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Hanley Grange Withdrawn By Tesco

16:04 - 28 August 2008

SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has withdrawn Hanley Grange as a prospective eco-town. However, the controversial 6500-home development has not been completely abandoned. It will now go forwards as part of the East of England Plan, a government blueprint setting...

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2012 flag flies in Uttlesford

17:33 - 27 August 2008

UTTLESFORD District Council raised the Olympic Flag on Sunday whilst, 5071 miles away, the handover of the flag to the Mayor of London took place during the closing ceremony of the Beijing Games. The flag was raised at the district council offices in Saff...

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Gallery: See the Olympics from an athlete's view point

Everybody has seen standard images from the Beijing Olympics on TV and in newspapers, but Olympic hockey player Lisa Wooding shows us the Games from an athlete s point of view. The Dunmow star, who helped team GB to sixth place, has images from the openi...

Video & Gallery: Housing minister defends eco-towns

ON a whistle stop tour through some of Essex s most beautiful countryside, the Government s housing minister defended her big eco ideas. En route from her offices in Westminster to the rural setting of Thaxted, minister for housing Caroline Flint must hav...

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Walden let lead slip

SAFFRON WALDEN 1 DEBENHAM 3 Saffron Walden Town FC failed to capitalise on their early second-half lead and ended up losing to Debenham at Catons Lane on Saturday. Assistant manager John Butchart said he was really disappointed with his players...

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Olympics

Gallery: See the Olympics from an athlete's view point

Everybody has seen standard images from the Beijing Olympics on TV and in newspapers, but Olympic hockey player Lisa Wooding shows us the Games from an athlete s point of view. The Dunmow star, who helped team GB to sixth place, has images from the openi...

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