Research by the TaxPayers’ Alliance suggests that eight million people could ...

THE South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC) has issued a notice confirming that pharmacists may not refuse to dispense medication - due to personal beliefs or moral reasons - to a person who wants ...

Piles of rubbish, graffiti, potholes and the constant ... The road sits on the boundary between Haringey and Barnet Council in north-west London, but the responsibility of its upkeep has fallen ...

A boy and a girl died in the incident in Walthams Place in Pitsea, near Basildon, on Saturday at about 6.25pm. Essex Police said the car failed to stop at the crash. A man and a woman have since ...

Two people have been arrested after a girl and a boy died following a crash in Basildon, Essex Police said. Police were called to Walthams Place in Pitsea at 6.25pm on Saturday evening to reports ...

A COUNCIL leader insists plans to house London homeless families in an empty office block will not go ahead. Havering Council has agreed with the owners of Eastgate House in Basildon to house more ...