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Woman, 90, homeless after blaze
A 90-year-old woman has been left homeless after a fire in her home on Canvey. The pensioner was treated at the house in Winterswyk Avenue by Essex Ambulance after suffering from smoke inhalation. She did not need hospital treatment. Firefighters were
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Flavs happy to make Jones point
Southend United goalkeeper Darryl Flahavan came back to haunt Cardiff City boss Dave Jones at Ninian Park on Saturday. The Bluebirds chief decided to let Flahavan depart during his spell in charge of the Saints during the late 1990s. But the Shrimpers
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Lee pulls trigger
Lee Bradbury may have been in the Army prior to starting his career in professional football, but he is unlikely to have ever unleashed a more lethal blow than the one which killed off Cardiff City on Saturday. The former Portsmouth forward blasted
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Four-goal holders enjoy Super victory
Holders Grays Athletic cruised into the third round of the FA Carlsberg Trophy with a 4-0 win at Weston-Super-Mare. Always in control they hardly broke sweat in overcoming an out of sorts Weston. Grays were always first to every ball, always appearing
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Billericay on the up despite draw
Despite being held to a goalless draw for the third time in their last four home games, Billericay Town stayed on course for a Ryman Premier League play-off spot with the point gained. All three of those stalemates have been against rival clubs involved
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Irons Phil force of cruel equaliser
Phillipe Christanval hammered another nail into ten-man West Ham's relegation coffin with a dramatic last-gasp equaliser at Upton Park. A pulsating London derby had earlier seen two sublime goals from Yossi Benayoun twice give the Irons the lead and
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Big tower block plans revealed
Laindon can look forward to a brighter future after multimillion-pound projects to rebuild two troubled estates were revealed. Basildon Council has unveiled huge revamp projects for the Five Links estate and Royal Court tower blocks. The plans would
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Flossy’s found – thanks to your Echo
A relieved cat owner has told how thrilled she is to have her blind pet back - after pleading for her safe return through the Echo. Barbara Haslam was distraught when Flossy, a 16-year-old, a pale ginger tortoiseshell cat, went missing from the garden
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‘Nightlife zone is wrong for retirement homes’
Fresh plans to build old people's homes in the middle of what officials hope will become Wickford's main nightclub and restaurant area have been criticised. Basildon Council officers are backing the bid to build 30 sheltered retirement homes and a
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School is country’s 9th most improved
Jubilant staff and pupils have been left jumping for joy after an amazing transformation saw their school rise from being one of the worst in the country to one of the best. De La Salle School, in Ghyllgrove, Basildon, received a letter from Schools
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12,500 homes get power from Pitsea
Rotting rubbish at Pitsea tip will now create enough electricity to power 12,500 homes, after a high-tech landfill gas conversion system was upgraded. Tip bosses have added a seventh landfill gas engine at the dump bringing the total invested in the
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Give us a chance to make fuel greener
A biodiesel company is urging the Government to clear the way for a "waste" by-product to be used as an alternative fuel. Rainbow Fuels owners Simon Lee and Colin Newman are in the process of setting up one of the county's first biodiesel production
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Joy for card fraud victim
A victim of credit card fraud who was told to pay £2,000 he did not spend will no longer have to foot the bill, after an inquiry by the Echo. Mohammad Imran Faleemi, 40, of New Road, Hadleigh, never received the Mint credit card he applied for through
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My voyage into the heart of darkness
As parental stress goes, it must have been the equivalent of five gap years rolled into one. Intrepid student Matt Birch spent just three weeks away from his worried family - but the problem was, he chose to go to Iraq just as the country's brutal
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Firm offers students 5-year training deal
Future business managers can hone their skills with a leading company after it joined forces with South East Essex College to launch a new trainee scheme. KeyMed, based on the Stock Road industrial estate, Southend, is giving young people the chance
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Commuters angry as parking fee doubles
Car parking charges have doubled at some stations along the Shoebury to Fenchurch Street line, in a further blow to commuters. Rail company c2c has increased the price of a day's off-peak parking from £1 to £2 at some of its car parks, including Benfleet
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Bafta boost for Helen's hopes for an Oscar
An Oscar appears to be coming ever closer for Dame Helen Mirren, as she received another prestigious awards nomination this week. Dame Helen, who grew up in Leigh, has been nominated for a Bafta for her leading role in acclaimed drama, the Queen.
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Ray View selloff ‘is a threat to wildlife’
A Benfleet resident fears auctioning off of a former ranger's house in Hadleigh Castle Country Park could lead to redevelopment which could harm the park's wildlife. The four-bedroomed property, called Ray View, sits off an unmade road in the park
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Students will move to uni sites in days
The first students are set to move in at the new University of Essex Southend at the end of the month. Officials originally hoped staff would move on to the High Street campus during November, with students following during the current term. Construction
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Palace has a wizard hit!
Westcliff's Palace Theatre's has bounced back - to reopen with its most successful show ever. Jubilant Palace bosses have announced record audience figures for the rejuvenated theatre's first festive show, The Wizard of Oz. The news comes at the
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Pier U-turn?
People power could decide how Southend's world famous pier will be developed. Southend Council's cabinet voted in favour of a redevelopment that would not include any large rides or complexes at the pierhead. However, the council says it could change
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Club closed over boiler fears
A club for children with special needs is out in the cold after its ancient boiler was ruled unsafe. About 100 youngsters use the Adventure Playground for Children with Special Needs, where a 25-year-old boiler has been scrapped on safety grounds.
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Dying man wins a £115k payout
A dying pensioner has been awarded more than £115,000 in compensation after being poisioned by asbestos when he was a teenager. Thomas George, 66, was exposed to asbestos dust during his work as a lagger's mate, for Kitsons Insulation of Barking, 50
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Veteran fights off thieves
A war hero has told how he single-handedly fought off three thieves who tricked their way into his home. Victor Johnson, 85, is still recovering in hospital from arm and chest injuries sustained struggling with burglars who got away with more than
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Joy for card fraud victim
A victim of credit card fraud who was told to pay £2,000 he did not spend will no longer have to foot the bill, after an inquiry by the Echo. Mohammad Imran Faleemi, 40, never received the Mint credit card he applied for through the post, so he was stunned
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Time to turn red tape green
Something very important is happening on Canvey, where Rainbow Fuels has set up the first biodiesel business in south Essex. Biodiesel is vital to our futures. It is environmentally friendly, and it can be grown in Essex fields when the oil runs out
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Rubbish way to deal with waste
I saw the picture (Jan 10) of the rubbish dumped in Cranes Farm Road, Basildon, and it set me thinking. Do you need a licence to "tip" as a trader and how much does each load cost to tip? I tried Basildon Council website to no avail. Everything to do
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Lame excuses of the travellers
I thank the Echo and Jon Austin in particular, for the articles published this week, relating to the illegal Traveller site at Crays Hill. As a resident of Crays Hill I have attended four hearings and heard just about every lame excuse under the sun,
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We’re trying to make town a better place
Chas Cheeseman (Jan 10) expresses concerns about costs to the taxpayer in relation to the provision of temporary toilets in Southend town centre. He also comments on the lack of facilities for females and closes with the phrase "at this rate we will
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Hunt for armed robbers
A masked robber pushed a security guard to the ground and snatched the cashbox he was carrying before fleeing on the back of a motorbike. The security guard had just picked up the money from the Abbey National and was standing outside the bank in Broadway
