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Covid booster jab sessions due to start at Lord Butler

vial of Covid-19 vaccination

Coronavirus

Louise Dunderdale

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Covid booster jabs are about to start for GP patients in North Uttlesford, and a flu jab will also be offered at the same time
Hoses coming out of an Essex Fire and Rescue Service unit in Doctor's Pond, Great Dunmow

Great Dunmow Town Council

Dunmow fish poisoned in blue-green algae bloom

Will Durrant

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Covid social distancing sign in Norwich.

Coronavirus

More restrictions set to be scrapped in Boris Johnson's winter Covid plan

Louisa Baldwin

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Toby and Tegid of Felsted School, Essex, have been fundraising in their summer holiday

Charity | Gallery

Felsted students use their summer to help others

Louise Dunderdale

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Ossie Ardiles cuts the ribbon on the new 3G pitch in Saffron Walden, Essex, standing beside Matt Clare,

Football | Gallery

In pictures: Uttlesford's new 3G pitch is declared officially open!

Louise Dunderdale

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School Covid test

Coronavirus

'Some increase' in Essex Covid-19 cases is expected as schools return

Will Durrant

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Embargoed to 1800 Thursday August 26 Refugees from Afghanistan wait to be processed after arriving o

Charity News

Essex asked to pause donating items for Afghanistan refugees

Charlie Ridler, Local Democracy Reporting Service

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A group of 18 Tesco staff members wearing pink Race for Life tops in Chelmsford

Charity News

Dunmow supermarket raises £1,800 for Cancer Research

Will Durrant

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An ambulance attended the incident in Takeley this morning. Picture: ARCHANT

East of England Ambulance Service

Ambulance service plan is military and firefighters help during winter

Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporting Service

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Columnists

Wellcome Sanger Institute is leading initiative to sequence every species

Alison Cranage, Science Writer at the Wellcome Sanger Institute

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A sign on chrome metal: Stansted Airport

Coronavirus

Stansted boss: Slow travel easing could 'squander' vaccine benefits

Will Durrant

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Linda Charge and a dialysis machine being used at home

NHS

Hospital patients get their kidney dialysis at home

Louise Dunderdale

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Essex Coroners' Court in Chelmsford

Mental Health

Essex coroner's report leads to mental health support changes

Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporting Service

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FACES BLURRED AT SOURCE Ministry of Defence undated handout photo of British citizens and dual natio

Essex County Council

Essex donation points set up for items to help Afghanistan refugees

Louise Dunderdale

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Group in matching orange tshirts ahead of a 48-mile walk starting at Takeley Cricket Club, Essex

Cricket

Home of Cricket Walk in memory of Malcolm Brown is a major success

Louise Dunderdale

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Katie Price might like her six autobiographies on show. Picture: Charlotte Ball/PA Archive

Essex Police

Man arrested after 'Katie Price' incident

Louise Dunderdale

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Visits to A&E in Essex have continued to fall, with the numbers attending the newly merged Mid and S

NHS

Essex A&E waiting times: fears raised about winter as 'NHS really...

Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporting Service

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Broomfield Hospital donation, Essex: John Gardiner, practice nurse Gracy Kumar and deputy manager Saw Tha

NHS

Donation buys training item for Broomfield Hospital

Louise Dunderdale

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Archive image, pre Covid-19: Participants taking part in a session of Together In Sound, Saffron Walden, Essex

Health

Power of music: funding grant will help more people with dementia

Louise Dunderdale

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East of England Ambulance Service

Army brought in at East of England Ambulance Service

Louise Dunderdale

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Coronavirus

Essex health boss: get fully vaccinated and you won't need to self isolate

Louise Dunderdale

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A pyramid-shaped memorial complete with flowers - a Covid-19 memorial at Cam Valley Crematorium

Coronavirus

Essex artist designs 10 Covid-19 memorial throughout East Anglia

Will Durrant

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Junior doctors in a room. They are joining Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, including Broomfield Hospital

Health

New intake of junior doctors at Broomfield Hospital

Louise Dunderdale

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Caremark in Uttlesford and Chelmsford staff member with an older man, laughing and having fun

Business

Jobs boost for community as Dunmow's Caremark sees demand surge

Louise Dunderdale

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"Uttlesford District Council" on a green sign at the London Road offices, Saffron Walden

Uttlesford District Council

Disabled resident compensated in housing row after UDC 'fault'

Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporter

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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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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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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 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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The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust in Harlow saw record numbers in A&E for June.

Lockdown Easing

Health bosses call for rethink on relaxing Covid restrictions as patient...

Piers Meyler Local Democracy Reporter

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