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Pitsea: Pupils to be kept in at lunchtimes
Parents will have to fight their corner if their children are to be allowed out of school at lunchtime. The move, which means each parent must state their reasons for wanting their child to leave the premises, is part of a crackdown on increasing youth
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Harold Wood: Travellers told to go
Swift and decisive action by Havering Council and police forced a convoy of travellers off Tylers Common in Harold Wood on Monday - just hours after they arrived. The travellers began arriving on the council owned land off Shepherds Hill on Sunday evening
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Southend: Pub bosses unite to beat troublemakers
A tough crackdown on anti-social behaviour in Southend nightspots has won the backing of pub and club bosses. A host of town centre venues have signed up to the new Pub and Club Watch scheme to ensure the safest possible environment for revellers. Under
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Witham: Car park row goes to court
A public car park in Witham faces an uncertain future in a wrangle over ownership. Braintree Council, which has run the Newland Street car park for more than 30 years, has been ordered to quit the land by the proprietor, Neighbourhood Retail Ltd Partnership
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Witham: 'Travellers are hurting our image'
The vice-chairman of a manufacturing company with a £5 million a year turnover has claimed travellers camped near his premises are damaging the professional image of his firm. Clients from abroad - the firm gets 70 per cent of its business from exports
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Cricket round-up (South Essex): Defeated Billericay drop...
For more information about the Shepherd Neame Essex League, click here Shenfield 255 Billericay 202 (Shenfield won by 53 runs) Billericay slipped to fifth place in the Shepherd Neame League Premier Division as they crashed to defeat against a Shenfield
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Cricket round-up (South Essex): Holmes fired up against old club...
For more information about the Shepherd Neame Essex League, click here Westcliff 159 Leigh 160-7 (Leigh won by three wickets) Former Westcliff skipper Nigel Holmes certainly won't forget his first Shepherd Neame League clash against his old team-mates
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Colchester: Parents to get claims settled
Parents whose children were at the centre of an abuse investigation at a Colchester care home 20 years ago are to receive compensation from Essex County Council. The allegations of child abuse centred around Holliwell Lodge in New Farm Road, Stanway,
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Chelmsford: Unlawful killing verdict on widow
A 77-year-old woman found dead in her bed with head injuries was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled. The inquest on Wednesday heard that the crime remains unsolved nearly a year later. Chelmsford Coroner's Court was told widow Violet Dunderdale, of
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Westcliff: Cheers! Our school's a shining example
A Westcliff school has been celebrating after it was held up as a shining example of excellence in education. Barons Court School and Nursery is one of 300 schools across the UK to be named a Beacon school after education bosses said it met high standards
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Ongar: Last-ditch effort to save rare plant
Conservationists are involved in a race against time to save a rare plant which only grows near Ongar. The Sickle-Leaved Hare's-Ear survives on the brink of extinction on a roadside verge of the A414 at Norton Heath. The yellow-flowered plant first discovered
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Basildon: Police wait to quiz kidnap victim
Detectives investigating the brutal kidnapping of a Basildon man are giving him time to recover from his ordeal before they question him further. Officers investigating the incident hope time will help the victim remember information which could be vital
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Colchester: Soldier gets malaria in war-torn country
A Colchester-based Para has contracted malaria while on operation in war-torn Sierra Leone. The soldier, who has not been named, is a Gurkha with 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment and went to the Colchester medical centre at the Garrison for treatment
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Corringham: Oil firm rejects safety fears
Concerns about safety at an oil refinery have been rejected by the company. Worries about safety at the Shell Haven site in Corringham emerged amid reports that a contractor working on the site fell from a building and cut his head. It took 20 minutes
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Vange: Landlady's delight at police u-turn
The landlady of the Barge pub is delighted that murder squad detectives have finally ruled out her car park as a crime scene. Geraldine Evans has always insisted Danny Davis was not murdered outside her Clay Hill Road pub, in Vange. She was shocked to
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Stock: Suicide hint to fire deaths
Two men who died in a flat fire may have been involved in a gruesome suicide pact. A coroner recorded an open verdict on Wednesday after he failed to rule out the possibility that the pair could have deliberately barricaded themselves in and started the
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South Essex: Don't go potty, Teresa!
Rayleigh MP Dr Michael Clark has branded his Tory colleague Teresa Gorman "irresponsible" after she spoke in favour of cannabis cafes. Mrs Gorman, the veteran Tory MP for Billericay, has added her name in support of a controversial Commons' motion which
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Wivenhoe: 'We don't want GM crops here'
A field of GM crops should be ripped up, a town referendum has said. Farmer Jim Dutton decided to take part in a GM forage maize experiment at Sunnymead Farm, on Alresford Road, Wivenhoe. Wivenhoe Town Council's opinion poll counted on Wednesday night
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Maldon: Freed mother's vow to children
A young mother, cleared of the manslaughter of a Maldon kebab shop owner, has spoken for the first time of her relief at being free and her determination to rebuild her life with her two children. Serena Kayretli, 23, has returned to the town after successfully
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Cricket round-up (South Essex): Fielding errors undo Basildon...
For more information about the Shepherd Neame Essex League, click here Southend 205-2 Basildon 108 (Southend won by 97 runs) Basildon continued to struggle in the Shepherd Neame League Third Division as dropped catches cost them dear in the Mopsies Park
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Speedway: Hammers beat off Bandits
The Hammers returned to winning ways with a workmanlike rather than spectacular victory against Berwick at the Purfleet raceway. The home side, with Savalas Clouting - on loan from Elite League Ipswich - and 16-year-old Barrie Evans replacing long-servant
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Tennis: Helen has an historic win
Helen Parish became the first home grown player to win a title at the Lionel Bass Brentwood Hard Court Junior Open tournament in 11 years when she captured the girls 10 and under singles event last week. Saturday's finals day was the culmination of the
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Motor racing: Mixed luck for Tee and Fullalove
The Oulton Park circuit, Cheshire was the scene of an action packed TOCA British Touring Car Championship Spring Bank holiday meeting Brentwood's Lotus Elise drivers Jonathan Tee and Mark Fullalove were there, both fresh from the previous weekend's rain
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Clacton: Drugs sold by boy in school
A schoolboy has been cautioned by police after he sold drugs on school grounds to another pupil who was armed with a knife. Police have confirmed the boy, now 12, a pupil at a Clacton school, was cautioned for supplying herbal cannabis inside school grounds
