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Felsted: Choral Society concert this Sunday
Felsted's Choral Society will perform in a concert on Sunday November 24. Held at the Lord Riche Hall, Felsted, at 7.30pm, the society will perform the Requiem by Durufle with soprano Philippa Hyde and James Lawrence, bass, with the society and
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Essex: Student police officers to escape training in aid of charity
Student officers will be escaping from their training at Essex Police College to raise money for a children's charity. On Saturday, officers from this year's G intake will take part in a jail break event in aid of Chelmsford-based charity Kids
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UPDATE: Witham: Police appeal after driver fails to stop following crash
Police are appealing for witnesses after a driver failed to stop following a crash. A woman in her 20s has been taken to hospital following the two-vehicle collision in Freebournes Road, Witham, at about 12.45pm today. Two fire crews attended
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Witham: Yarn bombing poppies to be saved for next year's parade
The 123 poppies which were knitted by yarnbombers for this year’s remembrance parade are to be stored for next year. The poppies, one for each name on Witham’s war memorial, appeared in the memorial garden overnight before the remembrance parade
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Braintree district: Jobs and major services safe but council admits parking charges may rise
Braintree Council insists jobs and major frontline services are safe after it successfully devised plans for £1.5million in savings. In August, the council announced it needed to make further cuts to close estimated £750,000 shortfalls in 2015/
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A120: Resurfacing work will mean a 32-mile diversion
Resurfacing work will mean drivers have to take a 32 mile diversion to get from Bradwell to Marks Tey. Overnight work, which will take place between 8pm and 6am, will begin on Monday, November 25. The diversion will take motorists through
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Another win sees Phoenix ladies keep pressure on the leaders
PHOENIX LADIES 3 HAVERING II 1 Essex Women’s League division one Phoenix Hockey Club's ladies continued their winning streak against a determined and well-organised Havering side to keep the pressure on the Essex Women's League division one's leaders
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Phoenix's men hit by set piece moves
PHOENIX 0 CLACTON 2 East League division 3SE The Clacton defence was as cold as their coastline when they hosted a buoyant Phoenix Hockey Club men's team in East League division three south east. The resurgence of their guests in the last two
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Captain Clare is Witham's hat-trick heroine
WITHAM LADIES 4 SOUTHEND LADIES II 1 Essex Women’s League division one Captain Clare Ledwell fired home a hat-trick as Witham Hockey Club’s ladies beat division one’s bottom side to move up to fourth in the table. The hosts began to dish the
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Witham stamp psychological blow to go top
SAFFRON WALDEN II 2 WITHAM 4 East League division 3SE Witham Hockey Club's men stamped a psychological blow on Saffron Walden as a dominant second- half performance saw them beat their rivals and leapfrog them to the top of East League division
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Witham: Aldi plans refused
A developer is set to appeal after plans were turned down for a new Aldi in Witham. The store had hoped to open a 990sq metre store in Maltings Lane, which would have created about 20 jobs. Last Monday the application for the site was blocked due
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Braintree district: Taxi drivers ask for fare increase
Taxi drivers want to charge an extra 20p per journey to cover rising fuel and living costs. The Braintree District Taxi Association has asked Braintree Council’s licensing committee to increase the starting rate for journeys from £3 to £3.20.
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Witham: Residents must count 18 piles of poop before council acts
Frustrated residents have been told they must count 18 piles of poop before a council will take action over a long-running dog mess complaint. Since 2009, neighbours in a block of flats on Witham’s Forest Road estate have been complaining about
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Witham: Optimism about Morrisons planning appeal
Campaigners are optimistic they have done enough to convince an inspector to allow Morrisons to extend its main town store. A public appeal hearing against Braintree Council’s refusal to grant planning permission for the supermarket, in Braintree
