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16:44 - 21 August 2008
A BRIGHT future beckons for the clever youngsters who picked up their GCSE results today (Thursday August 21). Students at Saffron Walden County High School (SWCHS), Newport Free Grammar School, Friends School and Linton Village College celebrated anothe... Full Story »
15:32 - 20 August 2008
AN ICONIC village landmark has been safeguarded for the future after it was awarded listed building status. Linton s water tower, known locally as the pepper pot because of its distinctive dodecagonal design, was granted Grade II Listed Building status fo... Full Story »
15:30 - 20 August 2008
PRACTICALLY every sport and physical activity you can think of will be demonstrated at a major event outside Linton later this month. Physical Freedom 2008, taking place on Sunday August 31, will feature displays and exhibitions in a variety of sporting d... Full Story »
Stansted Expansion
15:33 - 15 August 2008
STANSTED Airport workers are to take strike action on Bank Holiday Monday in a dispute over pay.
GMB Union members will strike on August 25 after claiming they were due a pay rise in January but employers Airfield Services were dragging their feet.
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13:21 - 14 August 2008
RYANAIR S chief executive has announced that the airline has no plans to buy Stansted Airport. Following last week s tongue in cheek remark about buying the Uttlesford airport, Mr O Leary decided to go on the record at a press conference on Thursday m... Full Story »
Eco - Town
15:14 - 01 August 2008
A GOVERNMENT panel has offered expert opinion on the eco-towns proposed for Hinxton and Elsenham, just as a new Hanley Grange masterplan is unveiled by developers. A report published by the Eco-Towns Challenge Panel, a group of sustainability and urban...
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11:16 - 27 June 2008
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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