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BEREAVED families and parents affected by the devastating loss of a baby are being encouraged to find solace in attending a new support group.

A home was filled with smoke after a fire started in an airing cupboard

It opened last night

The plaque could have been made 80 years ago

A WINDSURFER in distress was rescued after getting into difficulty while out at sea after alert residents rushed to raise the alarm.

SOLDIERS are putting their desert warfare skills to the test in a training exercise in North Africa.

A CHARITY tin raising money for veterans and serving soldiers was snatched from a shopping centre before nippy police officers arrested two young men.

ONE lane is closed on the M25 as officers deal with a protester for a fourth consecutive day.

Essex will have a number of Remembrance Day events being held this weekend for 2022

The apprenticeship roles are in the engineering sector.

Historic England has awarded £1.08 million in repair grants to 28 sites in the East of England.

A developer has installed giant poppies at multiple housing sites.

A GROUP of strangers-turned-friends spent last month chasing each other around a town as part of a large game of tag.

Markham and Smith Motor Engineers Ltd was ordered to payout

He has been locked up for three years

It came during the third day of protests on the M25

A councillor said the delays are costing Colchester millions in lost revenue

The couple desperately wanted the groom's father to be at the wedding

Neighbours watched on in horror during the early hours

Culture Club singer has warned Matt Hancock that he's 'really going to get it' as the Tory MP entered I'm A Celeb.

More emergency food parcels have been given out between April and September in the UK than ever before, the Trussell Trust has reported.

The special meaning behind this year's John Lewis Christmas advert, set to a cover of All the Small Things by Blink-182

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POLICE are worried for the welfare of a missing pensioner and have launched an appeal to bring him home safely.

The woman dressed as a dog was seen writing 'woof' on the hoardings in Queen Street

Royal items were sold at Reeman Dansie in Colchester

He has been spared jail for his crimes

TENDRING’S top businesses have been put on show at a special event in Parliament.

Lepra has officially unveiled details of its Giving Shoedays event for this year

A CHIEF constable has said it is “only a matter of time” before someone is killed during a Just Stop Oil protest.

He will be sentenced next month

He was forced to turn around following the M25 and Dartford Tunnel closure due to Just Stop Oil protesters

A trial is expected to take place next year

It's another store to have joined the portfolio of retailers

Community champions at Morrisons, in Little Clacton, invited nine GCSE art students to do the work

The veteran Tory MP has confirmed he will stand for re-election

A CHRISTMAS alpaca fair is being held for the public to feed the animals and more.

The Jaywick Fireworks Display, now in its fourth year, returned to Jaywick Beach

Colchester Film Society, which has been in existence for several years, shows films on a monthly basis at Firstsite

CLACTON’S Amateur Dramatics Society will be celebrating its 75th anniversary with an award-winning comedy.

A MAN has been jailed after being convicted of multiple animal cruelty offences which saw eight dogs seized by police.

Mercury Theatre, in Balkerne Gate, will stage DESTINY

He drove a taxi for a large scale drug operation

Campaigners hope the Prime Minister will look to alternatives

Colchester is set to see a changed constituency boundary

A POLICE officer has been struck and left injured after putting out a roadblock on the M25.

THE M25 has been closed for a third day after a protester has again climbed a gantry.

LONG queues of traffic are forming due to ongoing roadworks.

The statistic was uncovered via a Freedom of Information request