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Cook proves his fitness
ALASTAIR Cook proved his fitness and Daniel Vettori was left worried about his, in a tale of two finger injuries at Chelmsford. New Zealand captain Vettori finished day two of the tour match against Essex in pain and doubt about the extent of a nasty
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Manchester Utd 4 West Ham Utd 1
TEN-man Manchester United powered towards the Premier League title with a clinical 4-1 destruction of West Ham at Old Trafford. Victory at Wigan next Sunday will confirm Sir Alex Ferguson's men as champions but the coronation may come even earlier as
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Canvey win promotion
CANVEY Island have been promoted back into the Ryman Premier League after winning this afternoon's Division One North play-off with Redbridge on penalties. The Gulls were fearing the worst when their hosts took the lead on the half hour mark through
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Southend United 1 Port Vale 1
SOUTHEND will be facing Doncaster in the League One play-off semi-finals following a 1-1 draw with relegated Port Vale. The game was a predictable end of season encounter with little to get the fans excited. Southend created the better chances early
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Cops on run for charity
THREE Essex Police officers will pound the transatlantic beat to raise cash for a young boy with cancer. Constables Dan Thrale, who is based at Pitsea, Neil Bazzoni of Tilbury police, and Christian Forbes, who is stationed at Rayleigh, are all taking
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Rowing: Leigh gig for Lower Thames
THE Lower Thames Rowing Club is taking part in the Leigh May Day Festival on Monday. The club's coxed four-oar gigs will be on display alongside other boats. For more information on the four-year-old club, which is based at Dauntless Boatyard on Canvey
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More women charged over excess boozing
THE number of women arrested for being drunk and disorderly in Essex has almost doubled in the last five years. Police figures show 112 women were arrested across the county in 2003/04, but this had jumped to 204 last year. In Southend, the number of
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Villagers clean-up for show
DOZENS of people turned out to clean up a village in preparation for a national competition. Bulphan in Bloom's first spring clean proved a huge success, with teams cleaning up the village. Kelly Fiford, from Bulphan in Bloom, said: "We ran a competition
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Garrison deal for new buys
A SPECIAL deal has started to help first-time buyers get on the property ladder at the Garrison development in Shoebury. Developer Gladedale Homes said people can buy three quarters of the value of a new home at the estate on some of the apartments and
