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Braintree: sandwich bar burglar jailed
12:37pm Thursday 24th July 2008
A burglar has been jailed for breaking into a Braintree sandwich bar.
Comments (0)Dunmow: new council boss named
1:27pm Thursday 24th July 2008
A council is entering a new era following the appointment of a new chief executive.
Leaden Roding: Ann's over the moon with Arsene's letter
1:21pm Thursday 24th July 2008
A congratulatory letter from Arsene Wenger was the icing on the cake for a retiring staff member.
Wickham Bishops: John's back in the saddle
1:12pm Thursday 24th July 2008
An avid fundraiser got on his bike after 40 years out of the saddle.
Dunmow: fresh hope for bypass
12:54pm Thursday 24th July 2008
An earlier opening of a town’s much-needed north-west bypass could be on the cards, if highways officers have their way.
Another face on the beat
7:50am Thursday 24th July 2008
There is a new face patrolling Witham’s town centre.
National Entertainment News
Holden show makes dreams come true
Updated 11:34am Friday 25th July 2008
Amanda Holden is to front an ITV1 show which makes people's dreams come true.
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Mum who jumped hurdles so Sarah can run
They had seen better days, but Sarah Claxton had been happy to get her first running shoes – a second-hand pair of spikes.
Onward Christian (former) soldier
A large flatscreen television dominates the front room of Jamie and Amy Kidd’s house in Colchester.
Rising cost of fuel is hitting farmers hard
Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling have finally scrapped October’s planned 2p rise in fuel duty, but that will not sort out the current high prices – especially as that duty increase will probably hit next April. In the last of our features on Facing the Fuel Crisis, the Gazette looks at the problems facing Essex’s farmers – and why two of our biggest supermarkets are not feeling the pinch. Essex's wheatfields might not be on the same scale as Kansas, but they still take up nearly 250,000 acres.
Soaring fuel prices don’t only affect car owners
Spiralling fuel prices are a double-edged sword for bus operators.
Emergency crisis
By the middle of last month, Essex Fire and Rescue Service had spent more than 30 per cent of its annual fuel budget.
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