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Non league round-up
ONLY HULLBRIDGE SPORTS won on a bad day for the Echo's non-league sides. Sports' caretaker boss Colin Cook said he felt they could have scored 10 as they recorded a 5-1 win at home to Haringey & Waltham Development in the Essex Senior League
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Allardyce: Set pieces cost us
SAM Allardyce felt his West Ham side lost to Burnley because of their failure to defend two set pieces. He said: “I don’t think it was complacency. “We should have defended one throw-in and one corner better than we did. “So it is not complacency
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Southend United 1, Oldham Athletic 1
RYAN Hall ensured his Southend United side stayed in the FA Cup and also worked their way in to the club's record books with a fantastic equaliser against Oldham Athletic this afternoon. Hall hit home a looping long range half volley to cancel
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West Ham 1, Burnley 2
WEST Ham missed the chance to go top of the Championship as Burnley came from behind to pull off a smash-and-grab win at Upton Park this afternoon. With the leaders Southampton suffering a surprise defeat at Doncaster, it gave the Hammers the
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One change for Blues
SOUTHEND United manager Paul Sturrock has made just one change to his starting line-up for this afternoon's FA Cup clash with Oldham Athletic at Roots Hall. And that sees Jean-Paul Kalala restored to the team in place of Neil Harris as Blues
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Cars collide in Rochford
TWO cars were involved in a prang outside Rochford railway station on Saturday. The black Ford C-Max and silver Vauxhall Meriva collided shortly before 11am. Nobody was injured in the incident.
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Speeding motorists targeted in Hadleigh
SPEEDING motorists are being targeted as part of a police operation across Hadleigh. A flood of complaints from residents about dangerous drivers has led police to lay strips on three roads that monitor how fast motorists are travelling. The Echo has
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Sea defence crusader: Why I feel vindicated
A CAMPAIGNING councillor who battled for more than ten years to get flood defences improved feels vindicated after work was finally approved. The Environment Agency announced it will start strengthening the sea wall to protect people, property and
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Southend man's mission to to help Huntington's sufferers
A RETIRED policeman was inspired to set up an allotment to help sufferers of Huntington’s Disease after his younger brother died from the illness. David McDonagh, 63, took over as branch chairman of the Southend Huntington’s Disease Association
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Southend street dance school is still wiggling...20 years on
A STREETDANCE school launched 20 years ago has proved critics wrong by becoming one of the most successful training centres of its kind. Lorraine Field, 46, founded Wiggles in 1991, to offer youngsters an alternative to the popular ballet, tap, modern
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New centre for disabled adults opens in Rochford
A LONG-HELD ambition to set up a centre for disabled adults has finally been realised. The Forget Me Not day centre in Rochford has opened its doors to show parents and carers what’s on offer to young adults with learning disabilities and special needs
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Neighbour from hell is given an Asbo
A MAN has been banned from deliberately annoying his neighbour by having fires, or starting motorcycle engines in his garden. Norman Rixson, 64, was given an Asbo after more than a year of trouble. The order was imposed at Basildon Magistrates’ Court
