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Soccer: Ipswich boss plans an FA Cup upset
Ipswich boss George Burley is looking at the FA Cup third round clash against Southampton tonight (Monday) night as a benchmark for Premiership soccer. The Town chief is confident his squad can live with the big boys if they get promoted to the top flight
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Soccer: Blues defender Roget in bust-up
Southend united defender Leo Roget faces severe punishment after inciting a riot in the players' tunnel following Friday night's 3-1 Roots Hall defeat against Third Division leaders Barnet. The 22-year-old stopper is in hot water with Blues boss Alan
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Shoebury: Plant boss fined over factory blast
Former chemical plant boss Spencer Brown has landed a £6,000 court bill after a blast ripped through his factory. It was the second hefty penalty to hit 35-year-old Brown, managing director and founder of the ill-fated Pharmacos firm. Brown was also disqualified
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Colchester: Masked robbers rob shop
Police are hunting four masked robbers who held up a fish and chip shop. And detectives in Colchester were today appealing for information after the raiders overpowered and tied up staff before making off with cash. The men barged their way into the shop
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Soccer: U's wizard turns on the magic
Colchester United's highly-rated wizard of dribble Lomana Tresor Lua Lua is ready to dance all the way to the Premiership. But as he continues to flit in and out of the team, he also warned there have been many times this season when he has "felt like
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Leigh: Rotten art
Rotten tomatoes, mouldy bread, stale cheese and black bananas will be the centrepieces of a new art exhibition opening in Leigh. The bizarre exhibits are the work of artist and writer Michael Smietana, who says he wants to highlight how mankind wastes
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Colchester: Man falls down 6ft trench
A man walking his dog behind his home fell down a 6ft-deep trench. Ray Willis was on his regular evening walk when he fell into the ditch, which had apparently appeared overnight in Friday Woods, Colchester. Many locals use the Army-owned woods just behind
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Braintree councillors in fraud probe
The leader of Braintree Council confirmed on Friday that two councillors were being investigated for benefit fraud. The two were arrested by Essex Police and it has now been confirmed they are both councillors on Braintree council. Braintree council leader
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£15m Thurrock drug bust
Police and customs officers have dealt a major blow in the fight against drug dealers in south Essex after seizing heroin with a street value of £15 million. They believe they have made a sizeable hole in plans to flood the area with drugs for the Christmas
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Prize joy for Braintree farmworker
A farmworker from Braintree who is facing redundancy has been handed a lifeline by winning a £70,000 tractor. Neill Cowie, 35, from Beatty Gardens, is to lose his job at the 216-acre Mill Farms at Stisted where he has worked for a number of years. The
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Soccer: Burley's plans left in chaos
Ipswich boss George Burley is refusing to let the enforced absence of defender Gary Croft affect his preparations for tonight's (Monday) FA Cup tie. Burley's plans for the third round match against Southampton were left in chaos when the Town defender
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Chelmsford gay couple make history
Two Essex men have made history by becoming the first gay couple to father their own children. Barrie Drewitt, 35, and Tony Barlow, 32, of Danbury, Chelmsford, said they were over the moon at the birth of their twins Saffron and Aspen. The babies were
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Rayleigh man: 'I escaped death by inches'
'A man has spoken of the moment he feared for his life as a lorry overturned in front of him and threatened to crush his car. Retired civil servant Phil Heath, 70, said if it wasn't for his sharp braking he would have gone underneath the Leyland Daf lorry
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Canvey paragliders cause traffic chaos
The antics of two paragliders who are said to have plagued motorists on the way to Canvey have been criticised as "disgusting". The paragliders got up to their low-flying capers over Canvey Way on Friday evening. They were seen by police and have been
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Peter's on the case...
Super sleuth TOM KING gets on the trail of retired Goverment information officer turned Raymond Chandler-style private eye novelist Peter Williams It was one of those joints that kinda told a guy to keep his wits cocked and a full belt of mental Magnum
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Brentwood: Millennium heralds a new togetherness
As the third Christian Millennium fast approaches KERRY STEPHENSON meets an Anglican priest who believes it is the dawn of a huge spiritual awakening. As the Millennium nears should Christians be upset about creeping secularism and the continuing decline
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Soccer: City's new stadium set for top grading
Ambitious plans for Chelmsford City's new £2.65m football stadium at Springfield, Chelmsford, are being finalised between club officials and developers. It has been confirmed that it will initially have the 6,000 crowd capacity needed to meet Nationwide
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Soccer: Ipswich boss plans an FA Cup upset
Ipswich boss George Burley is looking at the FA Cup third round clash against Southampton tonight (Monday) as a benchmark for Premiership soccer. The Town chief is confident his squad can live with the big boys if they get promoted to the top flight at
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Canvey: Murder suspect's dad turns to drugs
The father of a teenager charged with murder was caught in possession of a quantity of cannabis because he couldn't cope with his son's ordeal, a court heard. Norman Gubb, 43, of Greenview in Canvey, admitted possessing 37.42g of the Class B drug when
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Two mums and a dad killed in car smash
Ten children lost a parent when three people died in a car crash. Mothers Debbie Gibson and Sharon Wilson, both 36, and father-of-two, Ciarmine Giarnese, 37, died when their Ford Sierra Cosworth crashed into a brick wall. The women were life-long friends
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Soccer: Whitton bid to bring in loan defender
Colchester United are to make a last-ditch bid today to tempt Wolverhampton Wanderers Welsh international central defender Adrian Williams to Layer Road on loan. Williams, a £750,000 buy from Reading three years ago and currently getting back to fitness
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All change for Chelmsford's EEV
After 52 years at the forefront of technology a brilliant new millennium is predicted for Chelmsford's EEV under a brand new name -- Marconi Applied Technologies. The 1,200 staff who work at the new international headquarters of the renamed Marconi division
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Chelmsford university defends drop-out rate
Anglia Polytechnic University has defended its high student drop out rates, revealed last week in the first official league tables for higher education. According to performance indicators, compiled by the Higher Education Funding Council for England
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Rayleigh: MP calls for end to airport mystery
An MP has demanded an end to the mystery surrounding the future of Southend Airport. Dr Michael Clark, MP for Rayleigh, said it was time for airport bosses to be more open about what was happening to its long-term expansion plans. Owners Regional Airports
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Soccer: U's boss bids to bring back Dunne
Colchester United boss Steve Whitton is hoping to boost the club's survival bid by bringing fans' favourite Joe Dunne back to the club. One of nine players controversially thrown out on a free transfer by former U's manager Mick Wadsworth in the summer
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County pay deal on the buses
Bus drivers have accepted a pay deal with bosses of Eastern National. Members of the Transport and General Workers' Union voted by two to one to accept a pay deal spread over two years. The threat of disruption to bus services in Essex was averted after
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Colchester: Residents slam teenage nightclub plan
Angry residents have joined police to condemn plans for a nightclub for teenagers as young as 14. Steve Peri, proprietor of the Hippodrome nightclub on High Street, Colchester, wanted to set up monthly disco nights for children under 18. Representing
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Clacton: Boy, 6, stabbed by hypodermic needle
A mother was shocked and horrified when her six-year-old boy showed her a needle he had found in the road while walking home from school. Young Jack Roby has now been tested for hepatitis B after playing with the needle, which was left at the junction
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North Essex pupils struck down with meingitis
Two children from north Essex have been struck down with meningitis. A seven-year-old boy from Ramsey Primary School, near Harwich, was seriously ill in hospital last Monday but is now recovering. An eight-year-old boy from Millfields Primary School in
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Top sports award for Dean
Canvey decathlete Dean Macey celebrated his 22nd birthday yesterday by picking up the inaugural best newcomer award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year show. Macey broke six personal best on his way to silver in the World Championships in Seville
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County rail commuters call for improved value
Commuters have welcomed a minor rise in fares for the coming year - but called for better value for money from Great Eastern Railway. Season ticket holders travelling to Liverpool Street face an increase of 0.8 per cent from next month. The figure is
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Staff crisis at Chelmsford prison
A prison officer has hit out at his bosses after staffing shortages reached crisis point over the weekend. More than 20 officers at Chelmsford Prison were called to work extra hours to cover for absent colleagues. Tony Carter, chairman of the Prison Officers
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Family's grief as son is killed in car crash
A family have spoken of their grief after their talented 20-year-old City worker son lost his life in a freak accident. Kevin Stanton had so much ahead of him. With a string of GCSEs and A-levels under his belt, he was also a promising boxer who was much
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Westcliff: A right royal return...
TOM KING goes back to the Palace Theatre, where it's curtain up after an uncertain year, to find that there's a full programme aheadto guarantee bums on seats The restored Palace Theatre, Westcliff has thrown open its doors to the public and announced