Grayson eyes replacement for Quiney
ESSEX coach Paul Grayson has revealed that the club is looking at bringing in another overseas player to fill the void left by Rob Quiney.Australian Quiney has been ruled out for ten to 12 weeks with a...
View ArticleVIDEO: Is this the noisiest manhole cover in Essex?
A noisy manhole cover in Wickford has been driving residents and traders mad.The metal cover has been making a racket as cars drive over and cause a loud clanging sound. Residents are being kept awake...
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VIDEO: University of Essex holds underwater lecture
Students can be sometimes be heard complaining of drowning in work, so imagine how these University of Essex biologists felt. Lectures, held 18 metres under the sea in remote Indonesia for the first...
View ArticleNo change for Essex fire service despite national review
Officers at Essex County Fire and Rescue have said they have no current plans to merge in the wake of a review which called for a radical shake-up of the way fire services are managed. Former fire...
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Bus company 'investigating' after Chelmsford bus rail bridge crash
Chelmsford bus company Regal Busways has opened an investigation after one of its double decker buses collided into a railway bridge during rush hour yesterday. At about 4.30pm, the route three...
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Brentwood Gazette crowned Weekly Newspaper of the Year
The Brentwood Gazette won the Weekly Paper of the Year Award at today's Society of Editors' Regional Press Awards 2012.It beat strong competition in the below 20,000 circulation category from the Bucks...
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Essex backpacker dies in Indonesia after drinking poisoned 'gin'
An Essex backpacker has died after drinking poisoned alcohol during a trek in the Indonesian jungle. Cheznye Emmons, 23, had been travelling with her boyfriend when she fell ill hours after drinking...
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Investigation after fire rages at disused school
A police investigation is under way after a large fire severely damaged a disused school in South Ockendon last night. People were evacuated from their homes after the blaze erupted at around 10.30pm...
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Safety fears after 'nothing done' about damaged pavement
ANGRY householders in Ingatestone have hit out at Essex County Council after a three-month wait for a badly damaged pavement to be repaired. The section of paving in The Hoppet, off Stock Lane, which...
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Five things to do in Essex this weekend
This weekend in Essex is packed with events for all the family. Take a look below at our pick of some things to do. Click the titles for full details. Twilight Spectacle, South Woodham Ferrers,...
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Brentwood set to bounce back after South Woodford defeat
BRENTWOOD chairman Paul Webb believes his side were some 20 or 30 runs short of a winning total as they fell to an opening day loss at South Woodford.Brentwood really struggled with the bat, with only...
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Save our gravel pits! Battle lines drawn over fishing lake plans
RESIDENTS, bird-watchers and environmentalists are fighting plans to turn a wildlife haven into a commercial fishing lake.The application to transform the scenic Heybridge gravel pits, on Hall Road,...
View ArticleBraintree Rugby Club has a ball for 50th anniversary
RUGBY: More than 450 members spanning four generations let their hair down in spectacular style at Braintree Rugby Club's 50th Anniversary Ball on Saturday evening.Philip Fouche won the Outstanding...
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Relief after time called on pub development plans
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build nine houses on the site of a pub have been withdrawn.Councillors were due to discuss the application to turn The Compasses pub, Great Totham, into homes at a planning...
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Spiritual healing centre would be 'an antidote to TOWIE'
"THE Only Way Is Essex is just another sign of the self-loathing, image-obsessed society in west Essex."These are the thoughts of mum of two Jacqui Cullen, who wants to open a spiritual centre in...
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Birthday picnic for baby born on plane to Spain
GRIPPING her panic-stricken husband Mark's hand tight, surrounded by two midwives and all the while about 35,000 feet above the ground, Kelly Fisk started giving birth on a plane.As her emergency jet...
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Stay of execution for post office after village hall move
A VILLAGE post office has been saved at the last minute from closure after three years under threat.The branch in Tolleshunt D'Arcy, which has been serving villagers for more than 70 years, was set to...
View ArticleOne hundred new foster carers needed in Essex
A HUNDRED new foster carers are needed in Essex in order to look after children who have been removed from their families.The call comes at the end of Foster Care Fortnight, the UK's biggest fostering...
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From humble beginnings to fixture of the high street
A HARDWARE shop which has long been a fixture in Ingatestone High Street turned 125 years old this week.Since 1888, Patrick Green has helped to shape the homes, sports clubs, social clubs, shops and...
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Ongar Sainsbury's shops for charity partners
STAFF at a supermarket are asking residents to help them choose a new charity to support in 2013.Sainsbury's Chipping Ongar is on the lookout for a new Local Charity Partner after previously raising...
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