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Basildon: Donate your toys to store
A SUPERMARKET is to launch its annual Christmas decoration and toy collection for underprivileged and sick children on Monday. Asda in Basildon's Eastgate Centre will collect both decorations and toys between now and Christmas to donate to the Basildon
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Westcliff: 80s night boost for hospice
DELIGHTED Jeffrey Truss is celebrating after an 80s night raised more than £3,000 for Fair Havens Hospice. Mr Truss, of Briar Close, Hawkwell, organised the event to thank the hospice after it cared for his mother. He joined business partner and fellow
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Witham: Plan for 'concrete city' sparks anger
PLANS to turn a much-loved wildlife area in Witham into "concrete city" have been condemned by angry community leaders. Spring Lodge Community Centre manager Wayne Gale has vowed to fight to the end to stop bulldozers concreting over a pond and wildlife
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Walton: RAF lifesaver is our hero
AN RAF search and rescue pilot from Essex has been honoured at the Vodafone Life Savers Awards. Sgt Neil Finch, of Walton, and three other members of the RAF D Flight 202 Squadron were honoured after they rescued a father who had suffered serious head
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Southend: Phew! Work is finished at long last
THE plaque marking the completion of Southend's revamped High Street has finally been unveiled. Councillors and other dignitaries gathered at Victoria Circus to see the plaque unveiled by James Duddridge, Rochford and Southend East Tory MP. The revamp
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Pitsea: Help for budding twitchers
THE RSPB is putting on a series of events at Wat Tyler Country Park, Pitsea, this weekend to encourage people to get into bird watching. Tomorrow and Sunday, between 10am and 4pm, there will be an advice session on feeding garden birds, how to use binoculars
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Colchester: 'Please give back voice amplifier'
A NURSE today appealed for the return of new equipment stolen from a grandmother who was out shopping. Urgent plea - Sally Philpott, head and neck cancer nurse specialist, with a Servox digital speech aid, similar to the one stolen by thieves. The Servox
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Familiar faces tackle old foes
IT'S the game ever West Ham fan has been waiting for since promotion was secured back in May - the renewal of hostilities with bitter rivals Spurs. The North London club may like to insist that Arsenal are their natural derby foes, but despite recent
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South Essex: Gynaecologist is struck off for exam lie
A BOGUS gynaecologist who treated scores of women in south Essex hospitals has been struck off the medical register. A General Medical Council disciplinary panel banned Nigerian doctor Henry Akpata, 62, from practising again in this country after a three-day
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Soccer, Ipswich Town, Proudlock has extra incentive
Adam Proudlock wants to help Ipswich Town beat Coventry tomorrow - to make up for the frustration of his home debut for the Blues. The Midlanders were the opposition on that occasion, back in September, but marred his big night by storming back from two-down
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Colchester: Alien concept at school
Children from Birch School are representing Essex in UK's biggest DNA experiment. Picture: SEANA HUGHES (46305-a) The six youngsters are taking part in the test, organised by the BBC's Naked Scientists team. As part of a programme, which will be broadcast
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Corringham: Multiple stabbing attack
A MAN who lost his spleen after being stabbed repeatedly in the stomach cannot describe his attackers. Detectives say the victim, 33, who was on his way home to Corringham in the early hours of Sunday, could not recall who stabbed him. After leaving friends
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Chelmsford: Town's festivities go off with a bang
HUNDREDS of people counted down the final seconds before Chelmsford town centre's Christmas lights were switched on yesterday. Essex Cricket Club's Ronnie Irani lit up decorations placed in trees and high above shops at 7pm to officially declare the festive
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Southend: Hope for marina off pier
SOUTHEND could be in line for its long-awaited marina as part of the Thames Gateway project. Consultants have been looking at the future of the waterfront between Shoebury and Thurrock for the past 18 months and the result is due to be published shortly
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Clacton; Sunniest place in Britain, official
TENDRING'S sunshine coast is proving it is just that. Clacton was officially the sunniest place in Britain on Wednesday, when the resort had more sunshine than anywhere else in the UK. Figures from the Met Office showed it enjoyed 7.5 hours, which was
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Soccer, Colchester United, Danns wary of old club
NEIL Danns has told his team-mates not to get complacent when they take on struggling Blackpool tomorrow. Warning - Neil Danns insists his team-mates will have to be on their guard against Blackpool if they want to continue their run of impressive results
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Harman plotting Warner's victory
SOUTHEND rugby chief Kevin Harman wants to pile more misery on rock bottom National Three South visitors Bracknell tomorrow. He spent a frustrating year coaching the Berkshire outfit's backs before taking over at Warners Bridge as director of rugby five
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Canvey: Dog's big prize... against the odds
A CANVEY dog-lover is proud of her brave pooch after he was crowned supreme champion at a prestigious show. Doris Day, 58, entered her cavalier Oliver into the show in the rescue dog section of the Companion Dog Show at Earls Court, and was delighted
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Hickey hits top form Euro trial
WITH the European Cross Country Championship trial now just over a week away, Southend AC international Adam Hickey has shown top form. For Southend High School for Boys' student Hickey, 17, produced the fastest time of the day in the junior men's race
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Colchester: Driver foils speed trap
A MOTORIST stopped 50 yards in front of police carrying out a speed check to help other drivers avoid prosecution. When officers spoke to Lee Harvey and asked him to move on, he turned around and blocked traffic on the other side of the road, a court
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Southend: Lampard pic up for grabs
A SIGNED photo of England and Chelsea footballer Frank Lampard is being auctioned by a Southend letting agency. Pace, in Southchurch Road, counts the midfielder's dad and former footballer, Frank Lampard snr, among its clients and asked him for a memento
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Basildon: Police pass file on doc to CPS
THE Crown Prosecution Service has revealed it has received a file from Essex Police regarding a doctor struck off for serious professional misconduct. The file on Ann David, a former consultant anaesthetist at Basildon Hospital, arrived with a special
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Don't let this happen again
Frightened parents are backing a growing campaign for a safe crossing on a Moulsham road after a 10-year-old schoolgirl was hit by a car. More than 50 worried parents, pupils and community leaders gathered at the junction of Linnet Drive and Plane Tree
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Crays Hill: Travellers:action at last?
BILLERICAY MP John Baron today claimed the Government could be about to act on illegal traveller sites, after a private head-to-head with John Prescott. After the talks at Westminster, Mr Prescott's office confirmed laws dealing with unauthorised camps
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Basildon: Leisure park games store in liquidation
A COMPUTER and games store at Basildon's Festival Leisure Park has gone into voluntary liquidation, leaving customers without goods they have paid for. The news comes just three months after leisure park managers announced it had put together the final
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Colchester: Trust campaigners lobby centre users
CAMPAIGNERS will be lobbying users of Colchester Leisure World as they fight plans to hand the centre over to an independent trust. Labour councillors see plans by Conservative-run Colchester Council to set up a trust to run the authority's leisure and
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Canvey missing a Sterling defender
CANVEY Island will be without key central defender Dominic Sterling as they start their mission to move into the top half of the Nationwide Conference with a home game against bottom club Tamworth tomorrow. Sterling suffered a knee injury in last week's
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Chelmsford: Sex case man had school job
A Convicted criminal given community service work at a mid-Essex primary school later committed an indecent assault on a child. Essex Police and Essex Probation Service have commissioned a joint independent review after they learnt that Ian Missing, 23
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Basildon: Governors approve of merger
GOVERNING bodies of two Basildon schools have backed plans to merge them into a unique federation. Barstable and Chalvedon schools' governors met to discuss feedback from a two-month public consultation, before voting unanimously in approval. * Full story
