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.

Colchester, Clacton: Manufacturing firm moves out of town

9:43am Thursday 8th May 2008

Colchester is to lose more manufacturing jobs as a firm moves to Clacton.

Birch: Chicken stolen – but returned

9:42am Thursday 8th May 2008

A prankster is believed to have stolen a chicken, only to return it hours later.

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Colchester: Comedian Brand visits

9:41am Thursday 8th May 2008

Funny woman Jo Brand is coming to Colchester.

	Colchester: Soccer legend Groves is fined for bad behaviour
	9:36am Thu 8 May 08
	A former Arsenal and Colchester United football player has been fined by police for "abusive and insulting" language and behaviour.
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	Dovercourt: Dog’s role to shout about
	9:24am Thu 8 May 08
	Here's one bridesmaid who is unlikely to run away with the best man...

Clacton: Garden centre for town?

9:22am Thursday 8th May 2008

A major overhaul of Clacton Shopping Village could see a new garden centre, car showroom and drive-through restaurant.

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Clacton : Bingo! OAP scoops £41k

9:21am Thursday 8th May 2008

A pensioner from Clacton has won more than £41,000 at bingo.

Harwich: No butts for fined smoker

9:20am Thursday 8th May 2008

A dropped dog end cost a smoker more than £150 after he ended up in court.

Clacton: Man attacked outside nightclub

9:19am Thursday 8th May 2008

A man was repeatedly punched, kicked and stamped on outside a Clacton nightclub.

Clacton: Hotel plans revealed

9:15am Thursday 8th May 2008

Plans to develop a former call centre into a 57-room hotel have been made available to the public.

Colchester: PC Helen lays down the law at school

6:59am Thursday 8th May 2008

WHEN is a police officer not a police officer?

	Colchester: catamaran design rules the waves
	5:02am Thu 8 May 08
	STREAMLINED and elegant are not words you would readily use to describe Andrew Craig's catamarans.

Chelmsford: Person killed in substation blast

1:27pm Wednesday 7th May 2008

An exclusion zone has been lifted around a fire at an electricity sub-station that has killed one person.

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	Colchester: Foot patrol!
	9:23am Wed 7 May 08
	Drunks who have lost their shoes while partying in Colchester are to be given free flip-flops.
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