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North Essex: bogus water worker foiled
A BOGUS water engineer escaped empty-handed after conning his way into a West Mersea home. The man knocked on the door of a home in Windsor Road, claiming to be from Anglian Water. He told the occupant that he was there to check the water pressure.
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North Essex: son saves mum in blaze
A SON rescued his elderly mother from a fire which destroyed the ground floor of their home. The man led his mother to safety after the blaze started in the kitchen of the semi-detached house in Southview Drive, Walton. Peter Lawes, of Woodberry Way
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North Essex: Region marked for growth
COLCHESTER and Tendring are identified as "a major focus for economic development and growth" in a blueprint to shape future development. The East Of England Regional Spatial Strategy, which was published yesterday, sets out the Government's plans to
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North Essex: police call for airgun caution
A SPATE of airgun incidents has forced police to warn youngsters about using them in public. Officers were called on five different occasions to reports of nuisance behaviour or criminal damage in Colchester, Tiptree and Clacton over the weekend. The
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Murder trial: I saw teen push woman, jury told
A TEENAGER has described in graphic detail how he saw his friend push a young woman into a river. The youth told a murder trial that he wanted to help young mother Helen Maughan but he could not swim. Chelmsford Crown Court has heard how the teenagers
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North Essex: man jailed for sex assault
A MAN has been jailed for a sex assault on a woman. A court heard yesterday how John Brown, 64, carried out the assault after he had been to a Territorial Army Christmas ball. His victim was a 39-year-old woman, Chelmsford Crown Court was told. Brown
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Speed kills - so kill it
SPEEDING motorists are the target for police in one area of Colchester. The neighbourhood policing team for the Newtown and Christchurch areas are hoping residents will come along to monthly beat surgeries, as well as attending the neighbourhood action
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Villagers aim to zap the limit breakers
CONCERNED villagers have completed their training to help cut the number of speeding motorists in the village. Seven volunteers in Alresford have successfully finished their training for the Community Speed Watch scheme, and have been provided with a
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Essex businesses praised
ESSEX buys 25 per cent per head more D-size and above bras, has the greatest chance of injury from falling aircraft debris - and boasts the highest number of entrepreneurs of any English county. These revelations as to what makes Essex special were offered
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Top form
CASINO tables and a cocktail bar added to the glamour of a James Bond-themed prom. Students at Colchester Sixth Form College were both shaken and stirred for the annual event at Charter Hall on Friday. Some 500 students donned dinner jackets and their
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Villagers unite in memory of tragic teenager
A GARAGE sale organised after a young woman's life was cut short by cancer is set to go ahead for the fifth year. Villagers will once again be asked to pull together and open their garages in memory of 19-year-old Carla Dawson, who died of a rare form
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Bumper haul for Harriers
Any doubts that Colchester Harriers were not one of the leading clubs in the area were dispelled when their athletes achieved a massive haul of 26 medals on the second and third days of the Essex AAA County Championships at Basildon. The collection was
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There is nothing like a bloody-minded Dame
Tanni Grey Thompson insists she is bloody-minded. As probably the world's most successful wheelchair athlete, that sort of goes without saying. But she doesn't leave it behind on the track. She takes it home with her. "If I decide at 11pm I want to
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Colchester: They're running for our lives
Women ran 10,000km around Colchester to raise money for Cancer Research UK. In all 2,000 women - the maximum number allowed to participate - went the 5km distance in the Race for Life around Castle Park yesterday in soaring temperatures. The charity's
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Frinton: Fun in the sun for runners
Hundreds of runners turned out for Frinton and Walton's popular annual fun run. More than 700 people took part in yesterday's event, which started at Tendring Technology College, yesterday. Organisers celebrated glorious weather following a downpour
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Colchester: alcohol at pub again
A PUB was back selling alcohol just 24 hours after its licence was revoked. The Huntsmans Tavern in Shrub End Road, Colchester, was banned from selling booze after police and Colchester Council licensing officials found it had been without a designated
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Colchester: shout about town, Dame Tanni says
AN 11-times gold medallist has challenged Colchester "to shout about itself very loudly" if it wants to attract Olympic teams to use the town as a training base. Four sports venues in the town feature on the list of approved training facilities for athletes
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Harwich: Hollyoaks charity match
STARS from Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks helped to raise cash for three charities at a football match in Dovercourt. Actors from the hit show took on Harwich and Parkeston Football Club to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital, Cardiac Risk in
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Tommy Linton
I would like to contact Tommy Linton, he is my step brother, we both had the same mother Ethel Ferguson Bell. I only ever met Tommy once in about 1976, I knew he was married and think he had two boys. I am coming over to England this year and would like
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North Essex: no more tests, say girls
TWO children unhappy with controversial school tests are taking their protest to the top. Derryn Cowling and Lola Prout, both aged 11, want the Government to scrap Sats (Standard Assessment Tests). They go to Broomgrove Junior School, Wivenhoe, and
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North Essex: Warnings after falls from windows
A warning has gone out after three teenage girls fell from open windows. All three attended the accident and emergency department at Colchester General Hospital within the past week with a variety of injuries. One was transferred to Addenbrooke's Hospital
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Town part company with Rhodes
Ipswich Town have announced that they have parted company with goalkeeping coach Andy Rhodes. Blues manager Jim Magilton paid tribute to the work done by Rohodes but said he had decided to 'freshen things up' for the start of Town's 2008/9 Coca-Cola
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Colchester: names of council cabinet unveiled
NAMES of those taking Colchester's top council posts have been unveiled after three political parties struck a power-sharing deal to keep the Tories out. Liberal Democrat, Independent and Labour councillors will form the cabinet, the council's core decision-making
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Iron finish on an upbeat note
Braintree Town's second season in the Blue Square South began with a feeling of genuine optimism. And it ended on an upbeat note too, despite their failure to make it through the play-offs for the second successive year. Much happened in between the
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Huge sigh of relief at the end
Anyone with a pacemaker should have been advised not to watch Heybridge Swifts this season. The premier division table was the tightest many have ever seen it and Swifts were sitting precariously close to the relegation zone with just weeks to go, but
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Difficult to gauge success
It is hard to gauge whether it was a sucessful season for Maldon Town because it is difficult to know what the club's ambitions are. A ninth place finish in division one north is no disgrace. But this comes the year after they finished in the play-off
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Year of managerial upheavals
Witham Town secured their Ryman League division one north status for another season - despite more managerial turbulence. Town had started the season looking for stability, especially given the previous campaign had been interrupted by the loss of boss
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Not a season to savour for Dragons fans
The 2007/8 season won't be a campaign that Wivenhoe Town fans will hold on to with any great affection. To say that it was disappointing would be an under-statement, with a year of struggle culminating in the Dragons dropping out of the Ryman League.
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Seasiders hosting coaching day
Clacton Cricket Club are holding a coaching day next Sunday at Vista Road Pavilion (near the leisure centre). The training will be taken by experienced coaching staff, provided by Clacton Cricket Club, and is open to all boys and girls from seven years
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Young Stars take narrow victory
There was a narrow victory for the younger Colchetser Stars riders in their youth league match against Ipswich. Stars have special dispensation from the under-16s league this year to use two under-17s as recruitment in the younger age group has been
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Gorham is a revelation for Stars
Colchester Stars hosted Ipswich Eagles for the latest round of senior and junior league matches. Club returnee Mick Bolger had an excellent match after a five-year absence, winning two races and taking three second places to earn 17 points and two bonus
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Misses prove costly for Harwich
Numerous missed doubles cost Harwich dear as they lost to Thameside in a play-off after drawing 12-12 in the Essex Superleague Kockout Cup. Having missed several chances to seal the win, Harwich saw the game go into a play-off. With the score at 12-
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North Essex: revolt over country garden homes
FURIOUS residents hope a last-ditch protest will stop developers from building homes in a village's back gardens. People in Kirby Cross say backland development is rife. The residents' association claims too many homes are being built in back gardens
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Wright haunts former employers to seal Essex win
Former Middlesex player Chris Wright scored an unbeaten 71 to steer Essex to a two-wicket victory against his old county at Chelmsford. The 22-year-old featured in an unbroken ninth-wicket partnership of 99 with the experienced James Middlebrook as the
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Duo set up crushing win
Essex beat Surrey by 156 runs at The Oval to retain their unbeaten record in the Friends Provident Trophy and their position as table-toppers of the South/East Division. A magnificent first-wicket partnership of 269 by openers Mark Pettini (144) and
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World record for ace Jones
COLCHESTER Phoenix Natalie Jones sent a strong message out to her rivals by scooping gold in a new world record time at the Paralympic World Cup. The 23-year-old - who is planning for her third Paralympics in Beijing this year - ensured she will step
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North Essex: A sure start for country families
Families living in rural areas can receive a helping hand from a new children's centre. Ormiston Children's Centre for Birch and Rural officially opened at Birch Primary School on Friday, with a special ceremony for parents, staff and guests. The project
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