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Colchester: Olympian effort to show bid support
Colchester threw its weight behind the bid to stage the Olympics in London in 2012. 2012 support - Karen Pickering and Mark Lloyd and a gang of Olympic bid supporters from Essex University day nursery go on a 20-minute walk to promote the bid. (40140-
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Clacton: Police officer pulled along by car
A police officer was pulled along hanging out of a moving car as he tried to carry out routine enquiries. The incident happened in London Road, Clacton, near St John's roundabout at about 2.15pm yesterday. A spokesman for Clacton police said: "He was
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Football: Tilly praises Dudfield
Southend United manager Steve Tilson today praised Shrimpers striker Lawrie Dudfield for his patience in waiting for a first team chance. The former Leicester City forward - who has been a regular on the Blues bench in recent weeks - netted a dramatic
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Beating the stress this Christmas
An Essex charity has come up with a number of tips to help make your Christmas preparations go with the minimum of stress this year. InterAct, an Essex based charity that works to enable local people who have mental health problems or learning disabilities
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Southend: Brave teenager hurt
A teenage boy was punched after he bravely chased a yob who snatched a £10 note from his hand. The 14-year-old victim was sitting on a bench in the High Street next to Burger King when a group of older teenagers approached him. One asked for 10p and when
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Rugby: Southend given Cornish pasting
Southend slipped to their first defeat in four away games, losing 11-0 at Redruth on Saturday in National Division Three South. The Seasiders made the long trip to Cornwall hoping to strengthen their position in the middle of the table at the expense
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Colchester: Is that sixty-eight Santas swinging?
Sixty-eight santa Clauses enjoyed a game of golf in Colchester. Fore! Well, 68 actually Santa, aka Mike Akin, with fellow Father Christmas lookalikes at Lexden Wood Golf Club. (39989-1) Painter-decorators and tradesmen donned suits and stick-on beards
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Snooker: Tommy rocks on in final
Young Basildon starlet Tommy Barton did the Vic Harris Snooker League Second Division proud by winning the Christmas Open at Rileys Benfleet. The event, which was co-sponsored by Rileys Cuesports, Jonathon Bradley Hoare Accountants and the League, attracted
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Stanway: Burglar with bad teeth is hunted
Detectives want to trace a man in connection with a burglary in which a woman came face to face with an intruder in her bedroom. The burglar, who had distinctive bad teeth, got into her home in London Road, Stanway, in the early hours of yesterday morning
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Clacton: Footy called off due to yobs
Footballers have condemned vandals who caused ten matches to be called off after changing rooms were attacked and doors kicked in. The attack, on Clay Hall at Clacton's Vista Road, is the latest in a long line of incidents at the site and meant about
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Rugby: Mersea's Vase dream ends
Mersea's Twickenham Vase dream came to a disappointing end, losing this fifth-round tie to their south-east London opponents. Mersea produced a valiant and gutsy display in front of a large home crowd, but the Islanders' failure to turn pressure into
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Wivenhoe: Town declares war on street sign clutter
War has been declared on Wivenhoe's signage. A growing number of unnecessary and imposing notices are cluttering up the town, it has been claimed. Town councillors decided yesterday enough was enough and a plea will be made to Colchester Council to reduce
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Football: Town aim for second place
Billericay Town will be aiming to give their fans plenty of pre-festive cheer tonight when they have the chance of moving into second spot in the Ryman Premier table. Home victory over Slough Town (7.45pm) will see Justin Edinburgh's men headed only by
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Lawford: Verge car sales action
Concrete bollards are to go up on a grass verge at Lawford to stop cars for sale being parked there. Fed up with complaints from residents and the difficulties the vehicles created for the grasscutter, the village's parish council appealed to Essex County
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Colchester: Hunt for shotgun store hold-up trio
Three armed robbers are on the run after holding up a Colchester shop with a shotgun. Crime scene - the convenience store in Hunwicke Road, Greenstead, which was held up by three armed raiders. (40167-b) The masked men went into the One Stop shop in Hunwicke
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Soccer: Joe aiming for top spot
Hitting top spot at Christmas. That is the present Ipswich Town chief Joe Royle wants to gift-wrap and send Blues fans home with tonight. Portman Road hosts Town's biggest Coca-Cola Championship game of the season so far when they entertain leaders Wigan
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Cricket: Essex and Brant part company
Essex have parted company with fast bowler Scott Brant. The 21-year-old joined the county in January 2003 as an overseas player and signed a two-year contract prior to the start of last season. However, following talks, it has been decided he will not
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Soccer: Darren makes home debut
Darren Currie's excitement levels are almost at boiling point. Ipswich Town's recent recruit will make his home debut in tonight's Coca-Cola Championship top-of-the-table clash with leaders Wigan Athletic. And Currie, who will take the place of suspended
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Clacton: Son admits to beating mum to death
A son today admitted beating his mother to death with a hammer. Killer - Steve Dicker arrives at court earlier this year. Today, he confessed to the murder of his mother, Jean Dicker. In court, Steve Dicker then apologised to his sister, Tracey Kinton
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Essex: Spectacular days may soon be over
Chelmsford Spectacular, a major August attraction in the county, could be over. This year's rain-sodden event, nearly cancelled at the last minute, has convinced borough council chiefs that open-air concerts of that sort at Writtle's Hylands Park, have
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Rugby: Wyverns take time out to rebuild
Rayeligh Wyverns have pulled out of the Essex Leagues in an attempt to breath some fire back into the club's ailing first team fortunes. The rugby club have had a miserable time in Essex Two this season, having been hammered in all eight league games
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Thorpe Bay: Campaign over phone mast
Thorpe Bay residents have launched a campaign to get a phone mast that was put in the middle of a residential area two weeks ago removed. Thorpe Residents' Group is urging everyone to write to Southend Council to complain about a mobile phone base station
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Colchester: High Street tills jingle all the way
Christmas business is booming for Colchester retailers but there are still four more "make or break" festive shopping days to go. Despite sluggish sales early on, the town's tills have been ringing as customers get in the seasonal spirit. Retail bosses
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Braintree: Council offer 'derisory'
A swimming club has been awarded just £100 compensation after a watchdog found Braintree Council had treated it unfairly. The Witham Dolphins claimed it had been overcharged £41,000 for the use of Bramston Sports Centre's pool in the late 1980s, because
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Witham: Salon's £300 gift to hospital
A hairdressing salon has raised more than £300 for the hospital which treated a five-year-old girl with a tumour. A cut above - Helena, Simon, Hara and Charlie Xeni, Louise and Chris Cox with little Katie Creed. (40124-1) The Original Cut Hair Salon,
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Southend: Heating breaks down at theatre
Children were forced to wear their winter coats through a Christmas pantomime performance when a Southend theatre's heating system broke down. Mother-of-two Rae Carlton left the Palace Theatre, London Road, Westcliff, in a rage after sitting through yesterday
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Parkeston: Warden counts cost of damage
An exasperated churchwarden is once again counting the cost of an attack by vandals. Window panels at St Paul's Church in Parkeston were smashed on Sunday morning in the latest of a series of incidents. The damage included two stained-glass displays,
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Soccer: Joe aiming for top spot
Hitting top spot at Christmas - that is the present Ipswich Town chief Joe Royle wants to gift-wrap and send Blues fans home with tonight. Portman Road hosts Town's biggest Coca-Cola Championship game of the season so far when they entertain leaders Wigan
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Southend Surprise boost from TV's Gloria
Staff at a charity breast screening unit were delighted to answer the phone to Gloria Hunniford who said they are going to receive £5,000 in memory of her daughter. Gloria called the Lady McAdden breast screening unit in Westcliff and told manager Linda
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Southend Designs for new Hindu temple
Designs are being drawn up to build Southend's first Hindu Temple. Southend Council has invited the Hindu Association for Southend and District to build a Temple in place of two former shop units, by the Golden Lion pub, in Victoria Avenue, Prittlewell
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Jaywick: Traders' plea for security cameras
Traders in Jaywick have renewed their plea for security cameras in a bid to protect their shops against crime and vandalism. Businesses are concerned other areas of Tendring have been helped with the costs of closed-circuit television equipment while
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Countywide: Support officers to boost force
Essex Police has revealed where its latest batch of support officers will be based. The force announced last month that 41 extra Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) would be recruited by the end of March. In north Essex, they will be shared out
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Football: Gulls in racism protest to FA
Canvey Island have made an official protest to the Football Association regarding their black players being victims of racial abuse from a small section of the home crowd at last week's visit to Halifax Town. And home officials of the Yorkshire club are
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Maldon: 'Lake swim ban will affect trade'
Town trade will suffer because of the controversial decision to ban swimming at Maldon's Promenade Park, it was claimed today. Chris Tibballs, treasurer of Maldon Chamber of Trade and Commerce, said news that the lake will be turned into a "glorified
