Sonia Watson Episodes Episode guide
-
Dentist appointments and Grays Athletic (14/07/2023)
Ian Wyatt sits in. 90% of UK practices are not accepting any new adult NHS patients.
-
Fiddlers Hamlet road worries and green waste (13/07/2023)
Residents demand action as several homes have been damaged by car crashes in recent years.
-
Police pay and is Southend unfit? (12/07/2023)
The Essex police chief says officers are leaving to become scaffolders and taxi drivers.
-
Uncut verges and singing bins (11/07/2023)
A Colchester councillor raises concern about the state of some of the city's grass verges.
-
Horse riding access and bedtime stories (10/07/2023)
Horse riders and Harlow Council are in dispute over access to a woodland area.
-
Noisy parrots and Ford Fiestas ()07/07/2023
A parrot owner gets a surprise after police turn up to reports of a 'woman in distress'.
-
Car cruising and healthy drumming (06/07/2023)
Four drivers have been given fixed penalty notices after breaching an order in Southend.
-
Celebrating 75 years of the NHS (05/07/2023)
Sonia speaks with former, present and future NHS staff as it marks its 75th anniversary.
-
ULEZ expansion and large families ()4/07/2023
A legal review of plans to expand the Ultra Low Emissions Zone to Essex borders begins.
-
Renting struggles and postal delays (03/07/2023)
Essex midwives speak out about the challenges of affording private rental properties.
-
Wimbledon fever and dogs on leads (30/06/2023)
Southend's Ryan Peniston will find out who he'll play in the first round of Wimbledon.
-
Illegal vape sales and horse flies (29/06/2023)
There are new concerns over illegal vapes being sold across the county.
-
Safer streets and badger road deaths (28/06/2023)
£4m is available for councils to bid for in the hope of improving public safety in Essex.
-
Electricity pylons and hayfever (27/06/2023)
Consultation on the proposed location of a new stretch of pylons across Essex has begun.
-
PARC Essex site and 'Bas Vegas' (26/06/2023)
A mum calls for the site of the former children's centre to be brought back into use.
-
Afghan refugees and RNLI walkout (23/06/2023)
From August, more than four hundred Afghan refugees will be evicted from hotels in Essex.
-
Beach sewage and Windrush music (22/06/2023)
Nine Essex beaches are issued with a pollution alert after a warning of sewage discharge.
-
Special educational needs protest and lightning strikes (21/06/2023)
Essex parents are heading to Parliament Square to ask for reforms to SEND education.
-
Colchester city centre and mortgages (20/06/2023)
The city's former Debenhams is going to become a leisure and entertainment complex.
-
Max Whitlock on children's sports clubs (19/06/2023)
More than half of parents plan to cut back on child's sport clubs due to cost pressures.
-
'Inadequate' hospitals and teacher working hours (16/06/2023)
Three Essex hospitals have been told they urgently need to improve by the CQC.
-
Boris Johnson report and auction surprises (15/06/2023)
The Privileges Committee report into whether the former-PM lied to Parliament is published
-
PARC closure one year on and matching tattoos (14/06/2023)
It's 12 months since the respite care centre in Great Notley closed unexpectedly.
-
McFly in Essex and mobile phones (13/06/2023)
The group came to Chelmsford for an album signing and to meet their fans.
-
Nina Hughes boxing and Essex darts (12/06/2023)
The Billericay boxer Nina Hughes retained her WBA World Bantamweight Title at the weekend.
-
Burglaries and cost of living (09/06/2023)
Essex Police chief BJ Harrington says they have seen a sharp fall in house burglaries.
-
Migrant barges and crow attacks (08/06/2023)
Reports suggest one of the barges to house asylum seekers could moored at Harwich Port.
-
Garden waste collections and West Ham (07/06/2023)
Sonia takes a look at the number of Essex councils going towards charging for collections.
-
Carer's rights and Southend ComicCon (06/06/2023)
Should we have the right to visit a loved one in hospital or a care home?
-
Trichotillomania and Spanish cleaning products (05/06/2023)
Chelmsford snooker player Matthew Selt talks about his compulsion to pull hair out.