by admin | Oct 31, 2022 | Ashingdon, Featured, Hawkwell, Hullbridge, Local News, Magazine, Rochford
Bonfire night and fireworks can be a nightmare for vulnerable adults, young children and family pets. That is why this year Rochford District Council is supporting the RSPCA firework #BangOutOfOrder campaign. As the campaign highlights, it not only for animals that do...
by admin | Oct 6, 2022 | Ashingdon, Featured, Hawkwell, Hullbridge, Local News, Magazine, Rochford
The local NHS is delighted to announce that it now has 51,649 residents participating in the BP@Home programme. National research shows that for every 50,000 patients monitoring their blood pressure at home we can prevent up to 500 heart attacks and almost 750 strokes...
by admin | Sep 17, 2021 | Ashingdon, Featured, Hawkwell, Hullbridge, Local News
No more disposable nappies in recycling bags, please! Rochford District Council are pleading with residents to stop putting disposable nappies and other sanitary waste in their recycling waste. Nappies (clean or dirty) are not recyclable. The same goes for sanitary...
by admin | Apr 16, 2021 | Ashingdon, Blog, Featured, Hawkwell, Hullbridge, Local News, Rochford
UK moves into next phase of vaccine roll-out The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has published its final advice for phase two of the vaccination programme, setting out that the most effective way to minimise hospitalisations and deaths is to...
by admin | Feb 24, 2021 | Ashingdon, Blog, Featured, Hawkwell, Hullbridge, Local News, Rochford
The final Council Tax bill for Rochford residents has now been agreed for 2021/2022. Rochford District Council agreed its budget for the next financial year on 16 February; however, the elements of the Council Tax that will be collected on behalf of other authorities...
by admin | Feb 8, 2021 | Ashingdon, Blog, Featured, Hawkwell, Hullbridge, Local News, Magazine, Rochford
People aged 70 and over who have not yet been vaccinated against Covid and who would like to be are today being asked to contact the NHS to arrange a jab. Until now the NHS has asked people to wait until they are contacted to help ensure that those who are most...