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Here's where you can recycle your Christmas tree in Bedford
Real Christmas trees can be dropped off at one of the recycling sites between Thursday, December 31 and Monday, January 11.
Charlotte Henry
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School pupils in Essex receive safety kit bags as part of national campaign
The donation of 35 kit bags from the Essex homebuilder follows national campaigns such as Walk to School Month and Road Safety Week.
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Virtual fun walk event raise over £100,000 for charity
Eighty-five organisations registered to take part and an estimated 1400 participants walking to raise money for good causes.
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Braintree schoolboy designs winning face mask in Stop.Swap.GO! competition
Stop.Swap.GO! is a campaign developed by Essex County Council encouraging residents to swap driving for regular walking and cycling.
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Bedford communities affected by the floods to receive visit and given advice on 'recovering'
The visits will include advice on what to do with flood damaged/contaminated items.
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Children's charity teams up with Essex rotary club to provide Xmas gifts to families in need
Chelmsford Rivermead Rotary Club is part of a nationwide campaign to provide a Rotary Christmas Toy Box to ‘Every Refuge, Every Child’.
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Brentwood care home residents treated to Blenheim Palace virtual experience
The Oxfordshire UNESCO World Heritage Site has been offering virtual tours throughout lockdown so that people can continue to enjoy all the rich history that Blenheim Palace offers.
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Organisations supporting young people across Essex receive financial support
The work which the money is funding ranges from sports sessions, karate, boxing and male mentoring, film production workshops, school sessions and mental health support.
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Essex homebuilder thanks residents for keeping the festive spirit with their Xmas decorations
The residents at the Corinthian Place development have been gifted cards and chocolates as a thank you.
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Hospital garden recognised for helping staff well-being
Staff who regularly spent time in their sites' green spaces during the working day reported significantly higher levels of well-being.
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Clinically, extremely vulnerable people in Tier 4 areas of Essex advised to shield
Those who are clinically extremely vulnerable will receive a letter from the Government, outlining the new guidance, including to stay at home at all times, unless for exercise or medical appointments
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Essex recruitment agency donates Christmas presents to Brentwood Community Hospital
The Athona recruitment employees gave the staff presents, gift cards to be used in their Christmas quiz, and donated to their charity well-being fund.