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Mike and Angela have 200 children...who live in Africa

8:00am Wednesday 3rd October 2012

MIKE and Angela King don’t have their own children – apart from their 200 kids in Africa that is.

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Life is at a Standstill for performer Abi

12:00am Thursday 30th August 2012

AS a project associated with this year’s Olympics and Paralympics, Standstill isn’t exactly athletic.

Futureheads on Brownstock and singing a capella

12:00am Thursday 30th August 2012

IT’S not every band that could get away with releasing an album of nothing but close harmony a cappella tracks – but then, the Futureheads are not every band.

Our company car's an Aston Martin, say Billericay businessmen

6:00pm Friday 15th June 2012

IT has to be the best job in the world, at least for any red-blooded male with a need for speed.

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Sparks to fly as county marks Olympics

11:50am Sunday 13th May 2012

IT’S our county’s contribution to the celebration of the biggest sporting event in the world – so bring on the Games!

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A bright i-Dea to make a million

10:00am Friday 14th October 2011

THE death of Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs and the news an Essex secondary school has bought an iPad2 for each of its 1,200 pupils has thrust technology firmly in the spotlight.

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I’m retiring two years early...after sex change!

6:00am Thursday 29th September 2011

A SHOP manager can retire two years early...thanks to a sex change.

Traffic wardens' tales of the dangers and threats

1:10pm Sunday 25th September 2011

I HAD an old man call me Hitler once,” traffic warden Lisa Hinman tells me.

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Drummer Paul Francis on his rock star life with Bill Wyman, Led Zep and others

11:00am Sunday 25th September 2011

A DRUMMER who has played and partied with rock legends has written his life story.

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Is Hasselhoff "too American" to play Lovejoy?

3:00am Friday 27th May 2011

THE creator of BBC television drama Lovejoy, from West Bergholt, has spoken about David Hasselhoff’s revelation he would like to revive the show.

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