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Billericay Operatic Society on lookout for new members
AN 83-YEAR-OLD operatic society is on the lookout for male actors after scooping a host of awards at the local equivalent of the Oscars.The Billericay Operatic Society won five awards at The Brents...
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New award scheme set up for those who help Brentwood County High School
COMMUNITY servants who contribute to the life of one of Brentwood's biggest schools are to be honoured in a new awards scheme.Brentwood County High School Community Awards are being run to recognise...
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Chelmsford Chieftains continue their impressive start
THERE'S no stopping Chelmsford Chieftains as they continued their unbeaten start to the season with commanding displays in their two weekend games.First on Saturday, Slough NIHL Jets arrived at the...
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Kelvedon lollipop man is welcomed back after operation
AFTER a year-long absence from the roads of an Essex village, Skip the lollipop man has returned.The children of St Mary's Primary School in Kelvedon have had to battle the traffic all by themselves...
View ArticleIronman Sean has the Wright stuff for challenge
SEAN Wright was barely able to swim 50 metres, even before a serious accident left him with a badly dislocated shoulder.That makes it all the more extraordinary that 18 months after tearing most of the...
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Basildon Borough Council to reconsider finances after cuts
THE "unprecedented" state of public sector finances has forced Basildon Borough Council to amend its financial strategy.On Thursday evening, elected members will consider a report to cabinet which...
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Coggeshall 'let down' as plans for Co-op store are scrapped
PLANS to build a new food store in Coggeshall have been scrapped, to the disappointment of many local people.The plans to build a new Co-operative store on the site of the former Fleetshield garage in...
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Three children and woman killed in Harlow house fire
Three children and a woman have died in a house fire in Harlow which broke out in the early hours of this morning. Crews were called to the home in Barn Mead around 1.40am. The cause of the fire is now...
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Police say Harlow fire which killed mother and four children is "suspicious"
Detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate are treating the fatal fire at Barn Mead, Harlow as suspicious. Police say the fire in Harlow in which a mother and four of her children...
View ArticleKiddi Caru Colchester Bakes A Difference To Great Ormond Street Hospital
It's aprons on and sleeves up this week for the children and parents at Kiddi Caru's Colchester Day Nursery, as they get baking for National Baking Week and its charity partner for this year, Great...
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Harlow fire deaths - Essex Police press conference
Essex Police this afternoon held a press conference following the death of four children and their mother in a suspicious house fire. Three children - two boys aged six and 11, and an 12-year-old girl,...
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Updated police map puts Essex crime in context
People in Essex can now compare crime levels in their neighbourhood with other areas and see how recorded crime rates have changed over the past three years, thanks to a newly-expanded crime-mapping...
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Strip Waxing Bar Opens in Loughton
Danielle Featherstone-Price, a founder of Strip tells us about luxury waxing, celebrity clients, and their racy range of lingerie. The waxing salon, Strip, has stripped women of unwanted body hair for...
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Early call for Santas to get fit for annual charity dash
CHRISTMAS arrived two months early at the weekend, as Santa parked his sleigh on Chelmsford High Street to launch Farleigh Hospice's annual fun run.The Santa Fun Run began in 2008 and has already...
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'Shambles' claim at Ongar ambulance station
CUTS to the ambulance service in Ongar resulted in a man being taken for treatment in the back of a removal van, it has been claimed.Paramedics were called to treat a man who had fallen from his...
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Boris's Stansted expansion call is attacked by opponents
CAMPAIGNERS have branded Boris Johnson a "bonkeramus" for suggesting Stansted Airport should be expanded.In a speech to business leaders last week, the Mayor or London again rejected calls for another...
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Essex Police crackdown on travelling criminals
CRIMINALS travelling into the borough from outlying areas to burgle properties have been targeted in a police operation.One illegal vehicle was seized and there was one arrest of an individual wanted...
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Schoolboy triathletes win Team GB selections
THESE schoolboy triathletes have won call-ups to represent Great Britain.Both Arran Rae, 16, and Oliver Swallow, 14, will compete in Turkey next year at the European Under 19 Championships after...
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Visitors flock to meet the stars at Brentwood Family Festival
STARS attending the county's first Indoor Family Festival acted like a huge magnet, attracting thousands of visitors.The two-day event at the Brentwood Centre, in Doddinghurst Road, featured Paralympic...
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Drifter denied killing former Witham vicar John Suddards when first arrested,...
THE man accused of murdering former Witham vicar John Suddards and a retired teacher denied any knowledge of the killings when he was arrested, a court has heard. Stephen Farrow, 48, said the deaths of...
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