Colchester: Three-party alliance to keep Tories out

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Three political parties were today preparing to tip the balance of power away from Colchester Council's largest elected group - the Tories.

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Tendring: Council backing for controversial business complex

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Major plans for a controversial business complex have been given council approval, ahead of a public inquiry.

West Mersea: Police 'advice' given to car park pests

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Advice was given to two drivers after residents reported four cars "roaring" around a car park in West Mersea.

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Brightlingsea: Child abuse allegations 'fabricated', court told

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An alleged paedophile claimed a string of child abuse accusations had been "fabricated", decades after he was supposed to have carried out the attacks.

Colchester: Crime wave teen locked up

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A teenager has been described as a "one-man crime wave" after he admitted a series of burglaries and thefts.

Colchester: 'I was very drunk' - murder accused teen tells court

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A teenager accused of murdering a young mother near a Colchester pub has begun giving evidence in his trial.

Harwich: 'You got it' judge tells drunk who asked for jail

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A judge was "only too happy to oblige" a man who asked to be jailed to help him cut down on his drinking.

Tendring: More play equipment - for young and old?

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Youngsters - and the not-so-young - could be set to benefit from the biggest investment in play areas in Tendring for more than 15 years.

	UPDATEDNorth Essex: Man killed in A120 smash
	2:27pm Thu 8 May 08
	Police are appealing for witnesses after a fatal accident closed the A120 towards Harwich today.
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	Clacton, Jaywick: Two care homes face closure
	9:03am Thu 8 May 08
	Two care homes are facing the axe after inspectors found vulnerable residents living in unacceptable conditions.

	Chelmsford, Colchester: Man dies in blast
	8:54am Thu 8 May 08
	A man who died after an electricity sub-station explosion is believed to be from the Colchester area.

	Earls Colne: FA bans team after game abandoned
	9:58am Thu 8 May 08
	An under-13s football coach is furious that Essex County Football Association excluded his team from a cup competition.
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Aldham, Colchester: Shoppers bus to be stopped?

9:56am Thursday 8th May 2008

A community bus service is to be reviewed because not many people are using it.

Halstead: Post to survive

9:55am Thursday 8th May 2008

WH Smith is coming to a north Essex town.

	Elmstead Market, Wivenhoe: Care homes ‘among the worst in county’
	9:49am Thu 8 May 08
	Two residential care homes in the Colchester area have been branded among "the worst in Essex" by a national care watchdog.

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