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1950s picture will be recreated at our party
A GROUP of old pals will be reunited to mark the 60th anniversary of their community centre. Just a couple of months ago, the Echo published this photograph from the opening of the Daws Heath Residents’ Association Hall, in Daws Heath Road, in
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Noak Bridge playground simply the best
OUTDOOR loving schoolchildren have crowned Noak Bridge Park as their favourite play area as part of a national campaign to find primary pupil’s most loved parks. The survey, carried out by Staedtler Teachers’ Club UK, a free platform for primary
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Music on the move for David's charity
A MUSICIAN is to play the keyboard while walking for 12 miles to raise money for charity. David Stanley who runs Southend Mencap’s Music Man Project will start at Benfleet and finish in Leigh. He will walk and play a keyboard strapped to the
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Essex bowler David Masters puts old club Kent to the sword with season's best wicket haul
CHATHAM-BORN David Masters returned to his roots to rout Kent for 107 with a season’s-best haul of 6-41 that enabled Essex to enforce the follow-on during an action-packed second day in Canterbury. The hosts, responding to the battling Essex first
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Basildon Golf Club celebrate fine double
BASILDON Golf Club is celebrating a fantastic double triumph after winning the NAPGC’S Siemens Bowl and the men’s championship of England. In the NAPGC's Siemens Bowl competition for players with handicaps ranging from 19 to 28, the Basildon team
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Former school site may become homes
PLANS have been submitted to build houses on the site of a former school for troubled pupils on Canvey. Developer Bowridge Homes wants to demolish the former Leigh Beck doctor’s surgery in Vanderwalt Avenue, and build four houses. The former
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Health firm will pump £45k into college gym
A MAJOR health firm has pledged to invest £45,000 in a college’s gym facilities over the next five years and encourage students to be more active. Nuffield Health is taking over the management of Seevic College’s gym, in Runnymede Chase, Thundersley
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Rob Carter goes up in the world after making final
ROB Carter has risen up to 800 in the world rankings after reaching the final of the Aegon Pro Series in Sheffield. The 20-year-old, from Thorpe Bay, was beaten 6-2 6-1 by former Wimbledon junior finalist Liam Broady. But Carter remains delighted
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Green belt 'village' plan facing refusal
CAMPAIGNERS fighting plans to build what amounts to a whole newvillage on green belt land, have given a “cautious welcome” to news Basildon councillorsmay soon throw out the scheme. Planners are recommending refusal when the application – for 750
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Coming soon: A new look for the Triangle shops
PLANS for a new-look Triangle centre will be unveiled to the public at the end of the month – almost ten months after the complex burned down. Architects Faithorn Farrell Timms will show off their long-awaited plans at an exhibition. Four shops
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Winning is all in the mind for diver Trevor Simpson
DIVER Trevor Simpson used mind over matter to help secure three gold medals at the European Masters. The 62-year-old diver from Langdon Hills visualised each dive before completing it at the championships in Holland. And it helped compensate
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Police appeal to find rightful owner of silver bar
POLICE are appealing for help to find the owner of a silver bar which has come into their possession. Officers believe the item has been stolen and are trying to find the rightful owners. Investigating officer, Dc Andy Coles, said: "There are
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Basildon United striker Greg Akpele targets pro career
BASILDON United striker Greg Akpele is aiming for a career in the pro game after attracting interest from two league clubs. The 22-year-old, who was top scorer for the Bees in the Essex Senior League last season, came on as a second-half substitute
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Burglars kick school's chicken to death
SCHOOLCHILDREN have been left heartbroken after burglars stole their pet chickens and kicked one of them so badly it had to be put down. Thieves broke into the chicken coup and aviary at Felmores Primary School, Davenants, Pitsea, and helped themselves
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Cash boost for winter A&E influx at Basildon hospital
BASILDON Hospital is getting £2.5million from the Government to help ease pressure on its A&E department this winter. The funding boost was announced yesterday in the Commons by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt as part of a £500million package
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Two arrested over cannabis offences
TWO men were arrested yesterday morning for drug offences. Police were called to an address in Westborough Road, Westcliff, shortly after 12.15am following reports of suspicious activity in the street. A 45-year old was arrested on suspicion
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Video: Leigh man conned out of £4,000 in phone scam
A LEIGH man was conned out of £4,000 after a phone scam. The resident was told by a bogus caller that police investigations had found that money in his bank account was counterfeit. He was pestered for three days and asked to withdraw £4,000
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March honours war heroes
CHELSEA Pensioners and retired Gurkhas were among veterans taking part in a parade to honour the British Armed Forces. Veteran soldiers and air cadets marched through Southend from the Naval and Military Club, in Royal Terrace, to St John’s Church
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Stink in Rayleigh caused by dirty water
RESIDENTS have criticised Rochford District Council and Anglian Water for failing to clear stinking floodwater from a field quickly enough. The field, at the end of Cheapside West, Rayleigh, doubles as a drainage site and a play area. It stood
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Crash cyclist transferred to specialist hospital
A CYCLIST who was injured in a road accident has been transferred to hospital in London, after his condition deteriorated. The crash took place at about 11.55am on the roundabout junction of Cambridge Road and Scratton Road, Southend, on Monday
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Bassist for the stars...Clapton, McCartney...Leigh musician has worked with them all
Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Tom Jones... Leigh bassist Dave Bronze has played with them all. He chats to Kelly Buckley ahead of his gig with Andy Fairweather Low and the Low Riders, at the Palace Theatre, Westcliff. EVEN Dave Bronze himself –
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Shake your tailfeather with this Blues Brothers act
A SPECIAL fundraising gig for a Colchester teacher is taking place in Great Tey this weekend. Yvette Barlow, a special needs teacher who worked in Colchester and Mersea, died from breast cancer two years ago. Last year her brother Simon Rownes
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Damage to spine put Carly's dance career at risk
A TEENAGER who always dreamt of a career in dance was devastated to be diagnosed with a severe curve in her spine needing major surgery. Carly Willis was just 12 when she was told she needed the operation to save her mobility due to scoliosis –
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Man bailed again over crash
MAN has had his bail extended after being arrested in connection with a crash which left a woman with serious head and spine injuries. The 28-year-old man, from Basildon, was arrested on suspicion of drink driving after the crash, on the B1023
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£800,000 woodland centre opens at Leigh's Belfairs Park
A VISION to create a gateway to historic woodland finally became a reality as an £800,000 visitor centre opened at Belfairs Park, Leigh. BBC Springwatch presenter Martin Hughes Games cut the ribbon at the long awaited opening of the Belfairs Woodland
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James Redmond: Just your average model, turned actor, turned stand-up comic!
He’s modelled with Kate Moss and starred in primetime TV soaps Hollyoaks and Casualty, but JAMES REDMOND tells NEIL D’ARCY JONES ahead of his show at Colchester’s Charter Hall it’s his most recent career as a stand-up comedian which has given
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Review: WE WILL BE FREE Pair shine in this innovative and powerful homage to trade union martyrs
This imaginitive play tells the true story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs - a group of Dorset farm labourers who were wrongly convicted and transported to Australia in 1834, after forming a trade union to fight against a succession of wage cuts. It was
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Residents parking bid faces rejection
RESIDENTS look set to lose their battle to keep parked cars off their busy street. Campaigners have collected a name petition, calling for a residents’ parking scheme in Holland Road, Westcliff, as a way of stopping cars blocking the street and
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Top head quits role at academy trust
A TOP earning former headteacher has quit his role as chief executive of a group of academy schools. David Triggs has stepped down from his role at Academies Enterprise Trust, a charity which runs 75 schools including several in the Rochford district
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Southend United's Adam Thompson seeking successful return against Scunthorpe United
ADAM Thompson wants to help Southend United rediscover their best form when they host Scunthorpe at Roots Hall tomorrow night. Thompson, who is with the Shrimpers on loan from Watford, missed the 3-1 defeat to Morecambe last weekend due to being
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Southend United's Phil Brown: We're trying to figure out reasons for mixed form
I’VE had a number of meetings with my backroom staff this week to try and get to the bottom of our inconsistent form this season. We’ve analysed everything there is to possibly analyse to try and work out why we had three straight wins and then
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Firefighters tackle bakery blaze in Leigh
A FLAT owner was forced to flee their home as a fire took hold in a bakery in Leigh. Fire crews tackled the blaze at Grouts bakers in Rectory Grove at 8.50pm last night after a resident in the flat above reported smoke billowing into the property
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It never rains but it pours for Rochford pub landlord Danny
A LANDLORD whose pub was swamped by last month’s flash flood has been dealt a second blow –a burglary in which cash, computers and jewellery were stolen. Danny Murley is still clearing up at the Horse and Groom, in Southend Road, Rochford, after
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MP: "The last thing I want is another Dale Farm here"
AN MP has pledged he will not let another Dale Farm happen in his constituency and that any proposed travellers’ site in Rayleigh must be highly-regulated. Speaking at a planning inquiry yesterday to discuss the site and 772 proposed homes in the
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Born at 24 weeks, Lily enjoys first school day
A GIRL born prematurely, weighing less than a bag of sugar, has started her first day of school. “Little fighter” Lily Brewers, five, took her first steps into the world of education at Holy Family Catholic Primary School, in Benfleet, this week
