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Traders' raise concern over potential Tesco location
11:50am Tuesday 22nd July 2008
Traders have raised concerns over the potential location of a Tesco store in town.
Comments (0)Triathlete puts pupils through their paces
8:23am Saturday 19th July 2008
An international triathlete took a school training session.
Free parking for Christmas?
4:06pm Friday 18th July 2008
Shoppers may be able to enjoy two weeks' free parking at Christmas time.
House fire update - one dead
11:49am Friday 18th July 2008
A man has died after suffering 80 per cent burns in a house fire.
Man suffers 80 per cent burns in house fire
10:43am Friday 18th July 2008
A man was rushed to hospital with 80 per cent burns, after a house fire.
Historic railway escapes costly new law
3:57pm Thursday 17th July 2008
An historic railway station escaped "potential closure" thanks to a last minute exemption to a new EU law.
National Sport News
Federer crashes out in Toronto
Updated 5:00pm Thursday 24th July 2008
World number one Roger Federer crashed out of the Rogers Cup in Toronto on Wednesday, while Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal continued his remarkable run.
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Mum who jumped hurdles so Sarah can run
They had seen better days, but Sarah Claxton had been happy to get her first running shoes – a second-hand pair of spikes.
Onward Christian (former) soldier
A large flatscreen television dominates the front room of Jamie and Amy Kidd’s house in Colchester.
Rising cost of fuel is hitting farmers hard
Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling have finally scrapped October’s planned 2p rise in fuel duty, but that will not sort out the current high prices – especially as that duty increase will probably hit next April. In the last of our features on Facing the Fuel Crisis, the Gazette looks at the problems facing Essex’s farmers – and why two of our biggest supermarkets are not feeling the pinch. Essex's wheatfields might not be on the same scale as Kansas, but they still take up nearly 250,000 acres.
Soaring fuel prices don’t only affect car owners
Spiralling fuel prices are a double-edged sword for bus operators.
Emergency crisis
By the middle of last month, Essex Fire and Rescue Service had spent more than 30 per cent of its annual fuel budget.
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