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Now Local Conservatives Want To Tax You TWICE!

It’s election time and the desperation to pull the wool over your eyes is ...

Now Local Conservatives Want To Tax You TWICE!

Rayleighs Barclays Branch Closes, but it opens another door

Rayleighs Barclays Bank branch on the High Street closes for good on 22nd March ...

Rayleighs Barclays Branch Closes, but it opens another door

New SEN School for Downhall & Rawreth

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Good news for Rayleigh North, Downhall & Rawreth and the rest of

Holocaust remembered in Rayleigh

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The horrors of the Holocaust were described at Rayleigh’s Mill Hall recently.

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Cllr James Newport

Rayleigh Mount in Essex, managed by the National Trust, is the site

Looking For A New Challenge – You Should Consider Becoming a Local Councillor

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Engaging in local governance as a councillor is a role that’s both

Solar Farm for Ashingdon

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At this week’s development committee, Councillors were asked to consider an application

Streetlights Upgrade Across Rochford

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Essex County Council has released this press announcement in which it states