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Soccer: Positive start for Essex sides
Both Essex soccer teams have made a good start to the new season, with Colchester United bagging an opening day win and Southend United snatching a late draw. Colchester United made full use of home advantage yesterday afternoon, running out 1-0 winners
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Flooding chaos in Southend
SOUTHEND was thrown into chaos on Saturday morning as homes and businesses flooded, roads were closed and events were cancelled. A power cut put many traffic lights around the town out-of-action and most shops in the High Street were forced to close.
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Hockey tribute to IRA victim
SKATE hockey teams from as far afield as London and Birmingham converged on Basildon at the weekend to pay tribute to a girl killed by an IRA bomb. Danielle Carter, 15, was killed in an explosion at the Baltic Exchange in London on April 10, 1992. Ten
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Clacton: 166 jobs to go as firm shuts factory
A major Clacton employer plans to close its factory with the loss of 166 jobs. The site of C R Bard in Valleybridge Road will shut down over a 12-month period. Bard, which has been in the town for nearly 40 years, develops, makes and markets healthcare
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Cricket: Victory for Essex
Essex have beaten Derbyshire by 140 runs in their County Championship Division Two match. Having made 324 in their second innings, it was left to the Essex bowling attack to secure the win in the final day of the four-day match at Derby. The pick of Essex's
