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• Businesses complain as schools give kids a snow day off

  BUSINESS leaders have criticised schools for shutting because of the weekend’s heavy snowfall. read more

• Co-op’s £10k legal bill for Tesco fight

  A LEGAL battle to halt a Tesco superstore being built has been quashed, leaving a rival store with a bill for £10,000. read more

• Medical centre backed by NHS after 15-year wait

  A NEW £1.5 million medical centre may be built in Wivenhoe – 15 years after residents first said they needed one. read more

• Soldiers set to return to Afghanistan

  SOLDIERS from across Essex are set to return to serve on the front line in Afghanistan. read more

• I’m coming home – the hard way!

  A FORMER paratrooper is finally making his way home to Colchester from the Middle East – riding 3,400 miles through 14 countries on a motorbike. read more

• Colchester alcoholic’s Asbo is ‘like house arrest’

  AN alcoholic banned from being drunk in public is living under virtual house arrest in his Colchester home, according to his solicitor. read more

• Rail commuters give new Essex operator frosty welcome

  IT was a frosty start to Abellio’s reign over East Anglian trains. read more

• MP’s Elmstead Market crossing fight

  MP BERNARD Jenkin has joined a campaign for a pedestrian crossing on a “dangerous’’ road in Elmstead Market. read more

• Woman rushed to hospital after head-on crash in Ardleigh

  A WOMAN has been taken to hospital with chest injuries after a head-on crash in Ardleigh. read more

• Colchester paedophile may have assaulted others

  A PREDATORY paedophile from Colchester may have attacked others. read more

• Fair Access meeting snowed off

  A DISABLED rights group had to cancel its meeting due to the snow. read more

• Flamenco dancer for Britain's Got Talent?

  A FLAMENCO dancer from Colchester is battling it out to appear on Britain’s Got Talent. read more

• Snow-struck schools closed "for safety reasons"

  SCHOOLS closed down yesterday for the safety of pupils following heavy snow. read more

• Ambulance crews beat the snow

  AMBULANCE response times during the weekend were the best in the history of the East of England Ambulance Service Trust during bad weather. read more

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