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A wide, two-storey school building at Plume Academy, made out of red brick and featuring lots of windows with white panes. There are various plants in front of the building and the picture has been taken on a sunny day.

School to get 300 more pupils under expansion plan

The move will take the number of students at the school to more than 2000.

A black and white Smart car is parked across a dropped kerb outside a bowls club. There is another car behind it and pedestrians walking past on the pavement. There are large bushes either side of the entrance, which is pictured at night.

Not-so-smart parking traps 60 in bowls club

Club members are not exactly bowled over when a Smart car driver blocks them in their car park.

Man with Achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism standing behind his bike wearing gear branded with the charity name "Little People UK".

From serious spinal surgery to police dispatcher

Andrew Smith, who lives with a form of dwarfism, says support from Essex Police is "like a family".

A light blue car driving past a pothole, which has been marked with paint.

Major resurfacing scheme begins across Essex

Overnight work on "two key roads" in Chelmsford and Rochford is set to continue this week.

A protest at St Peter's Hospital, with people holding a large placard.

Trust pauses hospital closure plan after backlash

More time is needed to explore alternative options, hospital trust executive Tom Abell says.

Three smiling firefighters in their uniform. One is holding a tired looking dog.

Firefighters rescue fox-chase dog from under shed

Fire fighters dig out a "huge" fox and release the trapped hound

A general view of the peloton prior to the 10th Ford RideLondon Classique 2024 passing under a temporary race gate erected in Market Place, Saffron Walden, with a crowds on either side of the riders behind barriers, and a black and white Tudor-style building in the background

Prestigious cycling tour cancelled for 2025

Organisers say they will be taking time to design a new concept for the RideLondon event.

Chocolate worker in white overall and hair net and latex gloves adds nuts to bars of chocolate in a chocolate factory setting

Chocolate makers 'may have to cut cocoa content'

An industry expert warns that customers could see smaller products or cheaper ingredients.

Suzanne Gratton, 80, standing on a Boeing Stearman plane

Grandmother, 80, ticks wing walking off bucket list

She soars through the sky while her grandchildren cheer her on.