Freddie Lynne

London, United Kingdom

Content Editor and Journalist at Essex Chronicle

Journalist, content editor @essexlive, has own cleft sticks

Articles

Essex driver, 81, tracks down her first car that she rescued from scrapyard

3 weeks ago | essexlive.news | Freddie Lynne

An 81-year-old driver tracked down the 1929 car she learned to drive in age 16 after she salvaged it from the scrapheap. Merriel Gallifant's father Harry Booth bought the 1929 Singer Junior from a scrapyard in 1961 and the teenager decided it would be ideal to learn to drive in. She fondly remembers practising gearstick changes in front of her father's Old Cottage Paint shop in Stanway, Essex. Mr Booth then sold the Singer to couple David and Sylvia Rouse who bought it for £5 in 1962.
Condemned hair salon in private Essex garden told it must close in a month

3 weeks ago | essexlive.news | Freddie Lynne

The owner of a back-garden hair salon has stepped up their fight to continue operating despite being given just one month to close. Earlier this year, Southend Council's development control committee voted against allowing the owners of 19 Blatches Chase, Eastwood, to continue using an outbuilding in their garden as a hair salon five days a week.
Sudden price hike on chocolate at Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons

4 weeks ago | cambridge-news.co.uk | Freddie Lynne |Katie Elliott

Chocolate prices have soared since the beginning of the year, and it's predicted to get worse. Some supermarkets are demanding as much as £6 for a large bar of Cadbury's Dairy Milk, with consumers being cautioned to "prepare to pay more". The price hike is rooted in a disappointing cocoa harvest last December, causing the global cost of cocoa to reach a "record-breaking" $12,900 per tonne.
Plans for new flats and and shop in Peterborough neighbourhood

1 month ago | cambridge-news.co.uk | Joe Griffin |Freddie Lynne

Plans have been submitted to Peterborough City Council for the construction of 14 new flats and a convenience store in Hampton Water. The proposed development on land off Aqua Drive would be a mixed-use building, with the shop on the ground floor and 14 two-bedroom flats above. Located opposite the St John Henry Newman Catholic Primary School, the site would fill what is currently a vacant piece of formerly agricultural land.
Pensioners paid up to £2,797 less per year if they're born before certain year

1 month ago | msn.com | Freddie Lynne |Natalie King |Claire Schofield

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Pensioners paid up to £2,797 less per year if they're born before certain year

1 month ago | cambridge-news.co.uk | Freddie Lynne |Natalie King |Claire Schofield

State pensioners born in certain years will receive up to £2,797 less annually in State Pension payments compared to other retirees. The UK's State Pension system is split into two distinct schemes - basic and new - each of which are paid at different rates. Men born before April 6, 1951, and women born before April 6, 1953, are entitled to the basic State Pension, which under the new rates from April 2025, is worth up to £176.45 per week if you receive the full amount.
The stunning Cambridgeshire hills said to be the final resting place of England's last giant

1 month ago | cambridge-news.co.uk | Freddie Lynne

Cambridgeshire is awash with strange tales and local folklore, from the immortal Fen Tiger and Black Shuck to the spooky lantern men. But one of its oddest legends comes from a 12th-century history of the kings of Britain. Long ago many people in Europe believed that the British Isles, which they called Albion, was a mythical place. It was supposedly ruled by giants and had many other fantastical creatures and beings.
Cambridge wins Boat Race with clean sweep for men’s and women's crews

1 month ago | cambridge-news.co.uk | Freddie Lynne |Rachel Steinberg PA

Cambridge completed a clean sweep on the Thames with victories in the men's, women's and both reserve Boat Races. It was expected to be a tight battle in the 170th men's edition, but instead the light blue boat built up an early lead and never looked back, shocking an Oxford boat stacked with several Olympians.
Dagenham teacher banned after admitting sexual relationship with school pupil

1 month ago | essexlive.news | Freddie Lynne

A maths teacher who had a sexual relationship with a pupil and smoked weed with her in his car has been banned from the profession. Mark Migallos, who taught at an unnamed school in Dagenham, admitted a series of allegations, including kissing and masturbating over clothes and consuming cocaine, ketamine, and cannabis in his spare time, reports MyLondon. The tribunal heard Mr Migallos communicated with the female pupil outside of school, using Google classroom, and that they shared video calls.
The Cambridge Boat Race rower who competes with serious heart condition

1 month ago | cambridge-news.co.uk | Freddie Lynne |Rachel Steinberg PA

Cambridge six-seat James Robson has more than just a place of birth in common with Manchester United's Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen. This weekend the MBA student will be looking to power the light blue boat to a third straight victory, three years after looking down at his smartwatch whilst out on the water with a Great Britain team-mate and noticing his heart rate was unusually high.