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Benfleet: Police in hunt for whistling pervert
A whistling teenager who indecently exposed himself four times to young girls was today being hunted by police. The boy, thought to be between 15 and 18, targeted girls aged around 13 and 14 within a quarter mile radius of Manor Road, Benfleet. Rayleigh
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Southend: Mugger punches woman
A young woman was taken to hospital after a youth punched her in the stomach and another tried to steal her phone. Three youths, two riding bikes, approached the 21-year-old in Kursaal Way, Southend. One punched her in the stomach while another tried
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Soccer: Jenkins new job hoax
Former Southend Manor boss Mark Jenkins has been the victim of a cruel hoaxer who claimed that he had been appointed the new manager of Ryman Division One North Aveley. Jenkins is on a shortlist for the position, having undergone an interview last weekend
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Athletics: Southend set the early pace
Southend have stormed to the top of the early-season Southern League table after winning round two at Garon Park. Delighted men's secretary Keith Palmer said: "It was good to see some old faces back in the pack who, despite their long absences, pulled
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South Essex: Stranded!
Thousands of commuters in south Essex faced rail chaos today after an overhead power line failure caused severe delays. Trains on the busy c2c London to Fenchurch Street line were either cancelled or delayed as workmen tried to repair the damage. Misery
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Clacton: Children help in Mac attack on beach litter
Environmentally-friendly fast food workers joined forces with pre-school youngsters to beat the litter bugs. Staff at McDonald's, in Pier Avenue, Clacton, worked with children from the Jack and Jill pre-school group to rid the first beach by the pier
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Southend: Extra Bill's the post office face
Beaming Bill Raymond is smiling back at customers in every UK post office, thanks an advertising campaign that has burst him onto the nationwide stage. Bill's face appears on a poster and on the front of a free newspaper in the latest campaign highlighting
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Thundersley: Tasty way to raise cash
Hot cross buns have helped net around £150 for young carers. Thanks - Gillian Pond, of the carers' project, receives a cheque from Gina Maitland-Rix of the creative studies group Picture: MAXINE CLARKE Members of the creative studies group at St Peter's
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Southend: Duncan's One Love
Pop star Duncan James from boyband Blue is coming to Southend next week to pick up his One Love - a limited edition sports car. The 24-year-old has been searching for a new Volkswagen Golf R32. His agent eventually found a deep blue pearl one for him
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Harwich: £110,000 boost for under fours
A child care scheme has secured £110,000 in funding for Harwich Sure Start, which provides care for youngsters under four-years-old and their families, will operate a mini-programme from the town The Government grant was based on the idea of a neighbourhood
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Harwich: New mayor welcomed by tradition
Expectant youngsters caught handfuls of kitchels at the Harwich's historic mayor-making ceremony. Les Double, 49, carried out the tradition of throwing spiced buns from the Guildhall window when he was formally appointed the town's mayo Pupils from the
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Thurrock: Son follows dad to mayor's post
Like father, like son! Thurrock has a new mayor - and for the first time a son is following in his father's footsteps. Gerard Rice was unanimously elected to the post of the borough's first citizen at Thurrock Council's annual meeting. New mayor - Gordon
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Vange: Lessons in noise control for pupils
Schoolchildren are to be taught how to be popular with their neighbours - with a class about noise control. As part of Noise Action Day, Basildon Council is visiting Vange Primary School to explain the annoyance caused by noisy neighbours. A council spokesman
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Laindon: Girl, 19, died of a drugs cocktail
A teenager found dead from a drug overdose had been advised to seek help for her addiction just days earlier, a coroner has heard. Kelly Traynor, 19, who lived with friends in Royal Court, Laindon, had a cocktail of drugs in her body when she died - including
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Cecil Allan (Colchester)
Cecil Allan, one of Colchester United's elder statesmen, has died. Believed to be the oldest surviving U's player until his death, the former Layer Road defender passed away peacefully in his sleep, aged 88 years. The youngest of nine brothers, orphaned
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South Woodham Ferrers: Essex girl set for Big Brother house
A talented south Essex woman was today on tenterhooks as she waited to discover if she was one of the "inmates" of the latest Big Brother house. Singer Lou Baker was locked away at a secret location after making the final shortlist for tonight's launch
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Karate: SHARKS snap up national title
Rayleigh-based martial artists from the USK SHARKS Karate Club have been crowned national champions. National champs - the SHARKS with their spoils Picture: DAVE HENERDSON They scooped the overall title the Eileen Wilkins Memorial Shield -- after winning
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Braintree: College restaurant to close
A college restaurant where catering students put their culinary talents to the test is to close The Mill at Braintree College, a training restaurant where students put theory into practice, will close at the end of the year under new arrangements to teach
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Rayleigh: Phoney notes warning
Police today warned shopkeepers and pub landlords to beware of a man trying to palm off fake £20 notes. The advice comes after the culprit presented a forged note to staff at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel, Arterial Road, Rayleigh. The white culprit was
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Colchester: Troops' return home delayed
Confusion over return dates for troops in Iraq has left their families in Colchester "devastated". All troops from the town were expected back in about three weeks' time Now hopes have been dashed because of a memo from a unit welfare officer saying all
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Golf: Foursomes failure signals heavy defeat
Basildon Golf Club were well beaten at Chelmsford in their Essex Leslie F Wood Championship match. After losing all five foursomes, the new towners found the deficit too much despite halving half the singles. Final margin was 12-3 and this was a true
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Southend: Wing-walk Hazel's set to wow crowd
The sky's the limit for daredevil grandmother Hazel Luckman who is preparing to wing walk for charity at the Southend Airshow. The intrepid 60-year-old will carry out her amazing feat on the wings of the Utterly Butterly bi-plane in front of thousands
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Colchester: Park and strife at hospital
Car park rage is breaking out at Colchester General Hospital as visitors and patients drive round and round in search of somewhere to park The hospital car parks are so overcrowded, people have to queue in their cars and face waits of more than 20 minutes
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Southend: Travel alert to students
Staff at South East Essex College in Southend today urged students to take care if travelling abroad during the summer holidays. A Foreign Office report has revealed alarming statistics about the number of 16-30-year-olds getting into trouble because
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Benfleet: Search for MP's relatives pays off, thanks to Evening Echo
The son of an MP who retired to Benfleet has shared fond memories of his dad. The Evening Echo contacted Dennis Groves - whose dad Tom was Labour MP for Stratford from 1922 to 1945 - after being approached by researcher Martin Davies, the great grandson
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Soccer: Abidallah desperate for one last chance
Forgotten man Nabil Abidallah is gearing up for his 'make-or-break' season at Ipswich Town. The pint-sized midfielder, handed a free transfer by Blues boss Joe Royle, has just returned from a trial period with Swiss side FC Thun. And, although he enjoyed
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Judo: Hedger goes on a journey
Pensioner Peter Hedger has been globe-trotting in his quest to pass on judo tips to people in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. The sprightly 70-year-old went trekking last month and his adventures even included grappling with a deputy prime minister
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Southend: Sir Teddy Taylor's mum dies aged 96
The mother of Southend MP Sir Teddy Taylor has died at the age of 98. Minnie Taylor moved to Southend from Glasgow ten years ago and was living at the Abbeyfield Society home in St George's House Park Terrace, Westcliff. She died from pneumonia. Sir Teddy
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Braintree: Former police officer jailed
A former policeman and Olympic swimmer who turned to crime while serving with the Essex force was today starting an eight-month jail sentence Marvin Rothman, 39, of Boscawen Gardens, Braintree, was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court yesterday He had admitted
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Soccer: McGreal will be patient
Injury-plagued defender John McGreal has vowed to be patient in his quest to regain fitness. The Ipswich Town centre-half has taken his first tentative steps back to training after a nightmare catalogue of long-term injuries. Two problems with the medial
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Castle Point: Roads study to be revealed
The findings of Essex County Council's controversial roads study are to be revealed next month. Results of the major consultation into proposals to unblock regular traffic jams in Castle Point will be presented to a meeting of Essex County Council's south
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Southend: Memorial tribute to lecturer John
A memorial service will be held at South East Essex College for a lecturer who drowned on a holiday to Spain. John McGrath, who lived in Westcliff, worked as a sixth form lecturer at the college in Carnarvon Road, Southend. A college spokesman said: "
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Essex: Elderly the focus of bogus builder gang
Elderly residents are being targeted by bogus callers posing as builders, according to police investigating a spate of frauds across Essex. Officers involved in Operation Grizzly Bear - a year-long operation into criminals who trick their way into the
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Cricket: De Silva hopes to grab big chance
Ian Flanagan is praying that his Kent colleague Robert Key enjoys a highly successful international season with England this summer. The 22-year-old Colchester and East Essex captain, currently acting as 12th man in Kent's Championship match with Warwickshire
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Colchester: Car ban after cyclist death
A bereaved mother sobbed in court as the man who drove into the back of her cyclist son was banned from driving for two years. Matthew Clarke, of Nicholson's Grove, Colchester, admitted careless driving at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court yesterday. The
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Badminton: Golden day at the Cliffs
The Southend and District Badminton Association celebrates its 50th anniversary this summer with a dinner dance on June 6. Past and present members are invited to mark the association's golden jubilee with a three-course meal at the Cliffs Pavillion in
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Witham: More delays on the way for motorists
Witham motorists are heading for more delays this summer. Not only will work on a new roundabout in Hatfield Road cause problems for eight weeks from later this month, but drivers will face more queues when contractors start re-surfacing the A12 bypass
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Hockley: Little beauties
A bonsai fan is celebrating winning a silver medal at the Chelsea Flower Show. Proud - partner Joe Walker and the trees Picture: TERENCE BUNCH Christine Leigh, who runs the Bushukan Bonsai Nursery in Lower Road, Hockley, with Joe Walker said: "I am very
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Brentwood: Concern over nuisance youths
Underage drinking and feared drug abuse at a den near a new housing development in Brentwood, has sparked a councillor to spearhead a call for urgent action at the site. Residents near the new housing development, Clements Park, are becoming increasingly
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Maldon: Cyclist saved by helmet
Medics told a Maldon man that his cycling helmet probably saved his life in a hit and run incident. Charles Lodge, 62, of Wickham Hall Lane, was in training for a charity bike ride and had just completed a 100-mile circuit when he was hit by a car in
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Billericay: Dutch pupils pass their Sats!
It was celebrations all round as 45 children passed their English exams - despite being Dutch. The children from Enschede, in the Netherlands, took the Sats exams through Mayflower School in Billericay. The exam papers were marked by Mayflower and the
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Nayland: Woman, 55, 'critical' after 3-car accident
A Colchester woman is critically ill in hospital following a three-car smash near Nayland last night The accident happened just after 7.30pm on the A134, close to the Essex-Suffolk border. Firefighters used hydraulic cutting gear to free the 55-year-old
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Coggeshall: Seeing double at town club
Like its newest members the twins' group in Coggeshall is slowly getting to its feet. St Peter's Hall, Stoneham Street, is the location for the two hour get-togethers for the nine sets of twins, two of whom are identical. Ages range between nine months
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Clacton: My shutter stays
The owner of a house today vowed to fight a decision to make him remove a metal security roller shutter door from his home. Stan Daniels, who has lived in the property, in Coppins Road, Clacton, for four months, said he needed the equipment to keep out
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Stansted: Leisure centre row resolved
The row over the naming of the new £2m Stansted leisure centre has been resolved, securing a £100,000 donation from business-man Madhoo Mehta. The centre is to be named the Mountfitchet Romeera Leisure Centre after a charitable trust run by Mr Mehta,
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Braintree, Chelmsford: New mayor John dons his robe
A former Braintree history and economics teacher is the new mayor of Chelmsford. Long-serving councillor John Hunnable took up the post as the town's first citizen at Chelmsford Council's annual meeting last night. A teacher at Braintree College for 25
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Tendring: Students show enterprise to scoop county title
Enterprising students have scooped a top title and are now ready to take on the rest of the country Sixth form students at Tendring Technology College in Frinton were involved in the young enterprise scheme and have wowed the judges with their product
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South Woodham: Holly flies into the record books
A birthday surprise flew South Woodham schoolgirl Holly Tucker straight into the record books at 16. She has become the youngest-ever pupil at her flying school to make a maiden solo flight. Watched by family and friends Holly, of Broughton Road, touched
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Maldon: Anthony is top learner
A Maldon father of nine is celebrating after being chosen as one of three Essex winners of an individual award during Adult Learners Week. Anthony Whitehead, 52, became unable to work four years ago after suffering 15 per cent burns. A car hit his mobile
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Soccer: Boss looks at player list
Southend United chief Steve Wignall has travelled up to the other end of the country to get a headstart on the free transfer merry-go-round. Wignall revealed today he had visited the Professional Football Association's headquarters in Manchester to take
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Ingatestone: Challenge over rail services
A fed up group of train travellers has once more challenged rail chiefs about disruption to services. Ingatestone Rail Users' Association has expressed concern about signalling on the Colchester to London line. Richard Enever, chairman of the passenger
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Westcliff: School goes all Welsh for the day
What better way of marking the end of exams than tucking into a nice cake? Oh boyo! - young Thomas Schofield, six Picture: MAXINE CLARKE Thomas Schofield, six, of St Helen's Primary School, North Road, Westcliff, joined friends in a nationality day to
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South Woodham: 'Pong' line launched
A telephone ''Pong'' line has been launched to keep people in touch with steps to rid South Woodham of the smell of rotten eggs that has been plaguing the town. People can find out exactly what's going on to stop the pong by telephoning the new information
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Athletics: Surety maintains good form
Despite being the hosts, Basildon AC could only finish third of the five competing clubs in the Southern Men's League Division One meeting. Herne Hill, League runners-up last year, won on 136 points with the new towners totalling 111.5 -- Basildon were
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Jaywick: Vandals trap women in hall
A women's church choir was trapped inside the hall where they were practising while vandals banged on the door and threw objects at the building The 12 were afraid to leave the property for fear of being assaulted and stayed there until the noise had
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Basildon: Head's fury at power cut
A head has criticised electricity company 24seven after a power cut forced her to close the school and turn away more than 250 pupils. Jenny McCutcheon arrived at Basildon's Fairhouse Junior School, Long Riding, yesterday morning at 7am to find there
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Brentwood: Sporting award for school
Students and staff at a Brentwood school have been celebrating after receiving the Sportsmark Award for their commitment to physical education and sports provision. Hedley Walter School in Sawyers Hall Lane was one of more than 700 schools across the
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Rugby: Southend make an early start
The London League title is still fresh in the memory, the celebration hangovers are only just subsiding, and the National League season doesn't start for months, but Southend RFC are in pre-season training. After securing promotion to the National League
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Cricket: Lower order comes to the Essex rescue
Half centuries from Andy Flower and Jon Dakin helped Essex achieve respectability on the second day of their Championship clash against Surrey at Chelmsford after humiliation had threatened. When the County's fourth wicket went down with only 17 on the
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Southend: Search for thieves
Witnesses have been urged to come forward after shoplifters stole £340 of food in two separate thefts. On April 4, a man walked out of Tesco Express, Southchurch Road, Southend, without paying for nearly £40 of bacon. In the second theft, a woman filled
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Noak Bridge: Walk for kids and lighting
Noak Bridge residents are hoping for more sponsorship as they take a five-mile stroll this Sunday to raise funds for the village's youngsters. Terri Sargent, chairman of the Noak Bridge Community Association, said the walk - organised by Billericay MP
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Castle Point: Voluntary groups team up
Staff at two volunteer forces in Castle Point will be working closer together in the future in a drive to recruit more volunteers. Volunteers at the Castle Point Association of Voluntary Services (CAVS), based in Long Road, Canvey, will now be teaming
