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Updated: Van breaks down and holds up traffic
A BROKEN down van has caused delays in both directions on the A127. The van broke down on the roundabout at Fairglen Interchange, near the Brickfields Industrial Estate, Rayleigh, at about 4pm. The breakdown has caused delays both ways on Southend
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Updated: Mystery leak floods hospital
WATER had to be bought from local shops and procedures cancelled after a burst water main cut a hospital's water supply. Firefighters from Grays and Basildon were called to Basildon Hospital in Nethermayne at 10.41am yesterday following flooding
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Children learn Easter story
SCHOOLCHILDREN have been told the Easter story by people playing characters from the Bible at St Nicholas Church, Laindon. Church volunteers took on roles including Judas, high priest Caiaphas, disciple Peter, Pontious Pilate, and Mary Magdalene
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Fiesta on fire in Vange
TWO fire crews spent an hour dousing a car that caught fire. Basildon firefighters in breathing apparatus were called to Swanstead, Vange, at about 4am this morning after reports a Ford Fiesta at the side of the road was on fire. The car was
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Plans to move services for people with learning disabilities to be discussed
PLANS to move day services used by more than 170 people with learning disabilities will be discussed next week. Southend Council’s Tory cabinet approved plans to close the Avro part of the Avro Viking Centre, in Avro Road, Southend, transferring
