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MY VIEW: Friendly county welcomes all sorts of cultures with open arms
10:00pm Friday 19th March 2010
Essex author Peter Inson looks at why Germaine Greer and others enjoy living here
£3m appeal launched to build hospice for children
8:40pm Friday 19th March 2010
AN appeal has been launched to raise £3million to build a hospice for children from north Essex.
Tesco will be ‘one too many supermarkets’
7:00pm Friday 19th March 2010
Halstead has enough supermarkets without the imminent arrival of Tesco, a chamber of trade boss has warned.
More than £1m raised to fit out arts facility
6:00pm Friday 19th March 2010
More than £1million has been given to Colchester’s Visual Arts Facility by private donors.
Villages to get own volunteer lifesavers group
4:59pm Friday 19th March 2010
FOUR villages are to get a dedicated emergency first aid group to provide potentially life-saving back-up to paramedics.
Fish and Chip 'Oscars' launched by local chippy
3:20pm Friday 19th March 2010
THE OWNER of the Brightlingsea fish and chip named the best in the South East has launched the ‘Oscars’ for the chippy industry.
Kelvedon shop staff's charity fun
2:41pm Friday 19th March 2010
A shop has taken part in fun-filled week of activities to raise money for charity.
Shrine to town saint goes under hammer
2:00pm Friday 19th March 2010
A GOTHIC shrine made for the Colchester Pageant of 1909 is expected to fetch nearly £1,000 when it goes under the hammer next week.
Three Colchester soldiers honoured
1:42pm Friday 19th March 2010
THREE Colchester officers are among 160 soldiers decorated for their bravery and dedication.
Health checks at work for council staff
1:10pm Friday 19th March 2010
STAFF at Colchester Council are among the first employees to benefit form free work-place Health checks.
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