Leigh’s Famous Potatoes celebrate four decades
Leigh-on-Sea barn dance band The Famous Potatoes are celebrating forty years of music-making and entertainment featuring largely their original line-up
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The NSPCC’s Helen Marriner, Schools Service Coordinator for Essex, discusses Anti-Bullying Week
From November 11 – 15 the UK focuses on Anti-Bullying Week. To support this the NSPCC and Childline has launched
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Eight years of Essex parkruns inspire 78,000 people to take part
The parkrun phenomenon is celebrating it’s eighth anniversary in Essex after inspiring over 78,000 people to take part, running and
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“Don’t give up” says former HARP resident on World Homeless Day
“Don’t give up!” is the message a former resident of HARP, Southend’s homelessness charity, sends to those facing homelessness on
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Stars come out in Brentwood
A father and son duo are bringing a galaxy of showbiz stars to Brentwood to make it the premier entertainment destination in
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Couple backs Trust’s suicide campaign eight years to the day since their son took his own life
Jenny and Andrew Sutton’s son, Ben, took his own life eight years ago on September 10 – World Suicide Prevention
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Columnist and counsellor Fiona Caine advises a young woman feeling confused after a one-night-stand, and another whose husband keeps leaving
I SLEPT WITH A GUY AT A PARTY AND NOW DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO I’ve always been quite a
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Columnist and counsellor Fiona Caine offers guidance on how to cope when your husband is pushing boundaries
MY HUSBAND IS PLAYING GAMES WITH ANOTHER WOMAN – AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO My husband and I
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What to expect from series 5 of Peaky Blinders
Get ready Peaky Blinders fans: The fifth series is finally here, and there’s plenty of drama, violence and intrigue in
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Severe asthma sufferers not getting ‘life-saving’ treatment, charity warns
Tens of thousands of people with suspected severe asthma are at constant risk of life-threatening asthma attacks because they are
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