Rayleigh residents demand more money goes towards preventing flooding in ...

Members of Rawreth Flood action group are angry at the news Hockley are receiving so much money from Essex County Council to help improve drainage and prevent flooding as they feel the money should be shared out with the whole district.

Residents protest as development committee gets drastically reduced

Anthony Burke MBE, 79, of Rawreth Lane, Rayleigh, also feels it is undemocratic and protested the motion prior to the meeting. He said: “It is the final nail in the coffin of this council that have run a roughshod over their constituents. It i

Thieves steal trucks full of gravestones from Rawreth Industrial estate

The gang stole three trucks, two of which were packed with headstones destined for graveyards in Pitsea, Rochford, Runwell and Chadwell St Mary, after breaking into Abbey Memorials, on the Rawreth Industrial Estate. CCTV footage shows the thie