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Slump ends Essex’s slim promotion hope
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE have been promoted to County Championship Division One after closest challengers Essex failed to claim enough bonus points in their match against Hampshire. An Essex win at the Ageas Bowl with maximum bonus points, coupled with
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Friendship is key to pair’s bowling success
ESSEX County Bowls Club has had a summer to remember following the success of two of their younger members. Lloyd Sabatini, 18, and Ed Morris, 25, progressed to the National Championships at Worthing where they won the 2013 County Pairs Championship
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‘Car park closure will affect us all’
TRADERS fear they will be left thousands of pounds out of pocket when a well-used free car park closes. The owner of the former Focus DIY car park, at Tarpots, Benfleet, has served Castle Point Council with one week’s notice to vacate, after a
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Appeal is lodged over green belt homes plan
THE fight over plans to build 750 homes on green belt land in Bowers Gifford is set to continue after an appeal was lodged. Aberdeen Asset Management, which bought the land for Nottinghamshire County Council’s pension fund, has appealed on the
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Essex Leopards pipped by London Lions in final warm up match
ESSEX Leopards went agonisingly close to upsetting the form book as they went down to a narrow 85-75 home defeat to the London Lions in their final pre-season friendly. The Big Cats pushed their British Basketball League visitors all the way until
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Volunteer and bring cheer to community
MORE than 1,000 people are giving up hundreds of hours a year to help make Castle Point a nicer place to live. New figures released by the Castle Point Association of Voluntary Services charity, show hundreds of generous people are giving up more
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Gareth Bale shirt sells for £151
A SHIRT bearing the signature of the world’s most expensive footballer has raised £151. Robert Onasse auctioned the signed Gareth Bale shirt on Ebay last week to raise cash for the Ronald McDonald House Charity, which supported the family of his
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Fears of sex attacks when lights turn off
COUNCILLORS fear sex attacks, burglaries and street crime could rise if street lights are turned off in Castle Point. Home Office statistics for Maldon and Uttlesford, where Essex County Council switched off lights as part of a trial in 2007, showed
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David Masters: Delighted Michael Carberry is getting Ashes chance
I THINK the squad picked for the Ashes tour sounds really good and I am pleased the selectors have given Michael Carberry another go. I think Carberry is a good cricketer and he will do well in the longer form of the game. He must have impressed
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We’ll do whatever’s needed at Felmores says councillor
A SENIOR councillor has promised people living on a fire-hit estate that the council will do whatever it takes to make their homes safe. Phil Turner, deputy leader of Basildon Council, said no expense would be spared in ensuring timber-clad homes
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Graham Napier: This has been my best ever season for Essex
GRAHAM Napier rates this season as his finest ever. The Essex all-rounder has enjoyed a year to remember, helping him secure club’s Player of the Year and Players’ Player of the Year awards. He also scooped the county’s batsman of the year
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Woman, 80, taken to hospital after being hit by car in Billericay
AN 80-year-old woman has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car in Billericay. The East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST) received a number of calls this afternoon to a collision between a car and a pedestrian on Billericay High
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Billericay Town manager Craig Edwards: Glenn Poole is now back to his best
BILLERICAY Town boss Craig Edwards feels influential midfielder Glenn Poole is now back to his best after returning from his self-imposed break from the game. Poole dropped out of the Town squad at the start of the month after he stopped enjoying
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Boris backs Dry Street speed limit campaign
SPEED reduction campaigners have received a boost from Boris Johnson. The Mayor of London wrote to Denise Briggenshaw after she asked for his help to reduce the limit in Dry Street, Basildon, to 30mph. Mrs Briggenshaw, 46, of The Upway, started
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Lewis Clark rises above peers at Thorpe Bay Angling Association Southend Pier Open
LEWIS Clark was the man on form at the Thorpe Bay Angling Association Southend Pier Open competition. Clark won the overall competition and also caught the heaviest fish of the day. Twenty-four anglers took part and club secretary Doug Hannaby
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The dying shame of a lonely funeral
WHEN our lives come to an end we all hope we will be surrounded by family and friends at our final farewell. Often planned well in advance, we hope there will be some carefully-chosen hymns, perhaps followed by a bit of a shindig where our loved
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Southend United skipper John White looking to get one over old manager John Ward
SOUTHEND United skipper John White is confident of getting one over his former manager John Ward when Bristol Rovers visit Roots Hall on Friday night. White played under Ward, who now bosses the Pirates, during their time together at Colchester
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Max Whitlock targeting World Championships medal
MAX Whitlock flies out to the World Gymnastics Champion-ships in Antwerp today aiming to win more medals on the global stage. Whitlock, who trains at the South Essex Gymnastics Club in Basildon, memorably won two bronze medals at last summer’s
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Company opens first office in Burma
A BUSINESS from south Essex has become the first UK company to open an office in Burma. Stanford-le-Hope-based Claridon,alogistics company which boasts Nato, the US government and Harley Davidson among its clients, has set up an office in the city
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Dad says bus driver left his boy stranded
A FATHER claims his son was forced off a school bus with no way of getting to a school test. First Buses is investigating after 11-year-old Khaled Al Aswad says he was kicked off his bus and left on the street with no way to get to Beauchamps High
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Bank workers' seafront stroll raises money for alzheimers
A GROUP of bank workers and their families put their best feet forward for a charity walk. Staff from Lloyds Bank walked along the seafront from Thorpe Bay to Leigh on Saturday. About 25 staff and their families took part in the walk and raised
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Plans are revealed for Hinguar School’s site
AMBITIOUS plans have been revealed to build 23 town houses and flats on a school site in the heart of Shoebury. Dozens of people turned out for a consultation to have their say over the plans for the 1.4-acre Hinguar School site. The Victorian
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£2.4m of cocaine seized at Port of Tilbury
COCAINE with an estimated street value of £2.4m has been seized by Border Force officers at the Port of Tilbury. The drugs, which had been shipped from Panama, were concealed within a container carrying a legitimate cargo of nuts. The seizure
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Serial tobacco smuggler spared jail
A SERIAL smuggler caught with thousands of pounds of tobacco has been sentenced. William McMahon, of Chichester Road, Southend, was caught with his luggage full of hand-rolling tobacco as he arrived at St Pancras International Rail Termina, in
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UPDATE: A127 open after car and lorry smash
THE A127 has reopened after a car ended up on its roof following a collision with a lorry. The London-bound track of the road was completely blocked and was closed from the A132 at Wickford with motorists stuck in queues for more than two hours
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Teens accused of gunpoint robbery remanded in custody
TWO youths charged with robbing teenagers at gunpoint have been remanded in custody. The 17 and 15-year-old boys appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged in connection with two robberies in Shoebury. Neither can be named for
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Video: Rayleigh’s landmark pylons to be scrapped
ELECTRICITY pylons in Rayleigh are being removed to make way for a £31million project to improve supplies. The final stage of the UK Power Networks scheme to make the supply more secure for thousands of customers in the town is under way.
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Fears for health of ex-mayor Gwen
CONSERVATIVES remain hopeful an elderly former mayor can continue to serve her constituents despite a long illness. Constituents have been unable to contact Gwen Horrigan, long-serving Conservative councillor for West Leigh, who has been unable
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Lorraine’s lost ring found in rubble of her kitchen
A COUPLE devastated after their house was ripped apart by fire have been reunited with the engagement ring they had given up hope of finding. David and Lorraine Warrens were on holiday when their home in Eaton Road, Leigh, was broken into and set