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TV comic Mark takes up request to play at Cliffs
SOME comedians would panic at the thought of doing more than a two-hour set, and most would flinch at the thought of five hours, but Mark Watson took it in his stride when he launched his first Edinburgh 24-hour set. The 2004 show was a
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Chickens and ducks stolen from back garden
POLICE are investigating the theft of 14 chickens and two ducks. The chickens and Indian Runner ducks, Indiana and Daffy, were stolen from the back garden of a house in Rectory Road, Hockley. The birds were all in a pen in the garden
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Surprise as crime rate shoots up in a month
RESIDENTS are being urged to be vigilant after crime more than doubled in Benfleet last month. Speaking at a Benfleet neighbourhood meeting, PC Paul Levine said the area averages 25 to 30 incidents a month, but in May there were 75. Crimes included
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Fire crews tackle early morning blaze
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a flat fire in the early hours of this morning. Crews were called to Lydford Road, Westcliff, at 3.45am as the roof of a terraced house appeared to be on fire. Th fire started in the kitchen of the flat in the upstairs of
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Teen lout locked up after vicious attack
A teenager has been jailed for a drunken attack which left a commuter so badly injured he suffered a brain haemorrhage. The 17-year-old was part of a gang which launched an unprovoked attack on the man in Ashingdon Road, Rochford. Victim Mark Eagles
