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Phone pest ex‘s calls and texts terrify woman
10:10pm Thursday 18th March 2010
A STUDENT was left terrified and distressed after she was bombarded with calls and texts from an ex-boyfriend.
Islanders are asked to help new lifeboat
8:00pm Thursday 18th March 2010
AN APPEAL has been launched to fund a bigger and better lifeboat for Mersea Island.
Pupils’ shock at sudden death of popular teacher
7:10pm Thursday 18th March 2010
YOUNGSTERS at a primary school are in shock after the sudden death of a popular teacher, aged 44.
Colchester to host exclusive Queen's Award event
5:37pm Thursday 18th March 2010
THE Queen's Award for Voluntary Service has announced it will hold an exclusive event in Colchester.
Mums' 48 mile walk in memory of friend
4:41pm Thursday 18th March 2010
THREE mums are tackling a 48 mile walk in memory of a friend who died from cancer.
Popular Hannah, 20, dies suddenly from liver failure
4:00pm Thursday 18th March 2010
TRIBUTES have poured in for a popular and caring 20-year-old who has died suddenly of liver failure.
Police chase suspected lead thieves
3:21pm Thursday 18th March 2010
POLICE used their helicopter to chase suspected lead thieves.
New charitable trust in Wivenhoe seeks to go national
2:50pm Thursday 18th March 2010
A NEW charitable trust has been set up in Wivenhooe.
Appeal to build children's hospice launched
1:44pm Thursday 18th March 2010
AN appeal to raise £3m to build a hospice to care for seriously ill children from north Essex has been launched.
Two dead Royal Anglian soldiers named
1:06pm Thursday 18th March 2010
TWO soldiers from the Royal Anglian Regiment killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan have been named.
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