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Emergency funding for Essex care homes amid 'acute' staff shortages

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Essex County Council

Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporter

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Acute staffing shortages in the care sector have led to £2.5 million county council pay-out
The Essex and Herts Air Ambulance CEO Jane Gurney declares the new base open, with help from patient Maisie Moon

Essex and Herts Air Ambulance

New Essex and Herts air ambulance base declared officially open

Will Durrant

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Woman cutting ribbon for new Crocus Medical Practice within Saffron Walden Community Hospital, Essex

Health | Gallery

Walden's Crocus Medical Practice opens within community hospital

Louise Dunderdale

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An artists' impression of the new Cambridge Children's Hospital

NHS

'Dream come true': Plan for East Anglian children's hospital unveiled

Will Durrant

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A Mountfitchet House resident, Olive, with a tambourine

Music

Stansted residents celebrate their very own Night at the Proms

Will Durrant

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A group of rural ramblers at Easton Lodge raising money for the Helen Rollason Cancer Charity

Charity Fundraiser

More than 300 rural ramblers raise cash for Helen Rollason's charity

Will Durrant

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A woman receiving adult social care grips her walking cane

Health Care

Council commits to better conditions in 'unsustainable' care sector

Will Durrant and Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporter

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A visual impression of proposed McCarthy Stone homes at Radwinter Road, Saffron Walden

Planning and Development

New retirement homes set for Radwinter Road

Will Durrant

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Coronavirus

Health chief: important to push vaccines to keep children in schools

Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporter

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Laura Beaufils-Loader of Stansted at the Virgin Money London Marathon 2021. Photography by DFphotography.co.u

Charity Fundraiser

Laura's marathon effort for the British Heart Foundation

Louise Dunderdale

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Public Footpath Sign

Essex Highways

Plan for Essex pedestrians 'lacks oomph'

Will Durrant

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Susie Diggons from Tesco, Sophie Thomas, Darron Thomas and June Start with Macmillan cakes

Charity News

Supermarket staff Sophie raise £1,200 for cancer care

Will Durrant

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Two images: Left - Cockapoo Molly guards an apple; Right - Pouring apples into a press at The Railway Arms, Saffron Walden

Environment News | Gallery

IN PICTURES: Cider making celebration ties off Great Big Green Week

Will Durrant

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Mark Constance, Arthur Briggs, Dr David Staples, Jackie James, Emily Grant and son Edward

Health

Essex initiative to support children in hospital reaches milestone

Louise Dunderdale

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Child Archie Wilks at a golf fundraiser, Manor of Groves golf club, High Wych, Hertfordshire

Golf

Golfers raise money to support Uttlesford's Archie Wilks' cancer fight

Louise Dunderdale

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Three people - Trilby Roberts, Chris Jarmain and Edward Gildea - outside a Saffron Walden primary school with The Lorax book

Environment News

Saffron Walden book giveaway on The Lorax's 50th birthday

Will Durrant

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Composite image: Left - two people smile with an award, Right - Annie Aris with Gary Lineker at The Roundhouse, Camden

Awards

National award and recognition for work of a laughter specialist

Louise Dunderdale

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vial of Covid-19 vaccination

Coronavirus

Covid booster jab sessions due to start at Lord Butler

Louise Dunderdale

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Covid social distancing sign in Norwich.

Coronavirus

More restrictions set to be scrapped in Boris Johnson's winter Covid plan

Louisa Baldwin

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Ossie Ardiles cuts the ribbon on the new 3G pitch in Saffron Walden, Essex, standing beside Matt Clare,

Football | Gallery

In pictures: Uttlesford's new 3G pitch is declared officially open!

Louise Dunderdale

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A football team wearing red in front of a goal post in Saffron Walden, Essex

Football

Clash of the classes: Football fundraiser for teacher with kidney disease

Will Durrant

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School Covid test

Coronavirus

'Some increase' in Essex Covid-19 cases is expected as schools return

Will Durrant

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Embargoed to 1800 Thursday August 26 Refugees from Afghanistan wait to be processed after arriving o

Charity News

Essex asked to pause donating items for Afghanistan refugees

Charlie Ridler, Local Democracy Reporting Service

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An ambulance attended the incident in Takeley this morning. Picture: ARCHANT

East of England Ambulance Service

Ambulance service plan is military and firefighters help during winter

Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporting Service

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Columnists

Wellcome Sanger Institute is leading initiative to sequence every species

Alison Cranage, Science Writer at the Wellcome Sanger Institute

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A sign on chrome metal: Stansted Airport

Coronavirus

Stansted boss: Slow travel easing could 'squander' vaccine benefits

Will Durrant

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Essex Coroners' Court in Chelmsford

Mental Health

Essex coroner's report leads to mental health support changes

Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporting Service

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FACES BLURRED AT SOURCE Ministry of Defence undated handout photo of British citizens and dual natio

Essex County Council

Essex donation points set up for items to help Afghanistan refugees

Louise Dunderdale

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Tesco Saffron Walden store manager Dave Williams, Tesco community champion Susie Diggons, staff from Cafe Cornell.

Consumer

Saffron Walden community cafe partners with Tesco to fight hunger

Louise Dunderdale

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Visits to A&E in Essex have continued to fall, with the numbers attending the newly merged Mid and S

NHS

Essex A&E waiting times: fears raised about winter as 'NHS really...

Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporting Service

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