housing
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Locality Fund
Hedgehogs win hearts as £10,000 council fund opens to Brightlingsea community
Residents rally behind Brightlingsea Hedgehog Highways Rescue as Cllr Aimée Louise Keteca opens her £10,000 Locality Fund to community nominations.
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Renting
Good tenant, no loyalty: Brightlingsea renter’s five years of upkeep met with a rent rise
A Brightlingsea renter who has maintained his home for five years says a market-rate rent rise could leave him homeless, sparking a heated town debate on landlords and loyalty.
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A12 cancelled
A12 widening scrapped as £1.6bn of Essex road projects axed by government
Essex County Council's highways chief says more than £1.6 billion of road projects have been scrapped or deferred by the government, including the long-awaited A12 widening.