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  • Life-changing new chair for Freddie

    A 14-year-old boy has been presented with a new wheelchair courtesy of CHIPS Charity and Genting UK. Freddie Rippingale, a pupil at Harris Academy, Chafford Hundred, and has Diplegic Cerebral Palsy, ADHD and Epilepsy. Due to his condition, Freddie

  • We need our hospitals - reader letter

    IT’S APPALLING that health bosses feel it’s acceptable to sell off assets and NHS services in order to build others in a plan feared to reduce services. What is the point and or idea behind selling land in Southend and Orsett Hospital to fund a

  • Put Brexit to the test - reader letter

    THE majority of economists, businesses, trade unions and the Government’s own research say staying in the EU is best for Britain. The Bank of England says the UK is already in financial decline due to the uncertainty of Brexit and a future outside