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Books Are My Bag: Youngsters get into the spirit
BRENTWOOD'S specialist bookshop that caters for younger readers has been marking the start of the biggest ever campaign for bookshops with a launch party.Books Are My Bag was celebrated at the Chicken...
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Up, up and away! Annual Kite festival is a success
FAMILIES flocked to Wickford to revel in the colourful displays and informative tutorials of the annual kite festival.Children made their own kites on Sunday at Wick County Park, off Tresco Way, and...
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Can you play the ukelele? The orchestra too cool for school
THE ukulele has not always been the most popular instrument of choice but with folk bands like Mumford and Sons topping the charts it is perhaps little surprise it has seen a resurgence of interest...
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Shorts and female members? This Rotarian's seen it all
A LOT has changed in 40 years and one Ongar Rotarian has seen it all – from allowing female members to join to ditching the dress code and allowing shorts.Tony Moore, 80, a retired youth worker, made...
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'Heart attack prompted me to speak out for patients'
A MAN who has survived two heart attacks is now leading the way to transform the NHS as a patient representative.Trevor Fernandes, 59, of Maritime Avenue in Heybridge Basin, suffered his first heart...
View ArticleVicarages seeing the light on solar panels
ALMOST 200 vicarages throughout Essex are set to go green this month, thanks to the installation of solar panels.The 185 vicarages have been asked to go solar to save the vicars of the Diocese of...
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Radio station's 24 hour marathon broadcast
VOLUNTEERS came in around the clock for the annual Big Bedrock 24-hour marathon broadcast at Queen's Hospital, Romford, raising £700.Bedrock broadcast the marathon live from their in-house studio,...
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'It's great to come back home to Essex' says former Les Miserables star
A FORMER star of the West End musical Les Misérables is set to take centre stage at Stock Village Hall.Gary Tushaw starred as Marius Pontmercy in 2005 and will make a special guest appearance at a...
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PICTURES: Brentwood's best actors take a bow
THERE'S no business like showbusiness for Brentwood's theatrical glitterati, who celebrated the 17th annual Brents in style.The gongs are a nod to the town's actors, directors and people behind the...
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Sixth formers set sail with their own company
NOT CONTENT with spending the next year working hard on their A-level studies, a group of sixth formers wants to earn some extra cash by setting up and running their own company.Fired up after landing...
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'I'm scared of heights but I jumped out of an aeroplane for charity'
A CHELMSFORD man who is scared of heights and flying has raised more than £600 for an autism charity by completing a skydive.Dave Todd, 29, and his 25-year-old fiancée Kayleigh Dean, who live in...
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'New green belt homes would cripple our town'
KEEP off our green belt land – this is the message coming from Ongar residents who are protecting the town from a potential development of hundreds of homes.Residents of the Shelley estate are coming...
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New market will boost town - but is everyone happy?
FOR two days Wickford High Street will be transformed into a bustling market place with traders from France, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Holland.The Continental Market will return to the town for the...
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Stansted Airport passengers to rise by 50%
ONLY six months after completing its acquisition of Stansted Airport, Manchester Airports Group has announced a new agreement which will see the number of passengers increase by more than 50 per cent...
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A cancer widower's tribute: 'I want to carry her inspiration on'
A LOVING husband who lost his wife to cancer has written a book about her journey in the hope of inspiring others.Irene Yarrow died in March last year aged 65 after 12 years battling bowel cancer. She...
View ArticleA cancer widower's tribute: 'I want to carry on her inspiration'
A LOVING husband who lost his wife to cancer has written a book about her journey in the hope of inspiring others.Irene Yarrow died last March aged 65 after 12 years battling against bowel cancer and...
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Hard work pays off for councillor Colin
AFTER nearly 35 years of lobbying, believing and putting the work in, parish councillor Colin Thompson has seen a landfill site transformed into a beautiful nature reserve.On Wednesday, the Moreton...
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To the manor born: Lord drops in to meet villagers
TITLES are ten a penny these days. Any Tom, Dick or Harry can pop online and, for the price of a week's shopping, become a Lord or Lady.The buying of titles is nothing new – however, before the...
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Volunteers needed to protect carnival's future
THE Maldon Carnival organisers are already looking to the community for some new volunteers to help safeguard the event's successful return next August.This year's carnival was a huge success drawing...
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UPDATE: West Ham United 'would be prepared to assist' police over pensioner...
West Ham United Football Club would be prepared to assist police during the investigation into an attack on a pensioner on a train to Southend, the Brentwood Gazette understands. Pensioner subjected to...
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