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Alderman Blaxill: Let there be snow!

9:00am Friday 15th January 2010

This is what winter is really about. None of these horrid, drizzly, grey, rainy days when everybody collectively gets down and depressed. Snow is Britain’s most beautiful and popular natural occurrence.

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Colchester County High School for Girls: NaNoWriMo

9:00am Friday 25th December 2009

Fiction. It has the power to take you away to other times and places and can let you discover a whole new world.

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Philip Morant: Has the BBC sold its soul?

9:00am Friday 18th December 2009

During October, the British National Party’s (BNP) leader Nick Griffin was given a place on BBC’s Question Time. This is a popular political discussion show where members of the audience are allowed to ask the panel of guests questions on current affairs. On the night, Nick Griffin received copious amounts of very critical feedback about his political views not only from the live audience but also from the other panellists.

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Colchester Sixth Form College: Swine Flu - Hitting the Nation, Hitting Home

9:00am Friday 4th December 2009

Swine Flu: Hitting the Nation, Hitting Home.

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Stanway Youth Forum: We want your help

9:00am Friday 20th November 2009

When the school holidays finally come round and young people are let off school work for a few weeks, we are usually jumping for joy as we leave the school gates. But give it a couple of days and we’ll tell you we’re bored.

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Thomas Lord Audley: Just look at us now!

9:00am Friday 16th October 2009

Three years ago we had the worst exam results...just look at us now!

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Alderman Blaxill: Wham the exams

9:00am Friday 9th October 2009

It’s a word everybody hates: teachers, parents and most of all, the students. What is the point in exams? They’re always such hard work and they’re so stressful! If you revise too much, you confuse the most basic of facts and if you revise too little you won’t get the grades you need to get the jobs you want! So… what do you do?

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The Gilberd School: Colchester – from my perspective

9:00am Friday 25th September 2009

Colchester. Britain’s “oldest recorded town”. That’s literally the only fact that’s remotely thrilling about this dull, atmosphere-less cesspit.

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