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Easter Bunny Hunt at Galleywood Heritage Centre
The Centre's annual Good Friday Bunny Hunt was one of the best yet with more than 200 children and their families braving the cold and the mud to find the bunnies hidden on Galleywood Common. We are...
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Essex farmers warned over crafty fly-tipping tactic
Farmers and landowners are being warned to beware a scam in which household and business waste, camouflaged as plastic-wrapped hay bales, is illegally dumped on open land.Environment Agency officers...
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County Championship: Westley shines for Essex
Tom Westley made an unbeaten 82 as Essex recovered on a shortened third day of their LV= Championship clash against Gloucestershire at Chelmsford. Starting the day on 30-2 in reply to Gloucestershire's...
View ArticleEBWS - The Urban Birder
THE URBAN BIRDER – The 6th Geoff Pyman Memorial Lecture The late Geoff Pyman MBE lived all his life in Essex, was President of the Essex Birdwatching Society and was instrumental in the setting up of...
View ArticleEBWS: Over 70 Bird Species Spotted
The Essex Birdwatching Society travelled by luxury coach to the Grove Ferry & Stodmarsh RSPB Reserves on Sunday 24 March on a very cold day.These reserves would normally be receiving the summer...
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Brentwood teenager to take on MySpace in battle of the band sites
THE music industry might well be saturated with X-Factor wannabes and self-publishing artists but one Brentwood teen is determined that his new website will be the place to go for unsigned bands.Matt...
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Walkers gather in Billericay in bid to help eradicate world hunger
STRIDING out into the elements, adults and children braved the cold to raise money for people in the developing world.More than 40 supporters of the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)...
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Olympic Games sand to fill Rettendon riding centre
YOUNG riding enthusiasts looking to emulate Essex Olympic hero Ben Maher will literally be able to follow in his horse-steps after the delivery of sand from the Greenwich equestrian venue where Team GB...
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Brentwood cancer survivor to run sixth Race for Life with dog and daughters
CONTENDING with a misbehaving dog and looking after two children while running 5km isn't everyone's idea of a good day out.Yet that's exactly what breast cancer survivor Jazz Cooper will be doing when...
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Boreham charity bid will see teddy bears launched to the edge of space
A SELF-CONFESSED technology geek is launching teddy bears up to the edge of space for a charity mission.Matt Downs, 33, is obsessed with gadgets and, having attended an event based around advanced...
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Tom Brittain murder: New police appeal
DETECTIVES have re-issued their appeal to find a London man wanted in connection with the murder of a music producer in Colchester.Jack Hummerstone, also known as Jack O'Reilly, aged 18, and from the...
View ArticleCouple trapped after Chelmsford supermarket car crash
FIREFIGHTERS are battling to cut free an elderly couple from their vehicle following a crash at a supermarket this afternoon.A woman remains trapped in her vehicle at ASDA, in Chelmer Way,...
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Warning after spate of burglaries in Colchester
PEOPLE are being warned to keep their homes secure following a number of burglaries in the Castle Park area and Tiptree.Burglars forced open doors to steal jewellery, cash and electrical goods in a...
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County Championship: Westley shines in Essex draw
Tom Westley made 163 as the weather was the only victor in Essex's LV= Championship clash with Gloucestershire at Chelmsford. The 24-year-old became the county's first Championship centurion of the...
View ArticleSaturday's football round-up
Braintree climbed up to tenth place in the Blue Square Bet Premier after stunning high-flying Mansfield at the Amlin Stadium. The Stags came to Essex hoping they could be crowned champions and promoted...
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Thomas Brittain update: Man arrested on suspicion of murder
A MAN wanted in connection with the murder of Thomas Brittain in Colchester was arrested on suspicion of murder at 3am on Sunday morning.Jack Hummerstone, 18, was arrested at a property in Errol...
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Charity set up in name of murdered former Witham vicar
A MEMORIAL fund for a murdered vicar has been set up to help the homeless.The Rev John Suddards, ex-vicar of St Nicolas Church in Chipping Hill, Witham, was murdered by a homeless drifter in his new...
View ArticleHouse sales in Brentwood and Chelmsford hit new highs
HOUSE sales in the East of England hit a three- year high during March as the region saw a rise in the number of new buyer enquiries.A survey conducted by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors...
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Man in court charged with Thomas Brittain murder
A teenager is due in court today over the murder of Thomas Brittain in Colchester last month.Jack Hummerstone, 18, will appear at Colchester Magistrates' Court charged with murder, GBH with intent and...
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Police appeal after cat is shot with air rifle in Wickford
A cat has died after it was shot by what is believed to have been an air rifle in Wickford.The 11-year-old cat, which lived with its owner in Seven Acres, was injured last Thursday morning and had to...
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