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CHELMSFORD: Health trust admits errors over hanging

Monday, March 15, 2010

A MENTAL health hospital where a suicidal father was unsupervised and found hanged has admitted a catalogue of failings which his family claim could have prevented his death.

Ben Morris, 20, was admitted to the Linden Centre, Broomfield, in December 2008, where an...

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ESSEX: Lord Hanningfield appears in court

Thursday, March 11, 2010

LORD Hanningfield has appeared in court to deny charges of fraudulently claiming over £2,000 in expenses. The Tory peer, who stood down as leader...

LATCHINGDON: Flooded again!

THIRD TIME UNLUCKY: Tim Rose surveys the flooding which affected his home and business in Latchingdon

Thursday, March 04, 2010

RESIDENTS are still living with the realities of surface water flooding one year after the village was swamped twice in two weeks. The Street in...

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Cock Clarks: Fingertips 'ripped off by horse tack'

WARNING: Melanie Bedford wants the halter manufacturer to know about a potential fault B25JO513

Thursday, March 04, 2010

A WOMAN who had her fingertips severed in a freak horse accident is warning others of potential danger. Melanie Bedford, 44, of Cock Clarks, was...

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SOUTHMINSTER: Now you can stay fit at outside gym

OFFICIAL OPENING: Councillor Sheila Young opens the new outdoor gym watched by residents and pupils from Southminster Primary School B24JO5117

Thursday, March 04, 2010

SOUTHMINSTER residents are the first in Essex to get to grips with £20,000 outdoor gym equipment. To mark this momentous event the chairman of...

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V-FESTIVAL: We'll get 24-hour ticket head start

CROWD PULLER: Festival goers at last year's V Festival in Hylands Park H21IL3431

Thursday, February 25, 2010

ESSEX music fans have welcomed news they will be given a head start in buying tickets for the county's hottest music event. Organisers of the V...

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SOUTHMINSTER: Villagers' fears over wind farm plan

Thursday, February 18, 2010

THE tranquil Dengie marshes could be overshadowed by 400ft wind turbines if controversial plans for the district's second wind farm are given the...

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ESSEX: Spending focus on front-line services

Thursday, February 18, 2010

ESSEX county council will spend about £2.2billion this year but average council tax will go up only 1.9 per cent, averaging less than £20...

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BURNHAM: Bathroom on fire in empty home

Sunday, February 14, 2010

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze at a terraced house in The Leas, Burnham-on-Crouch. The house was empty when the fire started in the bathroom at 8.40pm...

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MALDON: Police suspect arson at fuel yard blaze

Thursday, February 11, 2010

THE community could hold the key to catching the arsonists responsible for an attack which destroyed a fuel depot and threatened neighbouring homes....

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