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VOTE FOR YOUR LOCAL PAPER

A competition for the best local newspaper will be held at Reeve's Hall in Braintree to crown a local paper 'The Best Local Paper 2012'. Also entering the competition is the Halstead Gazette, the Sudbury Mercury, the Haverhill Echo, the Braintree and Witham Times, the East Anglian Daily Times and the Hedingham Times. The winner will receive free publishing for a year, and promotion in the national paper 'The Times'. Awarding the prize will be local celebrity Matt Cardle, winner of the X Factor 2010, who previously lived in Maplestead, Wickham's neighbor village.