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This Christmas the Essex Chronicle are working with our contacts at the North Pole to give you the chance to get your child a letter and a bundle of goodies from the big man himself.Santa will send...
View ArticlePoll Which Essex Stereotype do you hate the most
Our county is regularly lampooned for the way we allegedly talk, dress and act, almost nowhere in the country has suffered more from lazy stereotyping than Essex. The ditsy, bleached-blonde Essex girl...
View ArticleFormer music teacher allegedly told victims youll get in
Two teenagers have alleged that a former music teacher used to get them to come out of classes to secretly meet him for sex.Chelmsford Crown Court heard today that the former Sandon schoolgirls would...
View ArticlePICTURES Farleigh Hospice Light up a life service in Braintree
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View ArticleEssex customers save 1m in energy auction
MORE THAN 300,000 people have saved a combined £1 million after joining an Essex County Council-supported collective energy scheme, with one man shaving £1,000 off his fuel bill.Now in its third...
View ArticleSex attack victim and his mother speak out after he was targeted
A "DISGUSTED" mother of one of the six teenage boys targeted by convicted sex attacker Liam Cann has said she would be happy to see him spend the rest of his life behind bars.Cann, 22, was convicted of...
View ArticleChelmsford vets blog reunites lost injured cat with owners
A CAT handed in to a vets' practice with a broken spine and half his tongue missing has been re-united with his owners.Named Bob by the staff at Clarendon House vets' practice in Galleywood Road,...
View ArticleMissing girl from South Woodham Ferrers home safe and well
Lilly Decloquement-Saunders, who was missing from her home in Danbury, has returned home safe and well.Thank you to everyone for sharing our appeal.
View ArticleRail fares set to increase by 11 per cent for Essex commuters
Essex commuters could face an extra £50 on their travel bill next year as the cost of rail travel is on the increase.However it isn't all bad news as the price of travel will go up by 1.1 per cent,...
View ArticleConcerns grow for missing 15yearold girl from South Woodham
We are appealing for the public's help to find Lilly Decloquement-Saunders, who is missing from her home in Danbury.Lilly, 15, was last seen at 10.30pm last night Thursday December 3 at a bus stop in...
View ArticleFirefighters rescue escaped hawk that became tangled in TV aerial
A hawk had to be rescued from the roof of a Clacton house after becoming trapped on a TV aerial.The Harris Hawk escaped from her owner and became entangled in the aerial in Vista Road at around 9am...
View ArticleEssex Police delay decision on PCSO cuts until start of next year
Essex Police has delayed a decision on the number of PCSOs to be axed in the wake of another round of spending cuts.In October it was announced that as many as 24 of the 31 PCSOS jobs could be removed...
View ArticleChelmsford MP Sir Simon Burns slams Great Eastern Main Line
Chelmsford MP Sir Simon Burns has slammed the Chelmsford to Great Eastern Main Line saying "action needs to be taken" after the network has caused commuters "misery". In the last two weeks the line has...
View ArticleBraintrees Galleys Corner roundabout finally set for improvement
A roundabout notorious for congestion and accidents is due to be installed with new road signs in an effort to improve safety.Highways England will begin five nights of work at the Galleys Corner...
View ArticleMan caught with stun gun and extendable baton in Chelmsford
A man who was caught in Chelmsford with a stun gun and an extendable baton "for protection" whilst on a suspended sentence for drug offences has been jailed for 17 months.Jamie Brewer, 26, of Sawkins...
View ArticleChelmsford man 28 to appear before judge charged with
A man will appear before a judge after being charged with brandishing a stanley knife in the middle of Chelmsford City Centre in the early hours.Ricky O'Sullivan, 28, a Chelmsford man but of no fixed...
View ArticleMan 27 arrested for attempted murder in Avon Road Chelmsford
A man who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in Chelmsford this week has been bailed until January.Essex Police were called to a shared home in Avon Road, at around 11.50pm on Wednesday...
View ArticleMan charged with attempted murder of Colchester pensioner
The case against a man charged with the attempted murder of a pensioner in Colchester has been dropped.The Crown Prosecution Service has decided that a man charged in connection with the stabbing of a...
View ArticleWitham MP Priti Patel gives backing to Small Business Saturday
Witham MP Priti Patel has joined forced with town mayor Bill Rose and the Witham Chamber of Commerce to raise awareness for national Small Business Saturday.Small Business Saturday, held tomorrow...
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