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  • Benefit cuts will hurt jobseekers

    A jobseeker who has spent a year looking for work fears welfare cuts will hurt genuine jobseekers. Pauline Owers, 56, was made redundant after Premdor shut its window manufacturing site in Sible Hedingham in September last year. Miss Owers, one of

  • Bereavement charity helped by cheque

    A bereavement charity which has had more than £1,000 donated still needs more than £3,000 to break even. Cruse, which has volunteers and supports people across Halstead, Braintree and Witham, has seen an increase in demand for its services, while grants

  • Brown ready for next challenge

    Jody Brown is ready to return to senior football. And the former Halstead Town manager has revealed that he is mulling over an offer to coach at a Football League club. Brown quit his role as Town manager on health grounds in July, following