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My models for Prince George are a sellout royal success
AN artist’s royal model has made her an international success. Hazle Boyles’s pottery creation dedicated to Prince George of Cambridge flew off the shelves within 24 hours. The model, which is part of her best-selling collection Nation of Shopkeepers
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Child refused place at school 2 doors away
A CHILD has been refused a place at a faith school two doors away from her home – and she is a practising Catholic. Angel’s mum, Annabelle Taylor, now faces taking her three children to three different schools in September. Her eldest Cameron
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Billericay High Street suffered from shut Waitrose
TRADERS say their businesses have suffered after Billericay’s major supermarket closed its store and car park for refurbishment work. Waitrose has been closed since Sunday as part of a £4million revamp to install more counters, checkouts, a new
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Potholes are a danger in our road
THE owners of a campsite claim potholes leading to their land are so bad they have resorted to filling them in themselves. Kingston Ridge Campsite owners in Lee Chapel Lane, Laindon, have spent hundreds of pounds, over several years, filling in
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Freddy Eastwood back on target away from home for Southend United
FREDDY Eastwood was a happy man after firing Southend United to a 1-0 win at Hartlepool, with his first away goal since returning to the club. The 29-year-old striker had gone 15 games on the road without hitting the back of the net since rejoining
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Updated: Firefighters tackle field blaze
FIREFIGHTERS spent an hour tackling a blaze in a field. Crews from Grays and Orsett were called to Wickham Road, Chadwell St Mary, at about 12.40pm following reports dry grass in a one acre field had been set alight by children. Firefighters
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Hospital is repeatedly targeted by thieves
LAPTOPS, flat screen TVs, specialist equipment checking for radiation exposure and even shower seats were stolen from Southend Hospital over the past five years. Thieves targeted the hospital on 13 occasions, costing it thousands of pounds. Figures
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Police release Efit images of Basildon robbery suspects
FOUR robbers forced their way into a Basildon house and stole thousands of pounds worth of items. A 26 year-old man was punched in the head and knocked to the ground as the gang demanded cash and valuables from his home in Osborne Road. The
