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Braintree: Christmas Lights Switch-On and Fayre this Sunday
CHRISTMAS celebrations are kicking off in Braintree on Sunday with the official Christmas Lights Switch-On and Christmas Fayre. With festivities running throughout the day, the town is set to kick off the season in style with market stalls, entertainment
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Witham: Three people hurt as flat blaze breaks out
A man remains in hospital after his oven caught alight when cooking was left unattended. Fire Crews were called just after 2.30am to a ground floor flat in Maltings Court, in Maltings Lane, Witham. The man was taken to Broomfield Hospital,
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Earls Colne: Baby has lucky escape after car overturns
A baby had a lucky escape after the car it was travelling in overturned. Police were called at 1.15pm to Coggeshall Road where a red Peugeot which had overturned near the A1124, leaving the road blocked in both directions. An Essex Police
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Cressing: Police appeal for stolen van
POLICE are urging the public to be on the look-out for a stolen van. The white Citroen AX10 was stolen from the driveway of a home in Ashes Road, Cressing between 8pm on October 27 and 7am on October 28. The van had the number plate G30 UHX
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Witham: Councillors fight to safeguard children's centres
Witham town councillors are fighting to safeguard the town’s “valuable” children’s centres, youth centre and youth bus in the face of huge cost-cutting plans. At a meeting on Monday, councillors voiced their “disbelief” at Essex County Council
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Braintree: Movember - your pictures
Tis the season to grow a tash. Check out today's paper for all your Movember pictures. All those who took part in the event have helped raise vital funds and awareness for prostate and testicular cancer and mental health. Web developer
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Witham: Pensioner speaks of purse theft ordeal
Thieves left a pensioner “tearful” and penniless after they stole her purse in Witham. Widow Ivy Corneby, 78, is warning others to be on their guard after she realised her purse had been taken while shopping in Tesco, in the Grove Centre, last
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Braintree: Secret talks over town centre retail development
Secret talks about ambitious proposals to redefine Braintree’s town centre landscape have been taking place for the last four years. George Yard car park and Morrisons in Rayne Road would be demolished to make way for a retail complex half the
