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New green transport scheme to launch next week
AN INNOVATIVE new scheme aims to get commuters travelling in a more eco-friendly way. The Comfy Saddle opens at Southend Central railway station on Friday, December 14. Supported by Southend Council and c2c, the newly-formed company will help
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Thieves steal motocross bikes from Canvey industrial estate
THIEVES stole bikes worth thousands of pounds when they raided a building on an industrial estate in Canvey. Burglars targeted Sedgwick Fencing and Gate Specialist in Northwick Road, at around 5:30am today. They broke into a container and a
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Go-ahead for plans to create 6,200 jobs around airport
AMBITIOUS plans to create 6,200 jobs on new business parks around Southend Airport have been rubber-stamped. Southend Council has approved the final version of its joint area action plan - a blueprint drawn up with colleagues at Rochford District
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Southend man who lied about child to receive benefits ordered to pay back thousands
A MAN who used his son to claim thousands of pounds in benefit payments has been ordered to pay back all the money he fraudulently received. Conman Ivan Pohlot, 51, received housing and council tax benefit after telling Southend Council his son
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New hospice donations fall
DONATIONS towards plans to build a £15million hospice have plummeted over the last year. Accounts published by Havens Hospices show £6,000 was promised to the charity’s bid to build a new home for its adults’ hospice in 2011/12 - down from £49,000
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This weekend's amateur football fixtures
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8 ESSEX COUNTY FA COMPETITIONS Saturday Veterans Cup: Bowers & Pitsea (Vichouse) v Little Thurrock Dynamos, Pavilion United v Chipping Ongar, Springfield v White Ensign. ESSEX OLYMPIAN LEAGUE Anagram Records Trophy
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Castle Point MP backs announcements in Chancellor's autumn statement
CASTLE Point MP Rebecca Harris has welcomed announcements made in the Chancellor’s autumn statement. Mrs Harris claims the changes announced by George Osborne on Wednesday will help unlock growth for businesses in the borough and help bring down
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Southend United Neil Harris: Continue cup form in the League
WE'VE had two very good results against in form League One sides in the space of four days and we'll be wanting to take that form in to Saturday's game at Fleetwood Town. It's very bizarre what's gone on there this week with their manager Micky
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Businesses call for free Christmas parking to be introduced now
BUSINESSES and shopowners have called for free parking to be introduced immediately in Basildon as the Christmas rush begins. They voiced their concerns that they would lose valuable trade to competition where free parking is being offered and
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Kevan Hurst aiming for 10 in a row with Southend United
KEVAN Hurst wants Southend United to take their unbeaten run in to double figures when they visit Fleetwood Town on Saturday. But the in-form winger fears Blues' task has been tougher by the dismissal of Micky Mellon as Town's manager. Mellon
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Bingham: I can be the UK champion
STUART Bingham admits he’s starting to feel like he can win the UK Championship as he prepares for an Essex-boy showdown with Ali Carter today. The 36-year-old, from Vange, kept his sensational season going with a 6-4 victory over Stephen Maguire
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Southend United's Tamika Mkandawire thrilled to end 16 month goal drought
TAMIKA Mkandawire was thrilled to score his first goal in 16 months during Southend United' 2-1 win against Brentford on Tuesday night. But the on loan Millwall midfielder does not expect to be hitting the back of the net again any time soon.
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Fly to Newquay from Southend
HOLIDAYS on the Cornish coast will be just an hour away for Southend Airport passengers from next summer - from just £62 return. The Echo can reveal easyJet will announce new flights from the town to Newquay today, with the first plane scheduled
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We’ve got a crater in middle of our drive
A DRIVEWAY has been turned into a scene from a disaster movie after it was replaced by a large crater. The big hole opened up on Monday outside the Coldham family home in Blackshots Lane, Grays. The family now fear their detached home could
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A quarter of workers could lose jobs at Basildon defence company
A GIANT defence contractor in Basildon has announced it will be cutting up to 25 per cent of its workers. Selex Galileo, in Christopher Martin Road, has revealed the company has no choice to slash its workforce after falling defence spending in
