It’s Halloween!

October 31, 2019 in News

Happy Halloween everyone! Hope you have an enjoyable 'trick or treat'. I was listening to my Halloween Spotify playlist today and this reminded me of Council meetings...

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School Contributes to Car bon Problems

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About the author 

James Newport

Essex County Councillor for Rayleigh North, Rochford District Councillor for Downhall & Rawreth and Rayleigh Town Councillor for Sweyne.