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Congratulations to Essex Chronicle Sports Awards winners
AN OLYMPIC gold medallist, a Sunday league football team and the country's volleyball champions were among the sporting heroes honoured at the Essex Chronicle Media Group's Sports Awards.Paralympian...
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Police drop investigation into Lord Hanningfield expenses allegations
THE POLICE have dropped their investigation into allegations that Lord Hanningfield claimed fraudulent expenses during his leadership of Essex County Council.The peer was jailed for nine months last...
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Disgraced peer spent nearly £300k on Essex County Council corporate credit card
Lord Hanningfield spent £286,938.96 on the Essex County Credit Card between 2005 and 2010, a council audit reveals.The former front bench peer was leader of the council for 10 years, before stepping...
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Sam Corcoran delighted to be back in a Chelmsford City shirt
SAM CORCORAN says he's delighted to be back in a Claret shirt after coming through his first full game since returning to the club.The midfielder was a mainstay of the first-team last term but picked...
View ArticleHomes and allotments planned for vacant land in Melville Road
New family homes are set to be built and a neighbouring allotment site extended following the decision by Havering Council to sell a two-acre plot of land.The land, which is next to the allotments in...
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No stopping Justine as she lives her life to the fullest
JUSTINE Laymond had to learn to walk again after surviving a double lung transplant six years ago.But on Monday she lunched with the Prime Minister's wife before being honoured at the Inspirational...
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Education gap between rich and poor in Brentwood revealed
THE gap in school achievement between rich and poor is clear in Brentwood.Figures have shown that 35 per cent fewer children from poor backgrounds achieve five good GCSEs compared with those from...
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Essex set for high-tech attack on wintry conditions on the roads
ESSEX is set for its most high-tech attack ever on winter.Sixty brand new state-of-the-art snowplough gritter trucks, costing nearly £4.5 million, are lined up ready to tackle ice and snow.The vehicles...
View ArticlePolice crack down on illegal drivers in and around Chelmsford
PICKING up his phone to find the nearest McDonald's, a peckish Zoltan Kovacs did not realise that the famous golden arches were directly behind him.Unfortunately for the 26-year-old, he also failed to...
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Pensioner able to stay warm thanks to the Chronicle
AFTER reading's last week's Chronicle story about the Surviving Winter Appeal, Joyce Fitzer contacted the paper to find out how she could be helped.At 91, like many other older people in our community,...
View ArticleResidents urged to oppose waste transfer unit in Coggeshall
CONCERNED residents are urging people to object to plans for a waste transfer unit in Coggeshall.Planning permission for the unit in Priors Way was rejected by Essex County Council at the beginning of...
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Braintree Town's momentous FA Cup ends in proud defeat
BRAINTREE Town's momentous FA Cup run ended in disappointment at the Amlin Stadium on Tuesday evening with the 3-0 defeat by Tranmere Rovers.The current npower League One leaders proved too slick for...
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Electric heater is suspected cause of Navestock veteran's death
A FIRE that caused the death of a 90-year-old Second World War veteran just days before Remembrance Sunday might have been caused by an electric heater being left on too close to a sofa.As reported in...
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Mixed fortunes for Burnham in tri tournament
SUNDAY saw Burnham-on-Crouch Rugby Club women's team play in their first home Touch Rugby triangular against Chelmsford Ladies and South Woodham Ferrers Ladies.Despite the weather there was amazing...
View ArticleGirls reach east region indoor final
HOCKEY: Brentwood Hockey Club's Under-18 Girls' indoor hockey team beat Havering in the Essex Indoor Cup on Thursday evening.With only these two clubs entering the competition it was a winner takes all...
View ArticlePhoenix are to the four
THE game started in a balanced fashion and neither side looked better than the other.It was the University who looked the more likely to score in the opening few minutes but nothing came from the...
View ArticleLocal youths star for Essex
YOUTH FOOTBALL: Six Brentwood Town youth players and two more from Billericay Town formed the nucleus of the successful Essex Youth team that defeated Oxfordshire 4-1 in the FA Youth Cup Third Round on...
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Swifts put strugglers to sword
ALTHOUGH nine yellow cards and two red cards were shown in this match it was certainly by no means a dirty game.For Swifts this comprehensive victory over the bottom club who are without a league win...
View ArticleJamie's the main Guy again
MALDON & Tiptree showed their serious promotion credentials with a thoroughly professional performance against the Norfolk side at the Wallace Binder Stadium on Saturday.Clear at the top of the...
View ArticleBlues boss relishing FA Trophy clash with United
BILLERICAY Town boss Craig Edwards has hailed "a cracking draw" after The Blues were plucked from the hat to play non-league giants Cambridge United in the first round of the FA Trophy.Edwards's side...
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