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157 new staff hired for Basildon hospital
MORE than 150 nursing staff have been offered jobs as part of the recruitment drive to ease pressure on staff at Basildon Hospital. The hospital is spending £1.8million recruiting extra nurses and healthcare assistants to cover an increase in the
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Man walks off after being hit by train
A MAN who was hit by a train is believed to have got up and walked away. Early-morning commuters faced delays on Friday after reports a person had gone under a train at around 4.30am at Blounts level crossing in Hockley. A police helicopter
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Detectives probing sex attack want to speak to this man
DETECTIVES have released CCTV images of this man who they believe could help with an ongoing rape investigation. A 22-year-old woman from Southend was sexually assaulted inside a house in the early hours by a man she met just hours earlier at Chameleon
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Biker protest in Southend not as big as expected
A PLANNED seafront parking space blockade by angry bikers failed to materialise today after fewer people turned up than expected. South Essex motorcyclists warned up to 400 riders from as far away as Norfolk and Sussex would descend upon the seafront
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Number of arrests at V Festival goes up to 84
ESSEX police arrested 82 people attending V Festival in Chelmsford. Officers said 54 of these were for drug possession, 17 for drug-dealing, four for assault, two for rowdy and disorderly behaviour, two for theft one for one for disqualified driving
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Daniel Bentley first Southend United goalkeeper in 36 years to start season with three league clean sheets
DANIEL Bentley became the first Southend United goalkeeper in 36 years to start a league season with three successive clean sheets after shutting out Northampton Town at Roots Hall on Saturday. Not since Neil Freeman in 1977 have the Shrimpers
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No sex please...car park locked at night to stop dogging
A SEAFRONT car park is being locked at night to stop people seeking sexual encounters. Southend Council is locking up Shoebury Common Car Park at 9pm to curb a long-term problem of public sexual activity in the area and men meeting in public toilets
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PICTURES AND VIDEO: Families flock to Southend's carnival procession
IT WAS chilly and overcast, but the weather did not stop families flocking to Southend Carnival. Hundreds of people lined the route from Chalkwell to Marine Parade in Southend last night. Colourful floats, singers, dancers and majorettes delighted
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Cocaine found in cupboard
A MUM was sentenced to unpaid work after police found cocaine at her home. Catherine Walsh, 27, was arrested after police raided her home, in Newington Close, Southend, on June 13. She told officers she had four wraps of the Class A drug in
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No fracking in Essex
ESSEX is not a likely destination for the controversial “fracking” method of gas extraction from the ground. The Liberal Democrats on Essex County Council asked whether the county was earmarked for the process. An officer told them the British
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400 bikers planning protest on seafront today
UP to 400 bikers are preparing to cause chaos along Southend seafront today in protest against parking restrictions. Bikers from as far away as Norfolk and Sussex intend to block parking spaces in Western Esplanade, Westcliff, in protest at a
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Nearly 30 arrests at V Festival in Chelmsford so far
POLICE have arrested 26 people from across Essex, Kent, Suffolk, West Midlands and east London for criminal activity at V Festival in Chelmsford. 20 of these were for drug possession, one each for drug-dealing and rowdy and disorderly behaviour
