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To bee or not to bee: Chelmsford householders buzzing over rise in sightings
BEEKEEPERS say they are being deluged with more than 30 calls a day to move the wrong type of bees.Chelmsford Beekeepers' Association says it primarily deals with honeybees, which have up to 50,000 in...
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'A pair of trousers can feed a family': Salvation Army in plea for unwanted...
THE Salvation Army shop in Maldon wants shoppers to donate their unwanted clothes, unsightly shoes and unfashionable accessories.The store, based on the High street, is taking part in the national Open...
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Essex County Council workers sacked over corruption and fraud allegations
INVESTIGATIONS into allegations of fraud, corruption and bribery have been made against 40 county council staff in three years, it has been revealed.A quarter of those probes for the past three...
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Great and good of Essex named on Queen's Birthday Honours list
Dozens of charity volunteers and public sector workers from Essex have been recognised for their time and effort in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours. Anne Mitchell, chief riding instructor at...
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30 people evacuated after block of flats catches fire in Great Baddow
SOME 30 people have been left homeless after a fire raged in a block of flats in the early hours. Three crews from Chelmsford and one from Great Baddow were called to Harberd Tye in Great Baddow,...
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Brilliant Bopara blasts Essex to top of table
Ravi Bopara continued his fine form with the bat as Essex Eagles went top of the NatWest T20 Blast South Division with a win over Gloucestershire. Hamish Marshall's 74 had ensured the Eagles needed 163...
View ArticleWorld Cup 2014 Digest: All eyes on Manaus
After last night's shock result in Salvador, it's all eyes on Manaus today as England take their first steps on the path to World Cup, ahem, glory?! At 11pm tonight, Roy Hodgson sends his side out to...
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Great Baddow fire: people homeless after building condemned
THIS is the scene bewildered residents woke up to this morning after a fire raged in the early hours. It is thought an electrical fault in the loft of the housing association flats in Harberd Tye,...
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Great Baddow fire: Essex County and Rescue Service release images
Photos of the fire at Harberd Tye, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, this morning. Courtesy of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service.
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'Stray flare' sparks field fire in Mayland
A CROP field caught fire because of a stray flare. Firefighters used four hose reels to tackle the blaze off Mayland Close, Mayland at 3.20pm. Crews arriving at the scene reported that half of the...
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Fundraising fair to kick-off vital bid for girl's much needed new wheelchair
A 13-YEAR-OLD girl confined to a faulty electric wheelchair is looking to raise almost £20,000 so she can buy a new one – and has invited her whole village to the fundraising party and will even shave...
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30k benefit fraudster Pascale du Bois 'thought she was only taking what was...
A CLEANER has been handed a suspended sentence for defrauding more than £30,000 in housing benefit payments.Pascale Du Bois, 47, of Cusak Road, Springfield, pleaded guilty to two counts of benefit...
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Historian in tears over mystery dog tag discovery at Essex Record Office
AN AMATEUR historian researching her former home accidentally stumbled upon the dog tag of an airmen killed in a plane crash.Ann Brooker was looking into the history of her former home East Court Farm...
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Named and shamed: a round up of cases heard by Essex magistrates
CASES heard by Chelmsford and Colchester magistrates from Tuesday, April 22 to Saturday, May 5. Sent to prison MICHAEL ALLAN JONES, 22, of Coggeshall Road, Braintree, was sent to prison for 16 weeks...
View ArticleWorld Cup 2014 Digest: England fail to inspire in opening loss
So, England's World Cup campaign began with a defeat. And while there were positives - which many experts have been quick to eccentuate - I must admit the whole thing left me a bit flat. As I said...
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Corpus Christi procession parades through Chelmsford
Catholics took to the streets in their hundreds this afternoon to celebrate Corpus Christi. Starting out from Our Lady Immaculate School, the custom saw priests carry the Blessed Sacrament in a loop...
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Heybridge fire: two people treated for smoke inhalation as blaze wrecks block...
TWO people had to be treated for the effects of smoke inhalation after a fire in a block of flats. Four fire crews took more than an hour and a half to extinguish the blaze at Wood Road, Heybridge,this...
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Parents' outrage over school bus price rise by Essex County Council
TWO mums will rally around their MP to try overturning the "ridiculous" price hike in post-16 school transport in Essex.Maria Herbert and Sandra Colledge, of Great Leighs, have been plunged into dire...
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Broomfield Hospital nurse Ide Warren accused over patients' urine soaked sheets
A NURSE stands accused of abandoning a patient in their urine-soaked sheets, leaving a morphine syringe lying around and a catalogue of other failures.Former Broomfield Hospital staff nurse Ide Warren...
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New Aldi for Chelmsford 'will unlock Army & Navy two-way flyover proposals'
A VITAL parcel of land that will allow the city's notorious Army & Navy flyover to be replaced is finally available after plans for an Aldi supermarket were given the go ahead.More than four years...
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