Here is a rundown of some of the key cases heard at Basildon and Southend Magistrates Courts.
Harvey Joyce, 23, of Redgrave Road, Basildon, admitted driving with no licence or insurance after being stopped on January 16 this year in Redgrave Road. He was fined £120, but Basildon Magistrates’ Court gave him no ban, due to “exceptional hardship” of a pregnant wife and having to care for his dementia-stricken grandmother. Joyce was given six penalty points.
Steve George, 30, of Meadgate, Basildon, admitted harassing the woman between March 19 and 30 this year. At Basildon Magistrates’ Court he was given 100 hours unpaid work and 20 days rehabilitation following the case.
09 02 2021
INSPIRED BY PUNK, angered by Thatcher and in love with ’60s culture, the UK indie scene produced some of the greatest (and oddest) pop records of all time. It all began on December 28, 1976 at Indigo Studios on Gartside Street in Manchester. The Buzzcocks had just recorded and mixed four songs destined for the Spiral Scratch EP. A month later the EP would be released on the band’s own New Hormones label, in the process spawning a scene of musicians, songwriters and labels hell-bent on doing it for themselves. Forged in the political turmoil of the late ’70s and early ’80s, labels such as Postcard, Creation, Factory, Zoo and Rough Trade emerged as maverick flag-bearers of a new eclectic indie aesthetic. The DIY revolution had begun and British pop would never be the same again.