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Man charged with spying offences
A 45-YEAR-old man from Rochford has been charged with spying offences under the Official Secrets Act. The charges follow a joint operation between Essex Police and the security services. The identity of the man has not yet been made public, but he is
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Soccer: Bognor Regis 0-0 Harlow Town (Ryman League Division Two)
Harlow and Bognor frustrated each other's promotion ambitions on Saturday with a 0-0 draw on the South coast. The Rocks counter-attacked their way through the first period, going close through Jack Midson. The second half saw them pose more of a constant
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Soccer: Chelmsford City 0-3 Havant & Waterlooville (Dr Martens League Premier Division)
Third-placed Havant were far too good for Chelmsford City on Saturday, romping home 3-0 winners at New Lodge. The Hawks added to their 4-1 home success only a fortnight ago with this convincing victory, which was started by Tim Hambley's tap-in on 33
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Soccer: Heybridge Swifts 1-6 Hendon (Ryman League Premier Division)
Heybridge suffered their biggest Premier Division home defeat on Saturday against Hendon, a side who began the day three places below them. The Swifts were never in this one, pulverised by constant waves of attacking pressure from Hendon, who scored six
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Soccer: Basingstoke Town 1-2 Braintree Town (Ryman League Premier Division)
Braintree inflicted Basingstoke's first home league defeat in over three months as a storming first half-hour of this match in Hampshire. Having seen early chances for Paul Catley and Toby Sumner go begging, Braintree broke the deadlock on 27 minutes
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Soccer: Gravesend 2-0 Grays Athletic (Ryman League Premier Division)
Grays put up a good fight at title favourites Gravesend & Northfleet, succumming eventually however in a 2-0 defeat in Kent. Home skipper Jimmy Jackson made the most of stout home defending, springing upfield to fire past Mel Capleton on 16 minutes
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Balloon race for Easter
A TOTAL of 100 balloons were released in the centre of Southend as part of a special promotion that aims to spread a touch of Easter cheer. The promotion, organised by the Chicago Rock Cafe in Warrior Square in conjunction with Cadburys, will reward those
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Soccer: Purfleet 3-0 Hampton & Richmond Borough (Ryman League Premier Division)
Six wins out of six now for Purfleet, who went third in the Ryman Premier with a resounding success against Hampton & Richmond Borough on Saturday. They led at Thurrock Hotel after only four minutes, as Paul Linger and Cliff Akurang combined to keep
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Soccer: Canvey Island 3-0 Harrow Borough (Ryman League Premier Division)
Canvey comfortably overcame the challenge of relegation-threatened Harrow on Saturday, running out 3-0 winners at Park Lane. Former Harrow man Spencer Knight broke the deadlock on 25 minutes - the defender pushed forward to stab the ball home from close
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Ryman League Round-Up (Divisions 2 and 3)
Great Wakering slipped further back from the title hunt on Saturday as they lost 2-0 at struggling Chertsey Town. Rovers' 10th defeat of the campaign was confirmed by goals from Neil Breslin on 38 minutes and a Colin Gould header midway through the second
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Soccer: Bishop's Stortford 1-2 Northwood (Ryman League Division One)
Bishop's Stortford relinquished top spot in Ryman Division One with a disappointing home defeat to Northwood at Woodside Park. The first goal came after only five minutes as a long ball through the home defence saw Micky Desborough come well off his line
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Soccer: Enfield 0-2 Billericay Town (Ryman League Premier Division)
Enfield failed to follow up last week's win over Braintree with a second successive win against Essex opposition, instead going down 2-0 at home to Billericay. Enfield's two-pronged strikeforce of George Georgiou and George Gregoriou looked the biggest
