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• Library staff told to tone down support for Pride events

  03-06-2026 17:27 via bbc.com
  
  Workers will not be able to promote events, including Pride, on the council's social media channels.
  
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• Mystery over strange squares on our roads is solved

  05-06-2026 07:39 via bbc.com
  
  National Grid explains what the white painted symbols in Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk are.
  
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• Windrush descendant honours ancestors with display

  05-06-2026 07:34 via bbc.com
  
  The stories gathered by Dexter Stewart, aka Papa D, will be on display until September.
  
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• World Cup cash to lift Braintree transfer embargo

  05-06-2026 07:33 via bbc.com
  
  Fifa is due to pay Braintree Town £175,000 for letting one its players take part at the tournament.
  
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• New library policy 'Orwellian', says councillor

  04-06-2026 17:52 via bbc.com
  
  Librarians are being told they can no longer promote events such as Pride and Black History Month.
  
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• Murder suspects bailed after body found in harbour

  04-06-2026 16:39 via bbc.com
  
  Michael Mitchell, 35, from Chelmsford in Essex, is thought to have gone in the water on Friday.
  
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• Murdered toddler Oakley 'captured all our hearts'

  04-06-2026 12:19 via bbc.com
  
  Emma Barnett will be sentenced on Friday for fatally poisoning her son in Loughton.
  
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• Henry Nowak inquest to probe actions of police

  04-06-2026 12:16 via bbc.com
  
  A full inquest into Henry Nowak's death is scheduled for September 2027 in Winchester.
  
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• Conservative secures return to lead city council

  04-06-2026 11:43 via bbc.com
  
  The Tories in Colchester have struck a coalition deal with the Liberal Democrats.
  
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• Sonny Green reveals next steps after BGT

  04-06-2026 06:03 via bbc.com
  
  The artist from Southend-on-Sea says he wants to inspire young people to get into poetry.
  
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• Railway carriage classrooms inspire pupils

  04-06-2026 06:03 via bbc.com
  
  The carriages in Upshire are for use by the community as well as by primary and pre-school children.
  
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• Two arrests as 11 officers hurt in Nowak protests

  03-06-2026 17:04 via bbc.com
  
  Protesters pelted police with missiles in clashes close to where Henry Nowak was stabbed to death.
  
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• Essex Women's captain Scrivens signs new deal

  03-06-2026 16:48 via bbc.com
  
  Essex Women's captain Grace Scrivens signs a new two-year deal until the end of the 2028 season.
  
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• Tributes paid to former Essex MP and deputy speaker

  03-06-2026 16:26 via bbc.com
  
  Alan Haselhurst represented Saffron Walden for 40 years before leaving the House of Commons in 2017.
  
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• Community shocked by violence at Henry Nowak police protest

  03-06-2026 14:37 via bbc.com
  
  Southampton residents say they were "scared to open their doors" after violence at a Henry Nowak police protest.
  
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• Rail services disrupted due to trespassers on line

  03-06-2026 10:55 via bbc.com
  
  Services between London Liverpool Street and Hertford East, Cambridge and Stansted have been affected.
  
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• Crystal portrait celebrates Marilyn Monroe at 100

  03-06-2026 09:49 via bbc.com
  
  A percentage of funds raised when it is auctioned next month will go to a children's charity.
  
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• Army veteran pulled lorry driver from M6 wreckage

  03-06-2026 07:21 via bbc.com
  
  Gareth Evans describes the moment motorists went to help after a lorry overturned on the motorway.
  
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• Teen's design wins her a VIP trip to FA Cup final

  03-06-2026 07:02 via bbc.com
  
  Ruby Robinson, 18, from Essex, says it was a dream to see her shirt design at Wembley.
  
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• Braintree's Smith embracing 'special' New Zealand environment

  02-06-2026 14:49 via bbc.com
  
  Braintree Town defender Tommy Smith is looking forward to the "crowning glory of his career" at the World Cup with New Zealand.
  
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• T20 Blast round-up: Essex defeat Derbyshire

  31-05-2026 21:05 via bbc.com
  
  A round up of the T20 Blast action as Chris Lynn scores an unbeaten century in Northamptonshire's victory over Warwickshire.
  
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• Essex beat Lancashire in Women's T20 Blast

  31-05-2026 16:27 via bbc.com
  
  Surrey and The Blaze both suffer their first defeats of the 2026 Women's T20 Blast on a day that shakes up the top of the standings.
  
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• Friday night's T20 Blast round-up

  29-05-2026 23:31 via bbc.com
  
  Kiran Carlson hits a century for Glamorgan as they ease past reigning T20 Blast champions Somerset with more than six overs to spare.
  
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• Women's T20 Blast: Essex beat Yorkshire

  29-05-2026 23:15 via bbc.com
  
  Hampshire register a second tie in four Women's T20 Blast games as table-topping Surrey dramatically maintain their unbeaten start.
  
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• FA Trophy-winning captain Ralph leaves Southend

  29-05-2026 18:57 via bbc.com
  
  Nathan Ralph, the first Southend captain to lift a domestic trophy, is to leave the National League club.
  
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• The Essex celebs who got their Freedom

  28-05-2026 15:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barry Hearn says there's no quirky perks with his freedom of the borough honour.
  
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• Boy with Tourette's refused flight for bomb remark

  27-05-2026 14:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A boy from Essex with Tourette syndrome was ejected from Gatwick for shouting ‘bomb’.
  
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• ‘Exciting’ future for Southend landmark

  22-05-2026 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The seaside icon saw motorbikes roar along the Wall of Death and lions thrill visitors.
  
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• MP hits out at 'outrageous' decision to axe school

  22-05-2026 13:24 via bbc.com
  The government says it will no longer fund the 420-place Lodge Farm school in Witham, Essex.
  
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• Two Reform councillors quit for 'personal reasons'

  22-05-2026 13:18 via bbc.com
  By-elections could take place for the Grays seats, if requested by voters.
  
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