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Xmas lights latest

Updated 3:56pm Thursday 4th September 2008

THE money has slowly started to come in!

Clacton: Gunman threatens elderly couple in their home

Updated 11:56am Thursday 4th September 2008

AN elderly couple were threatened by an armed burglar in their home.

Clacton: Family slams hospital care

Updated 11:05am Thursday 4th September 2008

A SPECIAL note in a patient’s file that warned nurses she was likely to fall went unnoticed for 11 days as she battled serious illness.

North Essex: Rafa branch looks set to shut

Updated 1:54pm Thursday 4th September 2008

FRINTON and Walton’s Royal Air Force Association (Rafa) looks set to shut after more than 60 years.

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Fake death canoeist launches appeal

Updated 8:07pm Friday 5th September 2008

Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin has launched a bid to appeal against his sentence, his solicitor said.

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"I wonder how the Jesus of the Bible would have dealt with the problems our society face? Tougher discipline is one option, but is it what God would have for these people? Did Jesus make it a habit to publicly humiliate people or to condemn them? The Jesus that I read about always loved and forgave. On many an occasion could Jesus have made an example of people sins, criticised thier way of life, He could have destroyed them in a ball of fire had He chosed. − Paulie

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Clacton: Support our Christmas lights appeal

WE need your help. Over the last few years Clacton residents have complained over the lack of Christmas lights in the town. Now the Gazette, Dream 100 and Clacton Community Projects have joined forces to try and bring a little festive cheer to the town.