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Page last updated at 11:13 GMT, Monday, 4 January 2010

Carver plots pumpkin world record

A pumpkin carver from Danbury sets himself the challenge of breaking three world records in 2010.

In pictures: Pumpkin sculptures

Pumpkin sculptor carves a niche

Quarantined dog begins training

A search dog impounded on her return from an earthquake zone begins training during her quarantine with Essex fire service.

In pictures: Essex in photos 2009

Look back on the past 12 months with some of the news stories, events and people that hit the headlines in 2009.

HISTORY

Scene of the Korean Air Cargo Boeing 747 crash near Stansted

Stansted crash

Ten years ago a 747 jumbo crashed at Stansted Airport

THINGS TO DO

Book Festival

A string of award-winning writers coming to Essex

ARTS & CULTURE

X-cited

Witham's Olly Murs talks about life after the X Factor

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MORE PEOPLE & PLACES

Anonymous donation helps church

Restoration for historic windmill

The year just gone in our parish

Olly revels in X Factor whirlwind

Olympic cookbooks prove success

Stansted air crash - 10 years on

McNicol reflects on murder trial

In pictures: Essex hit by snow

In pictures: Snow affects Essex

In pictures: Zoo babies

Baby animals bring joy to zoo

Online game teaches flood risks

Audience Council

Recruitment has started for the Audience Council

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Latest incidents on the roads

A130 Essex - Road cleared on White Hart Lane both ways between New Nabbotts Way and A1016 Chelmer Valley Road , in Chelmsford

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