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Fast cars and crossing placement endanger lives
I AM writing to draw your attention to the very great risk involved in providing the pedestrian crossings in Van Dieman's Lane, Chelmsford, near the Army and Navy roundabout.Although some means of...
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Goodbye to 2012 and welcome new year's challenges
CHRISTMAS is over, the turkey is eaten and the carols are sung, what now?Well we're heading into a new year with new challenges and surprises – some good and some not so good.We had some special...
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bus signs: County spends £670,000 on revamp
ESSEX County Council has announced plans to spend £670,000 on revamping the outdated electronic signs at bus stops to deliver more information based on the exact position of each bus and the predicted...
View ArticleMore cash is being spent on these pupils than elsewhere
NUMBERS from the Department for Education (DfE) confirm the initial cost to the taxpayer of the decision to grant a funding agreement to Becket Keys free school.Figures for 2012/13, collected via the...
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Mollie and a choir of little angels bring joy to hospice
A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl who single-handedly raised more than £600 for Farleigh Hospice finished the year by arranging for her school choir to pop along to sing for the patients.Mollie Tuff was joined by...
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Who deals with complaints?
THE last few weeks have been challenging for commuters, to say the least. Delays and disruptions have made our lives cold and difficult. But to whom do we write? Who's at fault?Since privatisation, the...
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Laura grateful for support that helped her into law career
LAURA McKoy, an outstanding law student whose family home is in Braintree, is among the young people who have been given a grant by the Belinda Starling Fund.Laura was not from a privileged background...
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Wickham Bishops teen's night nets £26k for Teenage Cancer Trust
A TEENAGER raised over £26,000 in just one night for a charity which supports teenagers with cancer.Kelly Setter decided to hold a charity ball for the Teenage Cancer Trust despite never having...
View ArticleSteve calls time on his career after 24 years
BBC Essex veteran Steve Scruton will wave an emotional farewell to the station he has served for 24 years on New Year's Eve.The 61-year-old, of Colchester, who started his career as a volunteer at...
View ArticleMayor gives £60k to community schemes
THE Mayor of Brentwood, Cllr Ann Coe, awarded a total of £60,000 to groups that run community schemes in the area.A total of 25 organisations from the Brentwood area were presented sums from the...
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Wedding guest in fine mess over bin bags dumped in Chelmsford
A WEDDING guest has been fined £873 for a load of bin bags dumped just metres from the reception – all because her name was on the venue booking sheet.Lucia Machaya, 29, of The Windmills in Broomfield,...
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Michelin Star chef helps Witham man make luxury mince pies
IT'S not every day a chef from a three Michelin Star restaurant pops in for tea and a mince pie.But for Kristian Collins the dream became reality after he successfully bid for The Fat Duck's head...
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Family of Maldon boy in coma at bedside over Christmas
THE FAMILY of a 16-year-boy who is in a coma after falling off a children's ride at his local park spent Christmas day at his bedside in hospital.Sam Richards, of Mundon Road in Maldon, fractured his...
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Ice skating pair win British Championship after less than a year
DESPITE only being together for four months this duo have been crowned British Pairs champions.Steven Adcock, 17, from Chelmsford and his partner Robynne Tweedale won the event in Sheffield at the end...
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Royal photographer Arthur Edwards shares tales for charity
ROYAL photographer Arthur Edwards MBE has been busy giving talks across the county about his 38-year career cataloguing the movements of the Royal Family.The Sun newspaper photographer began with a...
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Eric Hall will become Monster Memory as show is pulled
A POPULAR radio DJ axed as part of the BBC's cuts claims he only found out he would be leaving in a staff newsletter.BBC Essex star Eric Hall's popular Monster Memories show has been cut in a major...
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Chelmsford's historic Shire Hall shut as masonry falls into street
CHELMSFORD'S historic Shire Hall has been temporarily shut after bits of concrete started falling off the building.Officials at the building's owners Essex County Council were alerted when pieces of...
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Accused denies murdering William Martindale as trial date is set
A MAN who denies the murder of another man by hitting him with a pickaxe handle at a farm in Ongar faces a two-week trial in April next year.Paul Groves appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court on Tuesday,...
View ArticleConmen targeting elderly foiled thanks to Havering council scheme
CON artists who tried to trick two pensioners out of more than £5,000 have been foiled, thanks to a council safeguarding scheme.In the past year, Havering Borough's banking protocol initiative has...
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12-year-old Romford girl wins award after saving pensioner's life
A 12-YEAR-OLD girl saved a man's life by resuscitation when she saw him collapse in a park.Cydney Purcell single-handedly made the pensioner comfortable, phoned for an ambulance and then undertook CPR...
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