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Standon Calling called off after heavy rainfall and flooding

A woman in a poncho with her hands in the air on a very muddy hill

Standon Calling | Video

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Sunday at Standon Calling was a wash-out after severe flooding and a risk of lightning.
A brick building in the evening: Uttlesford District Council's offices, known as The Council Offices, Saffron Walden, Essex

Uttlesford District Council

Vulnerable Uttlesford residents set for council tax rate freeze

Will Durrant

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A ruby and diamond ring stolen from a patient's hand in Broomfield Hospital, Essex

Essex Police

Thieves swap elderly hospital patient’s ‘precious’ rings with tin bands

Louise Dunderdale

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Howard Rolfe

Q&A: Former Uttlesford District Council leader Howard Rolfe

Howard Rolfe

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A brick building in the evening: Uttlesford District Council's offices, known as The Council Offices, Saffron Walden, Essex

Planning and Development

Uttlesford District Council releases list of possible new build sites

Will Durrant

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A man holding three pints of beer at the Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) in Olympia London, Keni

Events

Chelmsford beer festival cancelled for 2021 by Covid concerns

Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporter

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Councillor Wendy Schmitt of Braintree District Council and an EV point at Newlands Drive car park, Witham, Essex

Council

Braintree council installs further electric vehicle charging points

Louise Dunderdale

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Children with tops coated in multiple colours after a colour run at R A Butler Academy, Saffron Walden, Essex

Education News | Gallery

In pictures: Uttlesford pupils' fun before the summer holidays

Louise Dunderdale

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Group at the new Horizon 120 Business and Innovation Park being built off the A131 at Great Notley, Essex

Council

Revealed: The progress made so far to create a new business park

Louise Dunderdale

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Sign of a Covid-19 testing centre

Coronavirus

Coronavirus rates in Essex are doubling every 10 days

Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporter

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A fluffy dog called Buddy Bear sitting in a garden

Pets Corner | Gallery

Reader pictures: Cute animals in July's Pets' Corner

Louise Dunderdale

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People stand far apart, social distancing for Covid-19. All of them have bags, about to board a plane

This week's paper: Dunmow Broadcast on July 22, 2021

Will Durrant

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A dog taking part in training with Take The Lead Essex

Pets Corner | Video

Pets Corner: It's time to get your dog back to training class

Louise Dunderdale

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Cassius, Freya, Zachary, Florence, Harry from Takeley Primary School

Education | Gallery

The handwritten letters and drawings sent to Euro 2020's players

Louise Dunderdale

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People stand far apart, social distancing for Covid-19. All of them have bags, about to board a plane

Courts | Special Report

Stansted Airport expansion: Council reveals grounds for court review

Will Durrant

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A montage: in the background - very large hailstones; inset - a destroyed garden

Essex Weather | Video

Gardens destroyed and cars damaged amid heatwave storm

Will Durrant

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Dunmow Cricket Club's Rohan Aswani and Dan Goddard from Perkins Garage

Cricket

Events celebrate club's 125 year anniversary

Louise Dunderdale

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Hospital Trust chief executive Clare Panniker and patient Karen Travis cut the ribbon

Health

Ribbon cut as new £1.2m chemotherapy treatment centre declared open

Louise Dunderdale

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A bird's eye view or satellite image of Stebbing, surrounded by green fields.

Planning and Development

Developers propose 60 new homes in Stebbing

Will Durrant

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A wooden structure with a burnt-out roof after a fire in Bardfield, Essex

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service

Firefighters tackle roof blaze in Bardfield

Will Durrant

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Campaigner and letter writer Tony Clarke.

Q&A: Campaigner and letter writer Tony Clarke

Tony Clarke

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FALMOUTH, ENGLAND - JUNE 10: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to Falmouth's Marit

People will need to be double-jabbed to get in nightclubs from autumn

James Weeds

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A montage: both images show drivers with luggage walking along the M11 towards Stansted Airport

Essex Police

Residents hand water to stranded motorists after fatal M11 collision

Will Durrant

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If moving around has become more of a struggle for your loved one, they may benefit from a helping h

Essex County Council

Accusations of pay exploitation in Essex

Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporter

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Hospitals in the county will continue the mandatory rule that face coverings must be worn 

Hinchingbrooke Hospital

Hospitals ask people to keep wearing face masks after July 19

Alexandra Collett

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A mobile phone image of a car driving on railway tracks

Crime

Land Rover in Hertfordshire police chase stolen from Essex town

Will Durrant

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Great Dunmow Town Council mayor Patrick Lavelle on stage at the music festival

Events

Town council launches events to heal community 'rupture' after Covid-19

Will Durrant

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A mobile phone image of a car driving on railway tracks

Crime

Stolen Land Rover drives onto train tracks in high-speed police chase

Will Durrant

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A message to self-isolate, with one day of required isolation remaining

Coronavirus

What to do if you get 'pinged' by the NHS Covid app

Oliver Sullivan

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A montage. Left - something gushing out of the road which looks like a fountain. Right - flooding on the B184

Flooding

Thaxted flash flooding the 'worst in 30 years', says councillor

Will Durrant

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