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First Basildon, then Benfleet
Apr 8th
Eccentricity must be contagious in Essex.
No sooner had Basildon erected a Hollywood-style sign to impress visitors than the townsfolk of neighbouring Benfleet decided they had to put one up too.
Only, instead of spending £90,000 like Basildon Council, the rival version – built by one man after a night drinking – cost just £20.
Basildon Sporting Village
Apr 8th
Opening in April 2011 the Sporting Village will be the best public sports facility in Essex. Encouraging everyone to get active, it will offer residents from Basildon and across the county a real centre of sporting activity.
Facilities include:
- 50 metre swimming pool able to split into two 25m pools with seating for over 400
- Teaching pool
- Regional gymnastics centre and new home for the South Essex Gymnastics Club
- Fitness suite
- Multi-purpose studio
- Crèche and café
- Climbing wall
- Six floodlit five a side football pitches
- New athletics grandstand for 750 spectators
- 8 court sports hall
Related Links: A fly-through of the planned sporting village. – Youtube
Update 13 July 2011: The Basildon Sporting Village is now open! check out everyoneactive.com for all the details on opening times, membership and timetables.
Pizza Express coming to Bas Vegas
Apr 3rd
A NEW pizza restaurant is coming to Basildon.
Pizza Express will open in the building left vacant by Romano’s Macaroni Grill, on the Festival Leisure Park, last June.
It will be the first Pizza Express in the district.
via Echo
UPDATE: Pizza Express BasVegas is open and trading.
Unit 2, Festival Leisure Park
Basildon
Essex SS14 3ADTelephone: 01268 526622
Opening hours:
Mon – Sat: 12.00pm – 11.00pm
Sun: 12.00pm – 10.00pm
Information above from the Pizza Express website.
Man who threatened councillors is cautioned
Feb 11th
A SECURITY guard has been cautioned for making obscene and menacing anonymous calls to two Basildon councillors – causing one of them to have an angina attack.
Christopher Potts, 29, from Southend, a guard at the Laindon Centre, recieved the official warning for a string of abusive phone calls to Phil and Pat Rackley.
Police described the calls as “offensive, indecent, obscene and menacing”.
The only condition of the caution is Potts must write an apology letter to the Labour councillors for St Martin’s Ward.
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