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Cricketer Alastair Cook recognised in Queen's birthday honours
Essex cricketer Alastair Cook is made an MBE for services to cricket. Cook, 26, is one of England's Ashes-winning cricketers to be honoured. He was player of the series. Gloucester-born Cook, 26, scored 766 runs, the second highest total
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Get set to follow Leigh Art Trail
SWEEPING views over the estuary, joyful illustrations, trees made of delicate metal and colourful textiles, the Leigh Art Trail takes over the town this weekend with events running until June 18. The week-long homage to the arts will showcase the diversity
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Boy, 13, involved in road accident in Westcliff
A Chalkwell road was closed after an accident involving a car and a 13-year-old boy. Chalkwell Avenue was closed at the junction with London Road after an accident at about 4.10pm. Emergency services were called to the scene and the
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Gang of robbers strike in Hockley
A GANG of robbers has been targeting teenagers in Hockley. They strick twice on Wednesday afternoon when they demanded mobile phones. The first attack happened as three teenagers were walking through an alleyway near Rosslyn Close at
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Commuter services delayed after person hit by train
Services between London Liverpool Street and Southend Victoria are delayed by at least 50 minutes after a person was hit by a train. There are currently no further details on the condition of the injured person, who was hit in Stratford, East
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Former Essex Police Cadets invited to reunion
FORMER Essex Police cadets who took part in the first passing-out parade forty years ago are invited to a reunion. Essex Police has organised the reunion to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first passing-out parade of police cadets which took place
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Family return to burgled home
A FAMILY returned home from work to find burglars had broken in. The crooks had smashed their way into a bungalow in Stambridge Road, Rochford, using a lump of block paving. They used it to break the UPVC doors causing about £200 damage
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Stolen goods found in carpark
A HAUL of stolen goods was discovered in a carpark. The property had been stolen from a house in Daws Heath Road, Hadleigh, between noon and 5pm on June 2. The crooks took jewellery and an iPod, worth just under £700. But it was found in a carpark
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Burglars steal £8800 of goods from Leigh home
BURGLARS broke into a Leigh home and stole £8800 of goods. They got into the house in the Fairway and grabbed cash and jewellery. It happened between 8am and 12.30pm on Thursday, June 2. PC Phil McCorkell, of Southend police, said: “Due to the location
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Husband begs: Don’t put my wife on trial
A MAN who nearly died after being mistakenly stabbed by his wife has forgiven her – and begged the authorities not to charge her with attempted murder. Anthony Mellett, 37, of Eastern Esplanade, Southend, insists the whole sorry saga was a “freak accident
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Spate of vandalism in Southend
A SPATE of vandalism has left victims costing the count of repairs. Police received seven reports of criminal damage within five days around Southend town centre. Yobs smashed the window of Essex Provisions, in Southchurch Road, which has now had to
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Mini Moto seized by police
POLICE have seized a mini moto which was being used to cause a nuisance in Southchurch. Officers had received a string of complaints about the bike being misused in Newington Avenue and the surrounding streets. At one point it was even
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Businessmen facing ruin if club is refused
A BUSINESSMAN fears he could lose everything if his plans to rebuild Canvey’s popular Corner Club are not passed. Lee Petch, 45, wants to rebuild the club which was destroyed by fire last year, but it has emerged planning officers have recommended the
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South Essex firm keeps Olympic flame burning
AN engineering company struck gold when it landed a contract to help design the Olympic torch. Tecosim, in Southfield Business Park, Laindon, worked on the torch, which was unveiled yesterday. It will travel from Greece to the opening
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Postie stole packages on his rounds
A POSTMAN has narrowly avoided jail despite being caught stealing packages. Investigators set up a sting to catch Christopher King, who was based at the Leigh sorting office, after they became suspicious. They put three test packages in the post and
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Council pledges to spruce up homes
A COUNCIL is promising to bring two empty homes back into use after a man’s repeated attempts to buy them. Steven Lawrence, 51, from Billericay, has made numerous attempts to purchase a bungalow in Church Road, Laindon, from the council so
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Thoroughly modern, but respects our past
I think Warrior Square looks wonderful. It’s a thoroughly modern design, but still respectful to the original Victorian idea. When I was there the place was packed with young people playing, families eating on the grass and elderly people sitting
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Buy-to-let is a big racket
I note down our way a big increase in buy-to-let. It’s the racket of the century. People have to have a roof. They can’t use their cash to get a mortgage because the banks won’t lend, so they have to rent. This is living hand-to -mouth, from
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Red Cross cash thanks
Thanks to residents of Castle Point and Southend for supporting Red Cross Week collections in May 1-8. In Castle Point £500 was raised and in Southend the total was £517. The money will help provide vital services to those in the local community
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Slip road is dangerous
The repositioning of the bus stops was one of the better aspects of the layout at Victoria Gateway, Southend. The one in Queensway was in the left turn lane to Victoria Avenue impeding traffic flow. The slip road from Victoria Avenue is supposed
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Independent era for ward
It is obvious councillor Paul van Looy is doing more than most of the previous councillors have done in St Luke’s ward. One only has to listen to the many people who were neglected. My own experience was writing three letters over a period of
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Why a petition for this doc?
Why a petition for leniency toward the death crash Dr Aloke Basu (June 6)? How would the 400 petitioners feel if their grandmother had died at the hands of what appears to be an irresponsible and selfish motorist, who had been advised at least
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Canvey being snubbed again
Once more Castle Point and Essex County councils are thumbing their noses at Canvey. Yesterday there was an article on three areas which has made me feel a little mad. Firstly, the £500 required by the local council for a three-year lease for
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20mph seafront will be the final nail in town’s coffin
Well, it seems Southend Council will soon put in the last nail in its coffin, If it sets the speed limit to 20mph along the seafront, it will just be about raising cash and nothing to do with safety. Also it will add to pollution not reduce it
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Parking charges to rise across Rochford district
PARKING charges are set to rise in council car parks across Rochford at the same time as hi-tech ticket machines are installed giving drivers more flexibility. Despite the modest hike, council bosses have resisted the temptation to introduce
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Wanted man arrested by police
POLICE have arrested a burglar they want to send back to prison. They had released an appeal in the Echo hoping to trace Ben Athis after he breached the terms of his licence. He had previously served an 18 month jail term for house burglary and is known
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Crews tackle farm blaze
FIRE crews had to tackle a blaze involving more than 300 tonnes of muck and straw. Three fire engines were sent to the scene of the blaze at Marsh Farm in Marsh Farm Road in South Woodham Ferrers following the blaze which broke out at 10pm on Thursday
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Attempted break-ins in Hockley
BURGLARS attempted to get into two Hockley homes. Police are connecting the offences which both happened in the early hours of Monday morning. the first was in Southciew Road, where a crook reached in through an open window. Luckily he was disturbed
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Updated: Woman charged with burglary
A WOMAN has been charged after a flat Clifftown Parade, Southend, was burgled. It happened between 8.30am and 2pm on Wednesday, June 8, when electrical items were stolen. A 34-year-old woman from Southend has been charged with burglary and
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Named and shamed – teen robber who taunted boys with stab threats
THE Echo can name and shame the 16-year-old thug who has been locked up for humiliating and robbing three schoolboys of their clothes. Our reporter got a court order lifted, so we can reveal it was Shawn Mackenzie who told a group of 14-year-olds he
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Man rescued from flat blaze
A MAN was rescued from a flat by fire crews. Firefightes were called to the flat in Copperfields, Laindon at 11.15pm on Thursday. Smoke was billowing out of the home after a pan had caught light. The man was rescued safely by crews. *Full story in
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In your big-value Echo today...
EASTENDERS Heather and Shirley join other cast members for flming on Southend seafront - latest pictures Two-page special on the debate over "shared spaces" at Southend's City Beach and Victoria Gateway Details of a court case in which a 16-year-old
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Hapless crook left clues to his identity
A PROLIFIC crook, who broke into 22 homes in the space of a month, has been jailed for three years. The hapless Nathan Odley went on his crime spree earlier this year, but was arrested after leaving behind crucial forensic evidence at the scene of two
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Councillor fights for full-time Canvey fire crew
Canvey councillor Ray Howard has vowed to fight on after his demands for a review on axeing the island’s full-time firefighters was ignored. The long-serving councillor attended his first meeting as a member of the Essex Fire Authority at
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EastEnders is a tonic for Southend
THE EastEnders episodes being filmed in Southend will be a “great advert” for the town, according to Adventure Island boss Phillip Miller. Filming for the popular soap continued in Southend for the third day yesterday. Actors including
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Kevin’s got a grip on the problem
AFTER 20 years of suffering, a former lorry driver has come up with a handy invention. In 2009, Kevin De’Cort, of the Chase, Rayleigh, left his job as a haulage driver to pursue his dream of becoming an inventor. His idea was to solve the problems lorry
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MP in call for halt to online street car sales
THE law must be changed to stop online car sellers cluttering streets with their vehicles, an MP has said. Castle Point MP Rebecca Harris is campaigning for a change in legislation after residents in the borough raised concerns about internet
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Charity lands £2k bill over shed dispute
A CHARITY for disabled people has been forced to pay £2,000 following a planning row with the council over a garden shed put on green belt land. Disability Essex, which provides training and education courses, was donated the wooden shed with a veranda
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Campaigners lose battle over Gloucester Park homes plan
CAMPAIGNERS have lost their battle to stop 519 houses being built on parkland. Council chiefs passed the controversial plans for Gloucester Park, Basildon, during a heated meeting at the Towngate Theatre. About 60 residents, who want
