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Royals behaving badly: Horrible Histories - the Terrible Tudors and Vile Victorians comes to Chelmsford soon.

2:02pm Thursday 16th October 2008

The Civic Theatre plays host to some great names next month, starting with the former award-winning BBC war correspondent, politician and author Martin Bell.

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Puppets on parade

Puppets on parade

9:05pm Saturday 20th September 2008

The ninth International Puppet Festival promises to be Witham’s best yet.

Carnival comes to town

Carnival comes to town

9:07pm Saturday 20th September 2008

Memories of a poor summer will fade into the past when the colourful Dunmow carnival takes to the streets.

Come and see the best at poetry fest

Michael Horovitz.

9:10pm Saturday 20th September 2008

DISCOVER the beauty – and fun – of poetry with local bards during this year’s Essex Poetry Festival.


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I would welcome all these expansion plans for Braintree, but, and sorry to harp on about an old subject, when will the train services catch up? More frequent trains to from and to Braintree are desperately needed by commuters and tourists alike.  − stacenator32, Braintree

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