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  • Theatre group saved from closure

    A much-loved theatre group has been saved from closure following an urgent appeal for funds. The Dunmow Players faced closure after running out of money last month and asked the local community to help them survive. They needed to raise £3000

  • Prolific car thief jailed for four-and-a-half years

    A CAR thief who took or drove a fleet of stolen cars worth close to £100,000 in a summer-long crimewave has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Scott Warner was involved in the taking of everything from a high-end BMW to a Scout group minibus

  • Passengers hurt after bus crashes into newsagents

    THREE people were hurt after a bus hit scaffolding outside a shop. The First Group bus went into scaffolding outside McColl’s newsagents in Church Street, Coggeshall. The number 70 bus, which was travelling from Colchester to Chelmsford, hit