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United in delight as cash is raised for Hatfield Peverel clubhouse
A VILLAGE football club, founded in 1903, has raised nearly £300,000 for a new clubhouse.Hatfield Peverel FC was told five years ago by the parish council to leave its home on the Recreation Ground in...
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LIVE MAP:Essex winter gritting routes 2012
Essex County Council has created an online map showing the route gritters will take over the winter, and tracking them in real time. The red route on the map - below - shows the 1,900 miles of Essex...
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Community Tree Planting Day Success
On the 3rd and 4th November the Wilderness Foundation UK and Strutt & Parker Farms hosted their first of several community tree planting day. The event was open to the general public and began at...
View ArticleBraintree town players 'gutted' to miss out
TWO Iron players who are bitterly disappointed at losing out on the big game are central defender Dean Wells and right-back Ryan Peters.Wells, still out with a dislocated shoulder and who has been...
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Chelmsford Ryan nominated as UK Youth Builder 2012
A TEENAGER from Chelmsford put down his building tools and took a trip to the House of Commons last week, to receive a reward for his hard work in transforming his life.Ryan Andrews, 15, was one of...
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Essex Police DCI awarded for work with domestic abuse victims
A FEMALE detective chief inspector has been recognised for her outstanding work for domestic abuse victims in Essex.DCI Denise Morrissey, of Essex Police, was rewarded at the National Police Bravery...
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Olympic flags donated to Chelmsford's Mildmay school
A SHOPPING centre in Chelmsford has donated dozens of flags from their Olympic displays to a local primary school.Pupils from Mildmay Infant and Nursery School visited the High Chelmer Shopping Centre...
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British Legion's volunteers in Brentwood for Poppy Appeal
THE lives of more ex-servicemen are set for a much-needed boost, after Royal British Legion volunteers took to Brentwood High Street to launch this year's Poppy Appeal.Every year the RBL asks for...
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Saffron Walden teens given two-year ASBOs
Three teens from Saffron Walden have been made subject of wide-ranging anti-social behaviour orders for two years. Brothers Liam and Joshua Coles, aged 15 and 16, and Ceiran Bennett, aged 16, were...
View ArticleChelmsford U14s Fall To Firestorm
On Saturday 3rd November 2012 Chelmsford Under14 Braves ice hockey team made the journey to Guildford to face top of the table Firestorm. This would prove to be the toughest test of the developing...
View ArticleChelmsford U16s Destroy Swindon
The Swindon away game… Chelmsford expected to win but unknown yet, was by what measure. Could the score be close or be further apart than anticipated? The lads didn't know… As game time neared, the...
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Grays man thanks police and passer-by who saved his life after river fall
Man who spent more than two hours trapped in rivers has praised police officers who came to his aid. Michael Dabbs, 63, was stuck in the river at Grays for more than two hours, and came close to...
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Pop N Grow....helping poorly babies and children to keep warm
Back in March I became the Chelmsford rep for a small no profit group who's aim was to provide practical medical clothing to every unit in the UK for FREE. My mission was to raise £100 a year in order...
View ArticleRobbery suspect 'threatened to kill victim in hallway'
A MAN from Rainham on trial for robbery "foamed at the mouth" as he sexually assaulted and threatened to kill a mother-of-one in her own home, a court has been told.Petros Marozas, 40, is said to have...
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Last Post will sound as North Weald remembers
THE Glorious Dead, not to mention those who have died serving Britain in contemporary wars, will once again be commemorated in North Weald on Sunday, 94 years to the day since the guns fell silent on...
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New Ongar medical centre still empty six months on
MAJOR questions are hanging over the future of the multimillion-pound Ongar Memorial Medical Centre – languishing empty since building work finished in May.The £6.7 million facility in Fyfield Road had...
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Essex County Councillors argue over pothole costs
JUST 29 per cent of compensation claims to Essex County Council in respect of pothole damage to cars have been successful in the past three years.Between April 2009 and April 2012, the authority...
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Romford Boro net last gasp winner
IT WAS a case of the late, late show for the Boro on Saturday with their winner coming deep into injury time courtesy of a Nick Reynolds header.Boro fully deserved their victory which keeps them...
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Wife's diary snared Billericay drugs farm worker
A HANDYMAN who helped set up a major cannabis-producing farm has been ordered by a court to hand over £123,000 of his ill-gotten gains.Michael Horsnell, 47, of The Pantiles, Billericay, was snared...
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'Barbaric' Romford thug John Gregory bit sister's lover's ear off
A THUG who bit his sister's boyfriend's ear off in a "barbaric piece of violence" has been jailed for 11 years.John Gregory, 29, of Maxey Road, Romford, ripped off the top part of Shahzad Qureshi's...
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