Schools celebrate success in the latest Sats results, the revamped Dovercourt Swimming Pool reopens as Dovercourt Lifestyles, roads bosses say details on a vital roundabout could be released in January, and a customer of HSBC hits out at its shock closure announcement.
Commuters are left furious at latest ticket price hikes, vandals cut holes causing horses to escape and developers set up public exhibitions for controversial housing estates.
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