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Crash in Southend town centre leaves Mercedes badly damaged
EMERGENCY services are at the scene of a crash in Southend town centre in which a Mercedes has been badly damaged. Fire crews are cleaning oil which had spilled out onto the ground in Weston Road following the collision, which took place at around
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Stars in town for launch of lost Peter Sellers clips at film festival
LONG lost comedy classics are being screened at the Southend Film Festival this evening. It was once thought that two of legendary performer Peter Sellers’ earliest films were lost for good, but 60 years after they were first made, Dearth of a
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Football boss says sorry after getting FA ban for Twitter rant
A FOOTBALL manager has issued a public apology after the Echo revealed he had been punished by the FA for sending out abusive messages about another team on Twitter. Dan Trenkel, player/manager of Great Wakering Rovers, made the apology on the
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Rochford kids show class in Youth Shield
ROCHFORD Hundred’s Youth Shield side defeated Orsett 5-0 with Bradley Bawden, Connor Morris, Josh Hickling, Glenn Mann and Conor Rogers all picking up wins in the clean sweep. The men’s Thornton Cup side faced a tough away match at Channels.
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Ryan Peniston earns his stripes with Tigers roster call
RYAN Peniston will be heading to the University of Memphis next season. Peniston, who grew up in Great Wakering, has signed a letter of intent with the Tigers. And he will be added to their roster next term, much to the delight of head coach
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Bullying and boredom uncovered at crisis-hit school
A CRISIS-HIT secondary school has been put in special measures after Ofsted inspectors uncovered a raft of problems including bullying and boredom. The education watchdog today publishes its damning dossier on Futures Community College in Southchurch
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Beach closed after live bombs found
A BEACH in Southend has been closed after live bombs were discovered. Southend Council has closed East Beach in Shoebury to the public after artillery and mortar shells were found washed up last night and this morning. Scott Dolling, acting
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Updated: Cops raiding homes in Thurrock following theft of £100k of guns from lorry in Basildon
TEN people have been arrested in connection with theft of £100k of guns from a lorry in Basildon. Detectives are currently raiding flats in a tower block at Godman Road in Chadwell St Mary in a bid to track down the weapons which are thought to
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Young Brooke takes on challenge to spread the word about diabetes
AN inspirational schoolgirl has become a self-styled ambassador for Diabetes UK to warn of the tell-tale signs of a sufferer falling unwell and raise cash for research. Brooke Bell, ten, who suffers from type 1 diabetes, is spreading the message
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Elderly couple admit £140,000 benefit fraud
TWO pensioners have escaped a jail term after swindling more than £140,000 in benefits. Raymond Wood, 79, and wife Georgina, 75, carried out a string of offences including dishonestly making false statements in order to obtain benefits, failing
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Southend Rugby Club's Michael Guess looks ahead to family time after hanging up his boots
SOUTHEND’S influential prop forward Michael Guess has announced his retirement from National League rugby. The 30-year-old former Seasiders skipper played his last game for the club against Dings Crusaders at Warners Bridge on Saturday. And
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Canvey man left bloodied and bruised following an unprovoked attack
A CANVEY man was left bloodied and bruised following a vicious attack in broad daylight. The 33-year-old man was walking across the field leading from Church Parade to Waterside Farm Leisure Centre when three white men aged between 20 and 25 years
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Six men in court, for planning to steal vans
SIX men will appear in court charged with conspiring to steal Ford transit vans worth £70,000. The vans were found at a site in Wickford in October 2013. The six men were snared following an operation by Essex Police. The men are Joe Higgs
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Hand-reared emu's sudden death
SHE was the house-trained emu who left her family in Great Wakering in search of romance. Sadly Beaky’s love story didn’t have a happy ending...she has died of a virus. The five-year-old emu was hand-reared by Iain Newby at his wildlife centre
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Alarm as historic pub sold
A HISTORIC pub has been sold to developers, putting its future in doubt. The King Canute pub, in Canvey Road, Canvey, will close its doors for the last time on Sunday, May 18. All staff have been notified and offered jobs in other pubs run
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Southend United manager Phil Brown: I'm thinking about changes for Burton Albion game
IT could be that I decide to make one or two changes to the starting line-up for Saturday’s game against Burton. I’m not doing it to get in to the mind of the opposition manager nor I am doing it to field a weakened team. The only reason it
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Concord Rangers' Tony Stokes - Career-threatening injury to cup-winning captain in a season!
CONCORD Rangers captain Tony Stokes says winning the Essex Senior Cup after being told he would never play again was “a dream come true”. Stokes skippered the Beachboys as they ran out 2-1 winners against Conference National side Braintree Town
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Southend United midfield pair in contract talks
SOUTHEND United are in advanced contract talks with Anthony Straker and Jack Payne. The duo’s current deals expire at the end of the season. But Shrimpers boss Phil Brown is keen to keep them both at the club. “We are at an advanced stage
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£80,000 grant for new play equipment
VISITORS to Wat Tyler Country Park will soon be able to make use of a new playground, thanks to a £80,000 grant. The existing swings, slide, climbing frame and tunnels will be torn out to make way for replacement equipment. The popular country
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Streetlight ban is blamed for wave of car vandalism
VANDALS have targeted cars parked across Canvey during a spate of late-night attacks. The Echo reported last week that five parked cars, in Hawkesbury Road, were damaged after paint stripper was thrown over them, causing thousands of pounds of
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UPDATED: Woman arrested after house fire on Felmores Estate
A WOMAN has been arrested following a late night house fire on the Felmores Estate. Emergency services were called to a terraced house in Winstree in Basildon at 23.56pm last night. Fire crews reported the house was well alight when they
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Graham Gooch's axing as England batting coach backed by Alastair Cook
ESSEX legend Graham Gooch has become the first casualty of the Peter Moores era after being dismissed from his job as England batting coach. Returning head coach Moores was due to meet fellow selectors James Whitaker, Mick Newell and Angus Fraser
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Fire crews called to blaze in Westcliff
A FIRE in a stair well was extinguished by two fire crews in Westcliff in the early hours of Thursday morning. Crews from Leigh and Southend fire stations attended the fire in Crowstone Avenue at around 3am this morning. The blaze was set at
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Football manager fined and banned for abusive tweets
A FOOTBALL club manager has been given a five-match ban and ordered to pay a £75 fine for sending out abusive messages on Twitter about another team. Dan Trenkel, player/manager at Great Wakering Rovers, tweeted the extraordinary messages about
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Visiting childhood haunts in Essex lifted a Blur and laid seeds for solo album
It may have taken him 20 odd years, but finally Damon Albarn is starting to like the area where he grew up. The Blur and Gorillaz frontman has always had a bit of a “difficult” relationship with the little patch of rural Essex – Ford Street, a hamlet
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Our match of the day in tribute to my soccer-mad sister
A FORMER Echo delivery girl who dreamt of becoming a sports journalist will be honoured at a charity football match. Family and friends of Jenny Kerwood will take to the pitch in Billericay Town and Leyton Orient strips to raise thousands of pounds
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Cadets in bid for new training HQ
A BID has been launched to open a new cadet training centre in Basildon. The Reserve Forces and Cadets Association has applied to knock down the Air and Army Cadets Forces headquarters, in Cherrydown West, and replace it with a pupose-built training
