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  • Brave soldier Lance Corporal Scott Hardy remembered

    A SOLDIER from Chelmsford is being remembered this week as British troops leave Afghanistan after a war which spanned 13 years. The conflict saw 453 British troops lose their lives, including Chelmsford’s Lance Corporal Scott Hardy. L/Cpl Hardy

  • Pub beats off 1,000 entrants to win darts prize

    A GREAT Baddow pub has been crowned champion of the world’s biggest pub darts competition. The team from the Blue Lion, on Tabors Hill, beat last year’s winners, the Avenue, in Durham, to win the competition 6-1. The team won £2,500 and the

  • Treatment given to pair following carbon monoxide leak

    TWO people had to be given oxygen therapy following a carbon monoxide leak in their home. The pair, who live on Collingwood Road, South Woodham Ferrers, were alerted to the leak by a carbon monoxide alarm yesterday evening at about 6.40pm, and

  • Fisherman: I nearly died at sea

    A FISHERMAN has told of his horror as he drifted out to sea clinging to the side of his boat. David Archer, 74, from Chelmsford, has been fishing off Frinton for more than 30 years, but his last fishing trip could have ended in tragedy. The