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Nurse Dawn loves life on the Afghan front line
DAWN Mcdonald is a nurse, but it’s a role she practices in very different ways. As an RAF reserve nurse, she could be called to help injured soldiers in Afghanistan at any time. As Sister Mcdonald, Dawn has a civilian role as ward sister on a surgical
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Robin Hood Games and Country Show draws 20,000 crowd
KNIGHTS on horseback galloped through Garon Park for the Robin Hood Games and Country Show. About 20,000 people flocked to the Southend park to witness jousting and medieval games. There were also dog agility competitions, and arts and crafts display
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Are you south Essex's biggest Harry Potter fan?
The Echo is looking for the area's biggest Harry Potter fan ahead of the release of the final film in the series. The Empire Cinema in Festival Leisure Park, Basildon, is showing a Harry Potter film each night in the lead up to the release
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Heard about the hen do with the 45 brides-to-be?
A FLOCK of hens wore wedding gowns to help a bride-to-be bid farewell to her single years in high matrimonial style. Zoe Hughes, 34, decided she wanted a hen party with a difference, so invited her 45-strong group of family and friends to wear
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Tibbenham sees Hadleigh to victory
THE League Knock Out Cup Final at Southchurch Park saw Southend & EMT and Hadleigh & Thundersley struggle to achieve any substantial batting with a slow outfield and sub-standard balls. It meant that boundaries were a rare luxury. Southend won the
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Why The only way is...the WI!
IT seems the only way for Essex girls is to join the Women’s Institute...with women as young as 18 signing up in their droves. The thriving organisation, traditionally associated with jam making and baking, is rapidly modernising its image. And Essex
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Drug driver jailed following Christmas day crash
A DRUG driver has been jailed following a Christmas day crash with another car on the A127, where a woman passenger later died. Jason Lockwood, 41, of Southbourne Grove, Westcliff, had smoked a joint before he got behind the wheel of a white
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Vehicle theft in Barling
Thieves stole a flatbed lorry from the driveway of a house in Barling. The white Nissan Cabstar, worth about £3000, and had an index of S935 JRO. It was stolen between 9am on June 20 and 9pm the following day. Pc James Howell
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Fitz show class at district games
FITZWIMARC School have continued their dominance of the district sports, winning the overall title for the 23rd year in succession. The Rayleigh school were again in stunning form at Basildon’s Gloucester Park as they sped away from their rivals in the
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Sexual assault in Rochford
POLICE are investigating a sexual assault in Rochford. A 29-year-old woman was walking through the town with a man following along the pavement behind her. Police are investigating a sexual assault in Rochford. As she walked past the Royal Mail sorting
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Lifelong fan has the Blues over Roots Hall call
STALWART Southend United supporter Ray Sorrell has reacted angrily to club’s decision to stop his life-long season ticket. The 83-year-old, who has been following Blues for 77 years, was promised free admission by then chairman John Main back
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Court crunch for Kaneria
FORMER Essex leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has taken his battle with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to court. He has filed a petition at the Sindh High Court in Karachi against his continued non-clearance by the board’s integrity committee. Kaneria has
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Youth and fitness boost for Wakering
GREAT Wakering got their pre-season off to a flyer by holding a training session with their newly-formed youth sides. The Ryman One North club’s first team and reserves lined-up alongside two of their three new Eastern Junior Youth Alliance teams on
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My kids inspired me to invent board game
A CREATIVE dad-of-three has invented a board game – and won a top industry award for his efforts. Oliver Sibthorpe, 34, is the brains behind KingBrick, which took four years to come to fruition. Mr Sibthorpe, who works at Homebase in London Road,
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SEC launch ladies football academy
THIS year is set to be an important year for ladies football. Not only is the FIFA Women’s World Cup currently taking part in Germany, but the FA have launched the Super League – a new elite, summer league for women’s football. And, with that in mind
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Bingham - my tilt at world table revenge
STUART Bingham says he will show no fear against the man who ended his World Championship dream last season. Bingham, 34, will face China’s Ding Junhui, 24, at the Australian Godfields Open, in Victoria, on July 20. Ding won the last four frames of
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Barker: My pride at being given the captaincy
CHRIS Barker has spoken of his pride at being named Southend United’s new skipper. The experienced centre-back will wear the armband for Blues next season. And he is delighted to have been given the extra responsibility by manager Paul Sturrock. “I
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Updated: Firefighters to fight wood blaze for days
Firefighters are expected to remain at the scene of a massive wood blaze for days to come. . The fire broke out at Rio Recycling in Stanford Road, Orsett in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Intially it involved 100 tonnes of recycled
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October start for work on Fossetts Farm stadium – Ron
SOUTHEND United chairman Ron Martin is hopeful work will start on a new stadium in October, with the club now given until the summer of 2014 to start building. Mr Martin told a fraught meeting of Rochford District Council the construction of the three-sided
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Bus lane blame for road rage assault
THE victim of a road rage incident has said he was attacked after he tried to turn across a controversial new bus lane. Mark Connolly, 39, was left with a black eye when a driver thumped him as he was parking his car outside his house in London Road,
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Horses cause chaos on A13
HORSES running free on the A13 caused traffic chaos for early morning motorists. Around six of the animals got on to the London-bound track of the carriageway near the A126 junction for Lakeside. They caused heavy queues as motorists tried to avoid
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We’re getting tougher on town centre drunks
A TOUGH new dispersal order has been launched to drive nuisance drunks and other antisocial yobs out of central Basildon. The order covers the whole of Basildon town centre and gives police permission to disperse groups of two or more people causing
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Community centre named after Karis
A COMMUNITY centre is to be built in memory of schoolgirl Karis Darling. The £220,000 building will be a centre for sports, performing arts and a meeting place for community groups. It will be called the Karis May Darling Pavilion in memory of the 12
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Group’s delight as stolen bike turns up
A GROUP of young disabled people is celebrating after a bike which was stolen was returned. The specialist bike had been taken from Eco Wings, in Fairfax Drive, Westcliff, which caters for people with mental and physical disabilities. They were left
