Wasteful Braintree made to pay in Southport defeat
BRAINTREE Town were made to pay for several wasted chances as they were beaten 2-0 by Southport at Cressing Road. The Iron were guilty of several missed opportunities, especially from striker Jordan...
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Braintree MP Brooks Newmark to stand down after 'sexting' sting
Brooks Newmark is to stand down as an Conservative MP for Braintree after the General Election next year in the wake of the tabloid sex sting scandal.The 56-year-old resigned from his job as minister...
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Wilson blasts Heybridge Swifts as they slip to Great Wakering defeat
Heybridge manager Keith Wilson slammed his team's performance after his side laboured to a 1-0 defeat away at Great Wakering Rovers.The only goal of the game came just before the hour after youngster...
View ArticleWitham Town make FA Cup history with Needham Market victory
WITHAM Town reached the FA Cup fourth round qualifying for the first time in the club's history with a 2-1 victory at Needham Market.Garry Kimble's men went behind in the 34th minute courtesy of a...
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Chelmsford City goalkeeper Nicky Eyre retires
CHELMSFORD City goalkeeper Nicky Eyre has retired from football after stating that "The Goalkeeping tightrope that we walk every game has finally snapped for me."The 29-year-old made the announcement...
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Great grandma 'doesn't feel any different' despite turning 100
A GREAT-GRANDMOTHER-OF-FOUR still singing in the bath celebrated turning 100 with more than 60 members of her family.But Dorothy Morley, who lives at St Dominic's Residential Home in Kelvedon, said she...
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New £1m hall and nursery for Maldon Court Preparatory School
A SCHOOL is celebrating the opening of a new £1 million hall and nursery – the biggest redevelopment in its history.Work at Maldon Court Preparatory School started in July 2013 and now boasts new space...
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The dangers of drink: 'Ex-alcoholic Terry Martin: 'I lost my business, my...
IT TOOK the end of his marriage, the loss of his business and being told he had just weeks to live before Terry Martin came to terms with his alcoholism."I was drinking one to two bottles of vodka a...
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Autumn recipes: vegetable soup, sausage cassoulet, and plum and apple crumble...
What better way to celebrate the cooler autumn nights than getting stuck into the kitchen for decent, three course Sunday roast?Try the below out for size if you're stuck for ideas this weekendAutumn...
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Chelmsford Golf Club make history and reclaim Thornton Cup
CHELMSFORD Golf Club have become the first team in more than 40 years to win back-to-back Thornton Cups.The last team to achieve the feat in 1966 were Romford Golf Club, who Chelmsford beat this...
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Bicknacre's James Graham makes flying X Factor live show debut with his band...
Bicknacre's James Graham can finally name his X eight-piece boy band – and its called Stereo Kicks.The octet – who up until Saturday night were in a unnamed "new boy band" - made an notable first...
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What time is The X Factor Results on ITV tonight?
The X Factor live shows are in full swing, with all 16 acts taking to the stage for the first time this series on ITV last night.It was as if Simon Cowell, Cheryl Fernandez Versini had never been away...
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Forecasters warn of coldest winter for decades
THIS coming winter is being forecast as the coldest for decades with a deep arctic freeze set to just be weeks away.Forecasters are warning that Britain could face an Arctic winter in 2014, with some...
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Braintree high street closed following town centre attack
Three men from Braintree have been taken to hospital with head and facial injuries after being assaulted in the high street which has been closed while police carry out investigationsOne of the men, a...
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Elderly woman's panic alarm activated in burglary
Relatives found an elderly woman still asleep unaware that thieves had activated her panic alarm when they stole it.Police want to hear from anyone with information about a break-in at a house in...
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Named and shamed: a round up of cases heard by Essex magistrates
CASES heard by Chelmsford and Colchester magistrates from Wednesday, September 10 to Wednesday, September 17.Sent to prisonSTEPHEN EDMONDS, 57, of Crushden Place, Chelmsford, was sent to prison for...
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Chelmsford secure Whitehawk replay in eight-goal FA Cup thriller
CHELMSFORD City secured an FA Cup third round qualifying replay after playing out an eight-goal thriller with Whitehawk on Saturday. The game ended 4-4 with the replay to be played at Melbourne Stadium...
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Essex schools prepare for new-style GCSEs
ESSEX teachers are gearing up for one the biggest shake-ups of the secondary school exam system.Details of the new GCSEs, which will be tested by exams at the end of two years of study, are now being...
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Brooks Newmark wife moves out of Braintree home in wake of sex scandal
The wife of MP Brooks Newmark has reportedly left the family home in the wake of the sting in which he sent explicit photographs of himself to an undercover reporter.Yesterday, Mr Newmark's wife Lucy,...
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NHS workers go on strike in pay dispute
Thousands of NHS workers, including midwives and ambulances have gone on strike this morning in a row with the government over pay.Staff from six trade unions, including the Royal College of Midwives,...
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