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Rental Properties for week ending 12th January 2007
Properties to Let in South Essex SOUTHEND ON SEA, Priory Mews, Prittlewell, 1 bed flat. New contemporary apartment, quiet location, short walk to Prittlewell Station, fully fitted kitchen. No smokers, no pets. £575 pcm (07970) 690861. PURFLEET
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Jane's Blog
How are you being served? What makes you want to shop somewhere? For me, it's a combination of the right products at the right price - but customer service counts for a lot too. I think we should conduct a survey on customer service in Leigh on Sea
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Jane's Blog
How are you being served? What makes you want to shop somewhere? For me, it's a combination of the right products at the right price - but customer service counts for a lot too. I think we should conduct a survey on customer service in Leigh on Sea
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Football: Rovers look for league boost
Tonight's local football sees Great Wakering Rovers try to improve their lowly league standing when they host Wivenhoe Town at Burroughs Park. Rovers are currently second from bottom of the Ryman One North table, but will be hoping for a win in the
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Speedway: Tapes up for Arena's academy plan
Arena Essex will receive the green light this week regarding their plans to stage Academy League racing prior to Elite League fixtures. The four-a-side six-heat matches will start at 7pm with the senior side beginning an hour later. And co-promoter
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Snooker: No time to dwell on defeat for Bingham
BASILDON snooker professional Stuart Bingham will have little time to dwell on his Saga Insurance Masters first round defeat at the hands of Essex colleague Ali Carter. The Tiptree man won the best of 11 frames encounter 6-5 in a near four hour marathon
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Rugby Union: Southend get back on track at Havant
Southend got the perfect pick me up tonic with an impressive 34-20 win at promotion rivals Havant on Saturday. The table-toppers were down in the dumps following a home defeat against another of their close challengers, Westcombe Park, in the previous
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Bichel back at Essex
Australian fast bowler Andy Bichel will return to Essex County Cricket Club for the second half of the 2007 season after signing a new contract. Bichel, who impressed during a three-month spell at the County last year, has penned the deal pending all
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Gower: Blues can take off in the cup
MARK Gower is hoping that Southend United will still be flying high after tonight's trip to Barnsley in the FA Cup. The Shrimpers head to Oakwell for a third round replay, following a 1-1 draw with the Tykes at Roots Hall 10 days ago. And in a bid
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No rest for Tilly’s troops in the cup
Blues boss Steve Tilson will resist the temptation to rest players for tonight's FA Cup replay at Barnsley. The Shrimpers travel to take on the Tykes just three days before facing an important Championship clash with Derby County. But Tilson will
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Titter ye plenty
Move over, Macbeth and take a hike, Henry V - it's time for some fun at the theatre. Among the footballers, singers, TV stars and theatre companies appearing at the Towngate Theatre in coming months will be a host of comedians. Basildon Council,
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Sorcerers and pigeons wreak havoc
A wannabe wizard and a pigeon will be entertaining young audiences in two productions. Essex on Tour is bringing two shows to Brentwood Theatre. The magical tale of the Sorcerer's Apprentice will unfold on Saturday February 3, while Pigeon lands on
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Cafe staff anger at job losses
Ten staff are set to lose their jobs following the closure of the Tesco cafe at Mayflower Retail Park, Basildon. It is due to shut for 29 weeks next month while the store undergoes a refurbishment. Julie Bennett and Nikki Turner, two of the ten
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Lamp fire leaves family homeless
A family today told of their devastation after a blaze left them homeless. Mum-of-four Shelagh Pursey, 43, told how the fire quickly spread from a downstairs bedroom to her kitchen, wiping out most of her family's possessions. Three fire crews,
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Ernest sees red over pink sacks
Bags of recyclable rubbish are regularly piling up outside two blocks of flats because the council's contractors are failing to collect them all, a resident has claimed. Ernest Harrison, 80, of Southchurch Boulevard, Southend, said the problem of uncollected
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Opponents angry with mast plan
Residents have launched a campaign to stop a mobile phone company installing a mast near their homes. Telecommunication giant O2 has applied to Southend Council to put the 10m-tall mast by a footpath to the south of Thorpe Bay Yacht Club, in Thorpe
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May elections likely for parish council
Elections for the new Canvey Town Council will almost certainly be held in May - with 11 seats up for grabs. The Electoral Commission has accepted Castle Point Council's proposal to follow the island's six borough council wards, with five of them
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Irene listed on the web as green hero
A campaigning pensioner has been hailed a "green hero" by a new transatlantic website for her tireless work in championing environmental causes. Mother-of-three Irene Willis, 61, of the Parkway, Canvey, said it was "absolutely thrilling" to be included
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Plans for future of Pitsea go on display
Radical plans for the future of Pitsea went on display today. Basildon Council has unveiled the latest stage of its Pitsea town centre masterplan which will shape a 20-year re-development. The development will see 350 new homes and will almost
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Unanimous call for Dale Farm inquiry
Political parties in Basildon today joined forces and called for a urgent Government investigation into the Dale Farm traveller site. Basildon Lib Dem leader Geoff Williams, who voted against an eviction and signed up as a human rights monitor for
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Four legs are better than two!
Youngsters have tied themselves together and taken a four-legged walk on the pier to raise money for charity. Three girls from Year 9 at the FitzWimarc School in Rayleigh managed to walk the length of the pier six times, totalling 7.8 miles, and raise
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Half of road deaths happen near home
Half of all serious or fatal road accidents in Essex happen less than three miles from the driver or rider's home, new figures show. The Essex Safety Camera Partnership is so concerned at the results of its research, it is now launching a campaign
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Fun, fun, fun!
One of Britain's biggest funhouse will be built in south Essex. These are the first pictures of a how a currently empty warehouse will look when it is transformed into a £250,000 playhouse. Bosses at Leigh-based Partyman Company have been given
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New HQ is feather in the cap for service to teenagers
If you've heard of Connexions at all, you could be forgiven for thinking it's simply a misspelt Government organisation that talks a lot and does little. But the youth service is quietly doing its work and, across the county, teenagers are turning
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150 jobs for energy customer call centre
An energy company is building on its promise to bring customer services back to the UK from India, by recruiting 150 more staff for a call centre. Powergen is looking for people to work in its customer services team at London Road, Rayleigh. Powergen
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My brave little dog fought off huge alsatian
A woman has praised her plucky pet - for saving her from a savage attack by a much bigger dog. Tracy Fox, 46, from Leigh, feared for her life, when the powerful alsatian knocked her over and sunk its teeth into her arm, ripping into her muscle.
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Convenient site for Michael’s juice bar
Michael Fleet's plans for the toilet block he bought for £90,000 are far from bog standard. The financial adviser won the battle of the bids when former public toilets in West Road, Westcliff, came up for auction last September. There was so much
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Camera torched by vandals
Vandals have vented their fury at speed cameras, by setting one alight on a busy road. The Essex Safety Camera Partnership has been forced to take the camera, near the Salvation Army farm entrance, in London Road, Hadleigh, out of action as a result
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Trio escape as car overturns
A driver and his two passengers had a lucky escape after their car crashed and rolled onto its roof. Residents in Victoria Drive, Leigh, rushed out of their homes after hearing a series of crashes outside. They were confronted by the sight of a black
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Cancer survivor launches a new yoga studio
A cancer survivor will open a new yoga studio next month after feeling the benefits of the exercise. The Shambhala studio, in Maple Avenue, Leigh, is a new venture by Lyn Long, who was introduced to yoga by teacher Dawn Arno after she was diagnosed with
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Income shortfall for firm hit by fire
The owner of a garage that burnt down earlier this month said he is losing £500 a day in earnings as he waits to hear from his insurance company. Gordon Stimpson runs the Belfairs Tyre and Exhaust Centre, in Eastwood Road North, Leigh. He estimated
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My brave little dog fought off huge alsation
A woman has praised her plucky pet - for saving her from a savage attack by a much bigger dog. Tracy Fox, 46, from Leigh, feared for her life, when the powerful alsatian knocked her over and sunk its teeth into her arm, ripping into her muscle. The
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Dreadful waste of two lives
The deaths of Dan Elgar and Bradley Chapman, the two south Essex men killed on the railway line at Barking, are a tragedy for their family and friends, and we share their sadness at the waste of young lives. The terrible accident brings home once again
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Trio escape as car overturns
A driver and his two passengers had a lucky escape after their car crashed and rolled onto its roof. Residents in Victoria Drive, Leigh, rushed out of their homes after hearing a series of crashes outside. They were confronted by the sight of a black
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United’s stadium is not worth the price
When first reading about the proposed Southend United Stadium I thought objectors to the development were being unfair as any inconvenience to them would only happen about 20 to 25 times a year. But this development is not just one warehouse and a stadium
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My case for speed cameras
Stewart Geddes (Jan 8), is not only ill informed, but contradicts himself. He states traffic police are absent from the roads, but later claims they are targeting motorists, so where is this harassment taking place? Not by moblle vans, as he claims
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Water company profits flow well
Climate change (as yet unproved), insufficient rain, half-full reservoirs, dry underground wells, ignored hosepipe bans etc. The PC jobsworths are pumping out information, admonishing the naughty public for using too much water - it's a valuable commodity
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Time ripe for military coup
Apparently we have a "Tory military" in this country. What's new about that? The military have always worked better under a Tory government and that applies to the police also. Perhaps the time is ripe for a military coup, after all it would not be
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Instructors are getting it right
Grahame King (Jan 9) appears to be basing his belief that driving instruction has been poor for a number of years on his experience of teaching one person a courier route prior to becoming a temporary driver. On passing the driving test, individuals
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Chemical alert as firefighters battle blaze
A fire in a disused factory involving chemicals and cylinders and another blaze in a barn had to be tackled by firefighters. Firefighters from Rochford, Hadleigh and Shoebury were called to a blaze in Salisbury Avenue, Westcliff, with reports of corrosive
