Crackdown on false tax cut claims
BASILDON council is cracking down on people who fraudulently claim the 25 per cent single person council tax discount.Each year local authorities receive many applications for Single Person...
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Waitrose store, homes and an office block get go-ahead
CHELMSFORD'S drive to match up to its new city status was boosted this week with the approval of a Waitrose supermarket and a host of other multi-million pound redevelopments.The upmarket food store...
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Chelmsford community cafe open for business
A NEW community cafe has opened its doors and is inviting members of the public from around Chelmsford to pop in for a cup of coffee and slice of cake.The Jubilee Cafe held in the United Reformed...
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Innovative Bartercard is helping Essex small firms
THERE can't be many ways to rent office space without paying a penny in cash, but for Romford-based cleaning company CA Support Services, the business-to-business trade exchange Bartercard has allowed...
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Blackmore scoutmaster had online sexual chats with boys
A FORMER trainee teacher who was responsible for looking after young Scouts has pleaded guilty to engaging in lewd and sexual conversations with young boys through social networking sites.Christopher...
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Essex villains: Infamy real and imagined
William Calcraft, the most notorious hangman of the 19th century, was born in Little Baddow. Charles Dickens, on witnessing many of Calcraft's public executions, remarked that Calcraft should refrain...
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Memories of the Great Storm - 25 years later
TWENTY five years ago Britain's most destructive storm in more than 280 years hit southern England claiming 18 lives and causing £1.5 billion of damage.Not since the reign of Queen Anne in 1703 had...
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Essex divers reach new depths
A GROUP of Essex divers have become the first people to reach the depths of four British mountain lakes in just two days.The team of 13, which included walkers, first-aiders, drivers and divers,...
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Brentwood family need £7,000 for son's US tumor treatment
A TERRIFIED couple from Brentwood are desperately trying to raise £7,000 to pay for a potentially live-saving trip to America for their little boy, who hasn't even turned two yet.Last Boxing Day, the...
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No jail for breach by 18-year-old Wickford sex offender
A TEENAGER who sexually abused a girl for 13 months has been spared jail despite twice breaching his sexual offences prevention order.Daniel Frost, 18, of Wick Lane, Wickford, was convicted on five...
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Great Notley student avoids jail after biting man's ear off
A STUDENT who bit another man's ear off in a nightclub has been spared jail.Joseph Pryke, 21, of Millers Drive in Great Notley, was in the Candy Club in Chelmsford in April this year when he tore Jack...
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Maldon firm aims for top sausage in British Isles
A SAUSAGE-MAKER in Maldon is hoping his bangers will be crowned Britain's best at a national competition this month.Wesley Sims, who runs Meatline on West Station Yard, will be taking his Welsh Dragon...
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Double murderer David Oakes seeks overturn of whole-life sentence
DOUBLE murderer David Oakes has urged leading British judges to overturn his "whole-life" sentence.The former bouncer was told he would never be released after shooting dead his ex-partner, Christine...
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Drink-fuelled Martyn Bloomfield stabbed wife ten times
A JEALOUS husband who stabbed his wife ten times with a seven-inch vegetable knife for speaking to another man in a nightclub, has been jailed for nearly four years.Martyn Bloomfield, 56, a fishmonger...
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Canvey Island man Jamie Waters pleads guilty to manslaughter of Albanian Urim...
THE family of an Albanian man who died after being punched in the head have deplored the fact his killer pleaded not guilty to murder.Urim Rama, 26, an Albanian national who moved to England 15 years...
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Debut goal for Taylor as Billericay seal victory
THE Blues bounced back in style on Saturday with a comprehensive win over second placed Dorchester.The result gave manager Craig Edwards with a lift after his side were dumped out of the FA Cup four...
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The carnival is over for Witham unless you can help
WITHAM carnival needs your help to save it from folding.For nearly a century Witham carnival has entertained and enthralled the generations of the ancient market town.With queens and princesses...
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Book of condolences for Harlow family killed in fire
A book of condolences for the family killed in a tragic house fire will be opened in Harlow today. Harlow Council will open the book at the town's Civic Centre following the deaths of Dr Sabah Usmani...
View ArticleMother in court as man admits causing death of her son with one punch
THE MOTHER of an Albanian man who died in Chelmsford after being punched in the head flew to England to watch her son's killer plead guilty to his manslaughter. Urim Rama, 27, an Albanian national who...
View ArticleMother in court as man admits causing her son's death by one punch
THE MOTHER of an Albanian man who died in Chelmsford after being punched in the head flew to England to watch her son's killer plead guilty to his manslaughter. Urim Rama, 27, an Albanian national who...
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