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Isobel

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Traditional school toilets

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Fire in Sundale Close, Holland-on-Sea

House damaged as garden bonfire spreads

Firefighters are called as a garden bonfire gets out of control in windy conditions.

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Holding an older person's hand

Care home in special measures after 'staff failures'

The service in Essex is told it could close if it does not show improvements within six months.

  • 1da day ago
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Anna Rucklidge-Smith, Doris Smith, Paul Rucklidge Smith

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Coroner writes to Essex Partnership University Trust raising concerns following a woman's death.

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  • Essex
MDP Wethersfield housing

Housing migrants at airfield not justified - court

A council in Essex is challenging the government's policy on asylum seekers in the High Court.

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  • Essex
The site of the future Shoebury health centre in Ness Road

Old hospital demolished after 15 years spent empty

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  • 20h20 hours ago
  • Essex
Traditional school toilets

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    O'Sullivan holds off Pang to advance at Crucible

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    Relive day four of the County Championship

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    Snooker in best state ever, says Murphy

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    County Championship, day three - radio & text

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    O'Sullivan 'won't put a number on' world titles

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    Ronnie O'Sullivan down the years

    Ronnie O'Sullivan says he will "not put a number on" how many world titles he can win as his bid for an eighth Crucible crown gets under way against Pang Junxu on Saturday.

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    Who is ready for the cauldron of the Crucible?

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    BBC Sport assess six contenders for the World Snooker Championship, which starts at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre on Saturday.

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    Relive day two of the County Championship

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