The second half of the constituency name is taken from the small town of Chipping Ongar, which is in the northern half of the constituency.

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Ms Jacobs, of Mill Lane in Ongar, was the nursery manager and faces a number of charges including failing to take reasonable care of people who might be affected by her actions at work, failing to ensure the children were adequately supervised in the garden and failing to ensure risk assessments were carried out.

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Paul Gray, 50, disappeared when he climbed over a wall and into the pit after Craig Whipps became submerged in the slurry at Albyns Farm, near Ongar.

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