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On this day: Essex Archive

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• St Osyth: Dermot helps village's painters get a dash of colour

  Celebrity artist Dermot Cavanagh taught students how to brush up on their techniques during a one-day workshop. read more

• Colchester: Poster plea in attacker hunt

  The hunt for a sex attacker is being backed by a Colchester-wide poster campaign. read more

• Clacton: On a roll for new skatepark

  About 100 skaters and pushchairs rolled themselves along a seafront to raise money for a planned skateboard park. read more

• Tiptree: Christmas pudding wins award

  A Christmas pudding made in Essex has won a prestigious award. read more

• Soccer: Swifts shot down by hungry Robins

  Swifts shot-down underdog may not have come out on top on this occasion, but the day will certainly be long remembered in Heybridge Swifts' history. read more

• Pitsea: School goes on the web

  A junior school has launched itself into cyberspace with a website packed full of information and pictures. read more

• South Essex: Minibus crash hits M25

  A man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after his lorry collided with a minibus and a petrol tanker on the busy M25. read more

• Billericay: MP's call for alarms

  The Government has promised to consider giving elderly and vulnerable people free smoke alarms after an appeal by Billericay MP John Baron read more

• Braintree: Bright lights, small kitty

  Christmas lights look set to continue being a festive feature for Braintree town centre - but only if traders continue to help fund them. read more

• Southend: Operation bandstand

  A massive operation to save the Cliffs Bandstand is under way - engineers are shifting the entire structure 50 yards up the road. read more

• Holland-on-Sea: Searching for Samaritan

  The search is on to find a Good Samaritan who came to an elderly man's aid after he fell and injured himself. read more

• Colchester: Eight children in packed car

  A mother crammed eight children into her small car with one crouched in a footwell, a court heard. read more

• Braintree: Safety checks will save lives

  Government inspectors are set to carry out surprise health and safety spot checks on Braintree businesses. read more

• Shoebury: Christopher's new pet is a seven-inch palm dog

  Builder Christopher Sheridan popped into the local petshop to buy his girlfriend a dog - and walked out with a puppy that could fit into the palm of his hand! read more

• Dovercourt: Natural causes death of psychiatric patient

  An inquest has been held into the death of a psychiatric unit patient. read more

• Braintree: Broken fence has left me vulnerable'

  A disabled pensioner from Braintree has criticised the council for leaving her vulnerable and scared without a back fence. read more

• Southend: Bug closes hospital ward

  A ward at Southend hospital has been closed for nearly a week after a virus causing diarrhoea and vomiting has effected nine staff and eight patients. read more

• Leigh: Nurse's lesbian affair

  A nurse has been struck off over her lesbian affair with a killer convict who once tried to beat Myra Hindley to death. read more

• Soccer: Ruthless Blues give fans tonic

  So much for a post-UEFA Cup hangover - Ipswich Town buried memories of Thursday's European heartache with a clinical, ruthless performance at Vicarage Road. read more

• Hockley: Crisis forces GPs to recruit from abroad

  Family doctors are reluctantly recruiting abroad after failing to attract home-grown candidates, it was revealed today. read more

On this day: Essex Archive