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Rooftop protest over garage clampers
A BRICKLAYER staged a rooftop protest after being clamped at a petrol station. Russell Pinner, 46, climbed on to the roof of the Total garage, in High Road, Benfleet, to unfurl a banner reading “Total rip off clamping con”. Mr Pinner
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400 plead for leniency on death crash doctor
MORE than 400 people have signed a petition pleading for leniency in the case of a doctor found guilty of hitting and killing a pensioner while driving his sports car. Support for Dr Aloke Basu, 66, has swelled among his patients since the
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Businesses rally to help toddler group
GENEROUS businesses have rallied to help a cash-strapped toddler group which fell victim to vandals. Stores at Lakeside Shopping Centre have sent dozens of new toys to Canewdon Parent and Toddler Group after its plight was featured in the Echo
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We are being taken for fools
I can’t help but think that Joe Public is being taken for a complete fool these days. Hardly a day goes by when we don’t hear of more Government cuts to schools, hospitals and public services. However, it seems those in positions of power and
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Market better than a Tesco
The destruction of our once beautiful Southend and its transformation into a carbon copy of the countless concrete clone towns around the country is continuing apace. The new Tesco development, if approved by Southend Council, could prove to
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Armed with a dustpan, I’m off to clean up the cliffs!
I am sick of seeing rubbish around the Clifftown Parade, Westcliff Parade and the Cliff Gardens areas of Westcliff. I see glass as well as rubbish on paths and grass areas. It’s not only dog walkers who enjoy these areas, but families with children
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We do not have room for 5,000 homes
Castle Point councillors Pam Challis and Jeffrey Stanley are wringing their hands in despair (May 27) over an inspector’s report tearing to pieces their proposed planning strategy, with the attendant prospect of sacrificing more green belt to
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I support hospice plan
I am pleased Havens Hospice is pushing forward with the application to build a new hospice on the green belt, off Belton Way, Leigh. My wife is a cancer patient and recently spent three weeks in the Westcliff hospice for pain management. Many
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Bollards are growing well
D Corroyer wrote about the loss of trees from our local roads (May 19), something I have noticed. We should not, however, be too critical, since in true Southend Council fashion it has been replanting on many a street corner and along roads recently
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‘Rundown’ Hadleigh Hall handed back to council management
A RUNDOWN community hall is back under the control of Castle Point Council. Hadleigh Hall, off Rectory Road, has been privately run since 2005 and hired out for music and leisure events. However, groups using the hall said it has fallen into a poor state
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Developer revives plans for 100 green belt homes
BATTLE-WORN residents are steeling themselves for another fight after developers revived plans for 100 new homes on green belt land. The Squier family and Croll Group, who own fields south of Brays Lane, Rochford, have resurrected their controversial
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Burglars strike at community centre
BURGLARS struck at Hockley Community Centre last night. The police helicopter was called out at about 8.50pm to search the area for two teenagers. FOR FULL REPORT SEE TOMORROW'S ECHO.
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Washing machine is blamed for river being poisoned
WASHING machine waste has been identified as the cause of a “poisonous” leak into a river. Anglian Water says it has found the cause of the leak into the River Crouch at Wickford Memorial Park. The firm said the leak was caused when a domestic wastewater
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Cops step up patrols along the seafront
POLICE are stepping up undercover seafront patrols after four beach huts were burgled and trashed. The vandals smashed their way into the huts in Thorpe Esplanade, opposite the junction of Maplin Way, Thorpe Bay. They fled after causing hundreds of
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Bus lanes are driving motorists to despair
A DRIVING instructor has raised his concerns about the newly created bus lanes on the A13 at Bread and Cheese Hill. Road users are unhappy with new road layouts near the Kents Hill Road junction, Benfleet, which they claim are unclear and end abruptly
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Cost of keeping flood sirens will escalate
THE cost of saving Castle Point’s flood sirens could be much higher than expected. South Benfleet councillor Alf Partridge, who is an electronics engineer, has warned the sirens are currently controlled through the national BBC longwave radio transmitter
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Overnight rain hits rail services
HEAVY overnight rain hit a handful of c2c rail services heading to and from London Fenchurch Street this morning. Three trains were reduced from eight carriages to five and one from eight to seven carriages. Train operator c2c blamed all bar one of
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Youth soccer picture special in today's Echo
IN TODAY'S ECHO: * 20-page youth football picture pullout featuring teams from across south Essex... * News special on plans for a 14-storey tower block on Southend seafront... * More inspirational true life stories in our Echo
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Nesbitt targets more games after signing pro deal
TEDDY Nesbitt is hoping to reel in more first team appearances with Southend United next season. The young left-back came on twice as a substitute for Paul Sturrock’s side last term. And, having now signed his first professional contract to remain
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Designer’s project for young patients
A MAN who battled back from leukaemia twice as a child wants to raise money for the hospital which helped him. Jason Smith, now 26, from Canvey, was diagnosed with leukaemia when he was six. After going through chemotherapy he thought he was in the
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Jailed for dealing in Class A drugs
SIX dealers of Class A drugs, busted during an undercover police operation, have been dealt with in court. Two were given prison sentences. The four men and two women were arrested after being pictured selling drugs in Southend to the same police officer
