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  • Men appear in court following 'county line' raids

    Seven men appeared in court today for alleged drugs offences following a series of dawn raids across Essex. The raids were carried out across Braintree, Colchester, Clacton and London on Thursday. The warrants were the culmination of a seven-month-long

  • Lifetime achievement award for retired teacher

    A RETIRED teacher who has spent the past decade working to improve the community has been nominated for a national award. Ken Davies, 72, is in with a chance of winning the Lifetime Achievement category in the upcoming TPAS Awards after he was put

  • 10,000 parents fined for absent schoolchildren

    PARENTS across Essex were issued with more than 10,000 penalty notices for children not attending school – the second highest in the country. A Freedom of Information request found the number of penalty notices issued for unauthorised absences during