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Stansted to get £80m terminal development
4:50am Thursday 20th June 2013
STANSTED Airport is to get an £80 million terminal redevelopment.
Woman robbed in Colchester
4:23pm Wednesday 19th June 2013
A GOOD samaritan helped save a woman being robbed in Colchester.
Sophie opens up in photo exhibition
2:20pm Wednesday 19th June 2013
SOPHIE Weaver wants to break the mold and give people an insight into how she lives her life.
UPDATED: Five robbed in knife and brick attacks
12:30pm Wednesday 19th June 2013
. A GANG has attacked and robbed three people in Colchester using a knife and a brick.
Iraq damages cases: Supreme court rules families can sue
11:09am Wednesday 19th June 2013
In today's Gazette: Recycle more - and we'll take bins away
8:16am Wednesday 19th June 2013
Abbotts members tell council: You don't understand
6:00pm Tuesday 18th June 2013
One stop shop number planned for end of life care
4:59pm Tuesday 18th June 2013
A ONE-STOP shop for people with life-limiting illness could be set up for north Essex.
GENERAL ELECTION: CONSTITUENCIES
Peregrine chicks on nuclear reactor (link)
bbc.co.uk 3:48pm Wed 19 Jun 13
Peregrine falcon chicks hatch in a nest on top of a former nuclear reactor in Bradwell-on-Sea.
Keel cut for Mayflower replica ship (link)
bbc.co.uk 8:20pm Wed 19 Jun 13
A landmark step to build a £2.5m replica of the ship that carried the Pilgrim Fathers to America nearly 400 years ago…
Council to spend £5m on competition (link)
bbc.co.uk 1:09pm Wed 19 Jun 13
More than £5m will be spent by a council planning to contract out its services through competitive tender.
Man cautioned over tweet theft lie (link)
bbc.co.uk 4:22pm Wed 19 Jun 13
Police caution an Essex man who reported his wallet stolen to police before later tweeting to say he had simply left…
Four vie to be UK City of Culture (link)
bbc.co.uk 1:08pm Wed 19 Jun 13
Southend fails to make the shortlist of four cities which could become the UK's second City of Culture in 2017.
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