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Emergency funding for Essex care homes amid 'acute' staff shortages

A nurse wears a stethoscope around their neck

Essex County Council

Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporter

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Acute staffing shortages in the care sector have led to £2.5 million county council pay-out
Swan Meadow Car Park, Saffron Walden. Picture: SaffronPhoto

Uttlesford District Council

Revealed: why some Uttlesford car park machines no longer take cash

Louise Dunderdale

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Firstsite, Colchester. Photograph by Jayne Lloyd.

Arts & Culture

County council promises arts boost for Essex

Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporter

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Ben Fogle with a hedgehog. Image courtesy of British Hedgehog Preservation Society

Pets Corner

Pets' Corner: Ben Fogle's plea over Bonfire Night

Louise Dunderdale

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Two girls taking part in a decoding the Morse Code challenge, Great Dunmow

Gallery

Scouts jamboree fun covers radio skills to Morse Code

Louise Dunderdale

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Group of women in a support group, smiling

Charity

St Clare bereavement cafes reopen - with new cafes being added

Louise Dunderdale

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Katie Price in front of a media scrum in Bexley, London

Essex Police

Katie Price's alleged attacker re-bailed into November

Will Durrant

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Hedingham Castle

Essex Life

5 of the best wedding venues in Essex

Hannah Gildart

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Simon Brice in the High Sheriff of Essex's outfit

Charity News

Grants offered to volunteer-run groups which make Essex a safe place

Will Durrant

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Three The Christian School, Takeley pupils show off their bountiful harvest collection for the Bishop's Stortford foodbank

Charity News

Takeley pupils hold harvest collection for Stortford foodbank

Will Durrant

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Group of people including Great Dunmow mayor Patrick Lavelle with Town Awards winners

Great Dunmow Town Council

Mayor's column: Dunmow changes, the Civic Service and talent in the town

Councillor Patrick Lavelle, Great Dunmow Mayor

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Great Dunmow Town Council mayor Patrick Lavelle

There With You This Winter

There With You This Winter: Mayor backs our campaign

Louise Dunderdale

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You can see The Wizard of Oz at Saffron Hall this Christmas.

Theatre

Search for The Wizard of Oz dog Toto begins in Saffron Walden

Alan Davies

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The Essex and Herts Air Ambulance CEO Jane Gurney declares the new base open, with help from patient Maisie Moon

Essex and Herts Air Ambulance

New Essex and Herts air ambulance base declared officially open

Will Durrant

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Main image: A crowd of people line Stortford Road in Great Dunmow; Inset: The Mayor with Peter Sweetland

Retail | Gallery

Fond farewell to Dunmow butcher shop after 69 years on Stortford Road

Will Durrant

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Author Gareth Jones and children at Dunmow St Mary's Primary School

Education News

School welcomes Blue Peter award-winning author Gareth Jones

Louise Dunderdale

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Last Night of the Proms in Great Dunmow

Music

Full house success: Great Dunmow's Last Night of the Proms

Louise Dunderdale

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Max Malins scores Saracens' second try against Bath.

Rugby

England call-up for Felsted's Max Malins after hat-trick for Saracens

Neil Metcalfe

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Glenda Jackson was forced to finish the Manchester Marathon early because of injury.

Athletics

Grange Farm & Dunmow Runners get in plenty of runs before winter begins

Neil Metcalfe

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Dunmow Rovers U13 girls advanced in the league cup.

Football

Dunmow Rovers' girls advance in Essex County League Cup

Neil Metcalfe

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An artists' impression of the new Cambridge Children's Hospital

NHS

'Dream come true': Plan for East Anglian children's hospital unveiled

Will Durrant

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A Mountfitchet House resident, Olive, with a tambourine

Music

Stansted residents celebrate their very own Night at the Proms

Will Durrant

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Chelmsford Crown Court (Google Streetview image)

Chelmsford Crown Court

Dunmow knife attacker receives hospital order after attempted murder

Will Durrant

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Aerial view of computer image of proposed Chelmsford North East bypass

Essex County Council

Chelmsford bypass 'could provide strategic link' to Stansted Airport

Louise Dunderdale

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Harlow Council building with water feature at front

First 'building block' of Harlow town centre major regeneration approved

Charlie Ridler, Local Democracy Reporting Service

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A group of rural ramblers at Easton Lodge raising money for the Helen Rollason Cancer Charity

Charity Fundraiser

More than 300 rural ramblers raise cash for Helen Rollason's charity

Will Durrant

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A sign for Hylands Park and Hylands House, Chelmsford

Council agrees to 'complicated' parking charges at Hylands Park

Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporter

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Sir David Amess MP

Essex Police | Updated

Tributes pour in after death of Essex MP Sir David Amess

Louise Dunderdale

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Emergency services at the scene near the Belfairs Methodist Church in Eastwood Road North, Leigh-on-

Updated

Conservative MP David Amess dies after being stabbed in Essex constituency

Johnny Griffith

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A woman receiving adult social care grips her walking cane

Health Care

Council commits to better conditions in 'unsustainable' care sector

Will Durrant and Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporter

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