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Canvey could get new bar
A CANVEY shop could become a bar if planning applications are approved. Leigh firm BGA Architects have submitted plans to Castle Point Borough Council to transform the former FADS DIY store in Furtherwick Road into a bar with outdoor seating. The application
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Alcohol abuse in Southend among worst in Britain
STARK figures have revealed alcohol abuse in Southend is among the worst in Britain. New statistics show one in every 3,500 people in the town will die as a direct result of drinking too much booze this year. That makes it the worst-performing
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Carols come to Castle Point
CASTLE Point Mayor Jackie Govier’s traditional Christmas Carol concert is on this weekend. The traditional beginning to the borough’s Chrsitmas festivities, it is on at the Salvation Army Hadleigh Temple in London Road on Sunday December 11. Hadleigh
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Russell Kane involved in airplane drama
COMEDIAN Russell Kane was involved in some high flying drama during his journey home from Australia over the weekend. The Westcliff native was travelling home from the country where he has been presenting ITV2’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of
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Gas works to continue until next month
ROADWORKS currently clogging up busy roads in Thorpe Bay will not finish until January. National Grid are currently replacing 3.5km of old gas pipes along Lifstan Way and Eastern Esplanade as part of a £500,000 investment project. However
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Southend students stage Christmas concert for the elderly
HEALTH and social care students at Chase High School held a Christmas Concert in their new sixth form building. The students staged the concert on Friday for local residents and retirement homes in the Southend area. Guests at the Prittlewell
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Santa’s charity grotto saved as market offers free stall
A CHARITY Christmas duo who feared they would be ho-ho-homeless have been saved after they were offered space for a grotto at the last minute. Steve Waters, 44, and Shirley Painter, 53, dress up as Father Christmas and his wife every year,
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Chris Phillips: My views on the Blues
MANY believe the FA Cup has lost its magic in recent seasons. But try telling that to Southend United’s fans right now. Blues’ followers are currently dreaming of the chance to travel to Premier League giants Liverpool in early January. And that has
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Hall confident of winning Oldham replay
RYAN Hall is confident Southend United can set up a trip to Liverpool by winning at Oldham Athletic next week. Hall bagged his ninth goal of the season to help Blues draw 1-1 with the League One Latics in the second round of the FA Cup at Roots Hall
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Police release e-fit of burglar who punched woman
POLICE have released an E-fit of a burglar who punched a woman in the face after she disturbed him inside an unoccupied Leigh house. Residents of Moor Park Gardens in Leigh were aware of an unoccupied house in their street and so were keeping an eye
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Pupils’ month off during move to £28m building
MORE than 1,000 schoolchildren will have to resort to “virtual lessons” at home as their school closes for a month over Christmas. Pupils of Castle View School, Canvey, will get an extra two weeks holiday as the school packs up and moves to a new site
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Council ‘Scrooges’ scrap plans for Christmas tree
COUNCIL chiefs have been called Scrooges after scrapping plans for a 20ft Christmas tree – claiming they are worried about health and safety. Local businesses joined forces with Canvey Town Council to raise £1,800 for a Christmas tree near Jones’ Corner
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CCTV of theft from Hadleigh shop
POLICE are asking for the public's help in identifying two people they want to speak to after a theft. Several items of Rimmel and No 7 cosmetics, worth more than £1,300, were stolen from the shelves at Boots in London Road, Hadleigh.
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We need a new hospice for patients and families
I understand the decision will be made quite soon regarding the proposed new hospice site at Belton Way, Leigh. I am no stranger to hospices. A friend of my family was lucky enough to get her dying wish of going to Fairhavens Hospice the night
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Self-employed suffer as well
Whatever the outcome of the pension protest, those members of Unison who think they have been hard done by may just consider some of us in the private sector have been self employed with rubbish pension prospects for eons of time. The day of
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Council’s secret meetings must be open to scrutiny
Once again we are faced with claims of travellers that at a planning inquiry, Basildon Council officers secretly discussed issues concerning Dale Farm and the proposed new site at Church Road, Laindon. When will the general public be brought
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Cricket fixtures boycott Southend
It appears the board of directors for Essex County Cricket Club no longer regard Southend as being part of Essex. In their latest newsletter, Over and Out, they announce fixtures for the club for 2012. These will include an extra week of cricket
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Put hospice on Bell Hotel site
Trevor Murdin (Nov 30) has a lot to say about many things and I don’t often disagree with him. But I do regarding using green belt for the Havens hospice, or anything else. There always seem to be plenty of places to build blocks of flats without
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People don’t strike for fun
What your correspondent W Diment fails to realise when writing about striking teachers is that the whole community is not in the same boat and will never be so long as 1 per cent of the population control 40 per cent of the country’s wealth.
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Value of Speedwatch
I must respond to Mr Ambrose’s letter (Nov 28). Many people are too quick to moan about what is wrong in their area without being prepared to do anything about it. Speedwatch is not for armchair critics, but for those who are prepared to stand
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Petrified at the prospect of moving to a high-rise hell
I agree with Christine Sexton that putting young families, lonely older people or anybody else in the high rise ghettos of British society is totally wrong (Opinion, Nov 18). Our world is bursting with talented, giving, sensitive people, but
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Thanks for my stroke cure
About to reach 92, I considered myself beyond economic repair, so when I was admitted to Southend Hospital after a mini stroke I was prepared for the worst. Skilled surgery has unblocked one of my carotid arteries giving me freedom from the
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Time for some lateral thought
Following the report that public toilets may have to shut due to a shortage of funds, it seems we should all start to undertake some lateral thinking. The average home in Rochford district pays £1,500 per year for the services provided by the
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Police and off-duty nurse save man's life
TWO police officers helped to save a man who had collapsed outside Roots Hall. At around 5.05pm on Saturday, December 3, a man in his late sixties collapsed outside St Marys Church in Victoria Avenue, Southend, on his way home after watching
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Man and partner threatened at gunpoint in home
A MAN and his partner were threatened at gunpoint by raiders in their own home. The thugs knocked at the victim's home in Fairsted, Basildon armed with a knife and gun. They headbutted the victim, a man in his 20s, before fleeing with
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Teen has lucky escape after yobs hurl bowling ball
YOBS hurled a 16lb bowling ball, which narrowly missed a child. The ball was hurled from the balcony of Basildon Bowl in High Pavement, Basildon at 12.15pm on Saturday. It narrowly missed the boy who was walking below. Police
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It’s a U-turn as posties backtrack on Benfleet mail ban
ROYAL Mail has bowed to public pressure and will now deliver to unmade roads in Benfleet. More than 120 homes in 13 unmade roads were told in October it was too dangerous for posties to deliver letters and parcels. But following a second
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SOS bus has enough fuel money to keep going for another year
A POLICE inspector has raised enough money to keep Southend’s SOS bus in fuel for a year. Insp Leigh Norris, of Southend police, took part in the gruelling Ironman Wales Challenge to support the cause. He completed a 2.4-mile sea swim, a 112- mile bike
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Miliband's aide selected to fight Thurrock for Labour
THE right-hand aide of Labour leader Ed Miliband will battle the Tories to be Thurrock’s next MP. Polly Billington, a special adviser to Mr Miliband, was chosen to take on sitting Conservative MP Jackie Doyle-Price at a climactic showdown on Saturday
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Three caravans wrecked by fire
THREE caravans caught ablaze in the early hours of Monday morning. Fire crews from Basildon raced to the scene at around 2 am behind Brettons Park in Lee Chapel to find all three mobiles homes on fire. They spent around 30-minutes bringing the fire
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Rochford Christmas lights switched on
TELEVISION star Peri Sinclair lit up Rochford - literally - when she turned on the town’s Christmas lights today. The Only Way is Essex cast member rounded off a day of festivities when she hit the switch in Market Square. Her appearance
