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Great Horkesley

A white house with a brown roof. The sky has several stars in it

Hamlet recognised as centre for stargazing

The tiny settlement becomes the first International DarkSky Community in England.

A red and white traffic sign, which is triangle, instructing drivers that traffic is single file. Behind the sign, cars queue at traffic lights as they prepare to cross Severalls Lane bridge.

Damaged bridge traffic lights rack up £367k bill

Traffic has been restricted on Severalls Lane bridge, in Colchester, since March 2020.

A car with its rear lights on is stuck in a muddy, rutted field at night with a section of metal fencing next to it. It is lit up by the pursuing police vehicle.

Suspect's car gets stuck in mud after police chase

An Audi is pursued from the city into country lanes and a rutted field.

Niamh Hodgkinson

Covid-19 and 'the end of normal learning'

Her mother is a nurse, her father was furloughed. This is one teenager's story of A-levels.

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