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UPDATED: Casualties released from hospital after crash involving police car
EIGHT people were taken to hospital after a police car was involved in a three car smash. The police car, which was using lights and sirens, was on its way to an emergency when it collided with a black Fiat Punto and a black BMW just before 4pm
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Motorists advised to avoid the A127 following crash involving police car
MOTORISTS are being advised to avoid the A127 tonight following a crash involving a police car. The accident happened just before 4pm, and has led to the closure of the A127 just past where it was already closed due to the flooding. The collision
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Flats rethink is given the thumbs up
A DEVELOPER has changed its plans for retirement flats on a derelict Southchurch dairy site after campaigners took their fight to the corridors of power. McCarthy and Stone Retirement Lifestyles has moved flats planned for the Dairy Crest site,
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Southend United manager Phil Brown: We didn't deserve to lose at Chesterfield
PHIL Brown felt Southend United were the better side against Chesterfield on Saturday and did not deserve to suffer a 2-1 defeat. The Shrimpers suffered their first league defeat of the season when Spireites substitute Armand Gnanduillet headed
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Our charity walk to help blind George
LITTLE George Stanbrook-Evans is an inspiration. The four-year-old is blind, but that hasn’t stopped him from enjoying the same things as children with sight. George was born prematurely and was on a ventilator, which caused him to develop
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Man arrested in connection with petrol station armed robberies
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of committing two armed robberies at petrol stations in Basildon. The first robbery happened at 5.20am on Saturday, August 24 at the BP Petrol Station on Eastmayne. Staff were threatened by two men
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Reader pictures: Flooding in Rochford
Echo reader Garry Neave-Houghting reports: Last night all access to Rochford was closed apart from via Hullbridge, due to the flooding, Rochford train station for Hall Road was closed due to around 3 feet of flooding, the bridge at Rectory Road
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Thug jailed for hitting woman cop in court
A MAN who punched a policewoman in the face in a courtroom has been jailed for four months. Paul James viciously attacked PC Kelly White and spat at other officers and council officials as he raged about an order barring him and his partner from
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VIDEO: Children rescued from sinking car in Hockley
ECHO reader Andrew Cause supplied this video of children being rescued from a car in Hockley during yesterday's flash flooding.
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Our West Side Story is stage for local talent
WEST Side Story has stormed the stage at the Palace Theatre, Westcliff, in many productions, but none of them perhaps quite like the one that will open on August 28. Veteran director and stage school impresario Vanda Morgan says her production
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Man charged with attempted murder
A MAN has been charged with the attempted murder of a woman following an incident in Basildon which left her critically ill in hospital. The 33-year-old woman was injured inside a flat in Osier Drive, Noak Bridge, at around 7:10pm on Thursday August
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Girl trapped in three-vehicle crash in Southend
FIREFIGHTERS had to rescue a girl from a car following a three-vehicle crash in Southend. The vehicles collided in Eastwoodbury Lane at around 6pm on Saturday. Crews from Leigh and South Woodham were called to the scene and gave the girl oxygen
