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Tory leader selected for Parliamentary battle
COLCHESTER’S Conservatives have laid down the gauntlet by selecting their prospective Parliamentary candidate - more than two years ahead of the next General Election. Will Quince was given first refusal for the candidancy and said he will begin
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Baroness takes the poverty line challenge
A PEER is to live on the poverty line to help starving people across the globe. Baroness Jenkin of Kennington, who works in the opulent surroundings of the House of Lords, will sacrifice luxury to take part in the Live Below the Line challenge
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Earls Colne: Planes crash on runway
TWO aircraft have crashed on a runway at Earls Colne airfield. Fire fighters from Halstead, Coggeshall, Colchester and Maldon were called to the incident at 2pm today. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service said there was no fire and no people
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Colchester: Cyclist stabbed by motorist
A CYCLIST was stabbed by a motorist in Colchester. The victm, aged in his 30s, was cycling along St Johns Road, around 6pm on Saturday when a vehicle pulled up, a man got out and stabbed him in the side of his body. The vehicle then drove off
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UPDATED: Man bailed in sudden death probe
A man arrested on suspicion of supplying controlled drugs after a body was found in a car park in Highwoods, Colchester has been bailed. Police were called to the car park in Tynedale Square yesterday at 8.45am. A man in his late forties was
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Jaywick: Crews tackle bungalow fire
FIRE fighters have been tackling a bungalow fire. Clacton crews were called to Broadway, Jaywick, just after 1.30am on Sunday. They found around 25 per cent of the two-storey home ablaze. It took about 30 minutes to put out the fire, of
