Newspaper articles

30 May 2020 Echo Plans revealed for old Wickford restaurant - the Lon Wah
26 May 2020 Echo New high rise flat block for Wickford site empty for 12 years
22 May 2020 Echo £4m overhaul plan for Wickford Train Station
21 May 2020 Echo Basildon unites to oppose plans for £50m incinerator
15 Apr 2020 Echo Pupil Referral Unit to open in Wickford
14 Mar 2020 Echo Plans for 122 Wickford flats set to get go-ahead after 10 year saga
19 Feb 2020 Essex Live Wickford's regeneration; the £10m plan
18 Feb 2020 Echo Huge new car park central to £10m regeneration plan for Wickford
04 Feb 2020 Echo Wickford's shut police station set to become new homes
12 Jan 2020 Echo £2m community centre opens to residents' delights
10 Dec 2019 Echo Wetherspoon's plan to open in Wickford
14 Nov 2019 Echo Trees planted in Wickford after donation from Virgin Media
12 Nov 2019 Echo Cut to funding forces Wickford learning centre to close
04 Nov 2019 Echo 123 flats to be built on Wickford town centre site
01 Nov 2019 Echo Wetherspoons to open in Wickford within a year
17 Oct 2019 Echo New library set to get stamp of approval
16 Oct 2019 Echo Extra car parking plan for Wickford commuters
03 Oct 2019 Echo Basildon Council plans to inject life into Wickford (?)
10 Sep 2019 YA Basildon Councillors to discuss 30 new flats in Wickford
09 Sep 2019 Echo Campaigners vow to fight Wickford development
04 Sep 2019 Echo 158 high rise flats plan for derelict site in Wickford
02 Sep 2019 Echo Town is divided over plan to form Wickford Town Council
23 Aug 2019 Echo CCTV cameras coming to Wickford Memorial Park
20 Aug 2019 Echo Concern raised over 'misguided' Wickford roundabout improvement
20 Aug 2019 Echo Wickford needs more infrastructure funding says council leader
06 Aug 2019 Echo Roadworks and selfish parking cause chaos in Wickford High St
02 Aug 2019 Echo Pub chain pulls out through lack of funds
23 Jul 2019 Echo Evicted Dale Farm travellers in for £1M windfall as 500 homes planned
22 Jul 2019 Echo 16 new police officers for town centre teams, including Wickford
13 Jul 2019 Echo Campaign for new school crossing in Market Road
11 Jul 2019 Echo Basildon Town Centre regeneration includes 4,000 new homes
09 Jul 2019 Echo Wickford High St to close on Saturdays in trial to boost market
07 Jul 2019 Echo Offices in Lower Southend Rd to become 48 flats, despite objections
28 Jun 2019 Echo Campaigners submit petition against proposed pub plans
27 Jun 2019 Echo £100k plan to fix 'boggy' Cranfield Rd park
19 Jun 2019 Gateway FM Council to consider options to cut pollution on A127
17 Jun 2019 Echo Revealed, why Basildon Council must build 991 EXTRA homes
11 Jun 2019 YA New Basildon Council leader issues warning to Essex CC
02 Jun 2019 Echo Wetherspoons keen on Wickford after our MP meets pub boss
22 May 2019 Echo Lloyds bank to close in Wickford
09 May 2019 Gazette New library planned for Wickford, plus 65 flats!
03 May 2019 Echo Basildon Conservatives lose control - so what now?
02 May 2019 Echo Plans to convert office block in Riverside House Wickford to 48 flats
30 Apr 2019 Echo Aldi in Wickford plans to expand superstore
26 Apr 2019 Echo Campaign group go against Council ban to protest against pub/motel plans
10 Apr 2019 Echo Basildon Council elections 2019
03 Apr 2019 Echo Basildon Council admits no assessment of traveller sites on house prices
28 Mar 2019 Echo Plans for permanent traveller site in Wickford on same spot as illegal site
27 Mar 2019 Echo Marstons pub plan facing stiff opposition from Wickford residents
27 Mar 2019 Echo Essex town centres to get more police
25 Mar 2019 YA Wickford residents start petition over plot to build pub on beauty spot
08 Mar 2019 Echo Mark Francois and James Duddridge call for funds to improve A127
13 Mar 2019 Echo Residents invited to have say on plans for Wickford Parish Council
08 Feb 2019 Echo Basildon Council approves public consultation for Wickford Town Council
31 Jan 2019 Echo Plans revealed for new pub and hotel for Wickford
28 Jan 2019 YA Essex Council holding consultation on cuts to Wickford evening / weekend buses
25 Jan 2019 Echo Wickford welcomes new and much needed pre-school
18 Dec 2018 Echo Leaders warn homeless families forced out of London into Essex
12 Dec 2018 YA Labour and Tories at odds over how to save Basildon libraries
04 Dec 2018 YA Castle Point narrowly rejects Local Plan, threat of government intervention
29 Nov 2018 Echo Hovefields residents slam Council plans to authorise illegal traveller sites
23 Nov 2018 Echo Riverside House office block in Wickford could be 49 new flats
22 Nov 2018 Echo Wickford High Street could be closed every Saturday for 4 months
07 Nov 2018 Echo Bid to make A127 a three lane motorway
06 Nov 2018 YA Last chance for residents to have their say on Basildon's Local Plan
25 Oct 2018 Echo New pub and hotel for Wickford would create jobs
23 Oct 2018 Echo Wickford library to move as old site becomes 30 flats
22 Oct 2018 Essex-TV New family restaurant and pub comes to Wickford
19 Oct 2018 YA Local Plan for 18,000 homes passed by Basildon Council, but fears linger
10 Oct 2018 YA Basildon councillors trade barbs over £350k Billericay makeover
08 Oct 2018 Echo Basildon Labour say 'Borough to miss out on £22m boost'
05 Oct 2018 YA Basildon to lose £20m worth of infrastructure as Tories axe homes in Billericay
03 Oct 2018 Echo D-Day for new homes plan after long delay
27 Sep 2018 Echo Developers may be told by Basildon Council to pay £100m by 2034
20 Sep 2018 Echo Aldi in Wickford set to expand but not everyone is happy
31 Aug 2018 Echo Plans for 1,000 houses in Hovefields rejected by Council
24 Aug 2018 Echo Plans unveiled for 4,000 home garden development near A127
20 Aug 2018 YA Gypsy and traveller site behind Basildon golf course back on agenda
16 Aug 2018 Echo Calls for CCTV after Golden Jubilee Way underpass assault
16 Aug 2018 YA Cost of Basildon's Local Plan hits £2million
01 Aug 2018 YA Housing estate plan for 'The Belvedere' in Billericay
31 Jul 2018 Echo Site for thousands of extra homes needed
27 Jul 2018 Echo New homes total for Basildon may reach 24,000
25 Jul 2018 Echo New cinema for Basildon town centre
24 Jul 2018 Echo Travellers thrown off land in Wickford
19 Jul 2018 Echo Number of houses to be built in Basildon may increase by 4,000
11 Jul 2018 Echo Rail line to be upgraded
26 Jun 2018 Echo Frustration at housing plan delay
08 Jun 2018 YA Basildon Tory councillors send local plan back to committee
01 Jun 2018 YA Basildon Tories silent on whether housing minister backs Local Plan recall
28 May 2018 Echo 20,000 house plan could be thrown out
25 May 2018 YA Basildon Tories call extraordinary council meeting to rescind Local Plan
10 May 2018 Echo Two giant pub chains set to open in Wickford
10 May 2018 Echo Community group ready to move to new home
22 Apr 2018 Sunday Times Red, Blue or UKIP, it's a roll of the dice in 'Bas Vegas'
10 Apr 2018 Echo New party is fielding 2 candidates in Basildon elections
29 Mar 2018 Echo Review into failing road (A130) and waste schemes
28 Mar 2018 YA YA investigation reveals which Basildon councillors produce most case-work
27 Mar 2018 Echo 67 home mini estate planned for Twinstead in Wickford
23 Mar 2018 YA Basildon Local Plan approved, as Councillors trade insults
22 Mar 2018 YA Tory amendments fail over travellers, Hovefields and Billericay
20 Mar 2018 Echo Basildon Local Plan approved as hundreds pack out meeting
13 Mar 2018 YA Councillors heckled by fuming residents as Local Plan meeting is abandoned
08 Mar 2018 YA Basildon books Towngate Theatre for Local Plan meeting
07 Mar 2018 Echo Basildon Council housing plans slammed as 'outrageous'
06 Mar 2018 Echo One in three housing applications rejected in Basildon
06 Feb 2018 Echo £55,000 for CCTV in 3 Basildon parks, including Wickford
27 Jan 2018 Echo Former hostel to be torn down to make way for flats in Wickford
25 Jan 2018 Echo Push for park CCTV to stop vandalism
16 Jan 2018 YA Government orders Basildon to consider congestion charges on A127
10 Jan 2018 YA Council leader on his alleged vendetta against Billericay
02 Jan 2018 YA Council labour leader reports entire Conservative group to Standards Committee
20 Dec 2017 Echo Illegal development of caravan site is halted
29 Nov 2017 YA Bas Council set to challenge as new gov. housing target increases by 4,000
20 Nov 2017 YA Government intervenes in Bas Council Local Plan failure
15 Nov 2017 Echo 5,000 patients to find new doctor - Wickford's SECM closure confirmed
10 Nov 2017 YA Anger as Essex CC streetlight replacement budget runs out after 7 months
27 Oct 2017 YA Tories fail to protect our GP services
19 Oct 2017 YA Meeting hears 5000 Wickford residents must find new GP in January
07 Aug 2017 YA Basildon Council U-turns on plan to cut green-belt housing
27 Jul 2017 YA Basildon criticises Braintree over failure to take fair share of gypsy sites
25 Jul 2017 Echo Regeneration fund for town could be slashed
12 Jul 2017 Echo New £2m surgery opens up in town
06 Jul 2017 Echo Traveller encampments in Basildon rose 800% since Harlow injunctions
02 Jul 2017 Echo Roger Hirst hosts public meeting about crime issues in Wickford

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