Halstead and Essex news, sport and information from the Halstead Gazette

Antique ring among jewellery pinched

5:51pm Monday 8th February 2010

AN ANTIQUE diamond and sapphire ring was one of the £5,000 worth of items stolen from a village house.

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Halstead midwife praised for 20 years of exciting deliveries

3:17pm Monday 8th February 2010

A HALSTEAD midwife is one of several medical staff given long service awards.

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Burglars steal £5,000 of jewellery from Colne Engaine

1:10pm Monday 8th February 2010

BURGLARS stole £5,000 worth of jewellery from a house which backs onto a village footpath.

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New town centre manager's hopes for Halstead market

12:10pm Monday 8th February 2010

A NEW town centre manager hopes to rejuvenate Halstead by transforming its market A bustling market with plenty of stalls is the vision held by Chris Trim, who has been employed by Braintree Council to boost footfall in the town centre.

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Braintree mum is focusing on fundraising

2:05pm Friday 5th February 2010

A mother-of-two is on a fundraising drive after losing her father to cancer.

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Praise for council as jobs saved

7:00am Friday 5th February 2010

Nature lovers thanked a council for saving posts which were facing the axe.

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Sir Alan Haselhurst - consummate House of Commons host

5:00pm Thursday 4th February 2010

DEPUTY speaker Sir Alan Haselhurst, a cricketing novelist, hosted 55 banqueting functions at the House of Commons between April 1, 2004 and September 30, 2009.

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Cabinet agrees funds for Halstead community centre

4:46pm Thursday 4th February 2010

Cabinet members of Braintree Council have agreed for £800,000 to be set aside for a new community facility in Halstead.

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Free holiday for elderly

12:00pm Thursday 4th February 2010

ELDERLY north Essex residents could qualify for a free holiday.

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Paracetemol protects against kidney failure, claim scientists

11:00am Thursday 4th February 2010

PARACETAMOL can protect against kidney failure after severe muscle injury, scientists at Essex University have concluded.

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