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I’m having twins for a couple I met through Facebook

10:20am Tuesday 21st May 2013

Growing a baby in your womb and handing it over to a couple who cannot conceive is no easy decision. However, Roselle Moss, 33, from Bocking, has done exactly that. She is a first-time surrogate mum to a couple who could not have children naturally. Roselle is pregnant with twins. Here she talks about why she decided to be asurrogate and the issues it brings. Here is what she told Louise Howeson

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Burlesque is a form of escapism

10:00am Tuesday 14th May 2013

WITH nipple tassels here, a garter belt there and raised eyebrows everywhere, burlesque has made its mark on Colchester.

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From Bond girl to beach cleaner...and why Patsy’s been kissing Leo DiCaprio

9:20am Tuesday 7th May 2013

IN her richly velvet, undulating purr of a voice, Joanna Lumley tells me what it’s like to go from kissing Leonardo DiCaprio on a film set to helping clean up the Essex coastline on a cold rainy day.

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I come alive when I am conducting in front of a big crowd

10:30am Tuesday 30th April 2013

SARAH BLAKE never feels more alive than standing, baton in hand, conducting a choir and orchestra. She starting conducting 27 years ago and is one of a handful of female conductors in the UK.  Louise Howeson spoke to Sarah about her love of music following the news American conductor Marin Alsop is set to be the Last Night of the Proms’ first female conductor in its 118-year history.

Edna cherishes the letter which proved her POW fiance was alive

9:30am Tuesday 16th April 2013

DATED June 3, 1944, the postcard from the Japanese Imperial Army was impersonal and sparse on information.

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My love for Victorian clothes got me a part in Les Mis

9:30am Tuesday 9th April 2013

WHEN Linda Payne first donned some Victorian clothes she could not have predicted that it would eventually land her a role in a Hollywood blockbuster.

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When I answered the door to see a smiling policeman I realised how different UK is

10:00am Tuesday 19th March 2013

BETTY Makoni’s heart raced when she heard the police knocking on the door of her home in Essex, writes LOUISE HOWESON.

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There’s still life after rock ‘n’ roll

10:20am Tuesday 12th March 2013

Jo Wood is now organic queen, healthy living ambassador and all-round lovely lady so it’s hard to believe she took part in some of the exploits she's chronicled in her autobiography, Hey Jo: A Rock And Roll Fairytale

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Writers are snobs and I’m a blonde and from Essex

9:40am Tuesday 12th March 2013

CRIME writer Martina Cole is a sponge for every bit of news going.

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Racism inspired me to start the Selecter

10:00am Tuesday 5th March 2013

HER distinctive voice inspired thousands to stand up against racism and sexism.

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