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John Egan focusing on play-offs not his long term future with Southend United after being released by Sunderland
SOUTHEND United defender John Egan is focusing on the most exciting few weeks of his career and not his long term future at the club. The on loan centre-back has now been informed that he will be leaving Sunderland at the end of the season.
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Jacob Murphy doubtful for Southend United's clash with Burton Albion
SOUTHEND United’s on loan winger Jacob Murphy is a doubt for tomorrow’s clash with Burton Albion at Roots Hall. The 19-year-old, who is with the Shrimpers from Norwich City until the end of the season, picked up a calf problem in training at the
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How did the managers of Concord, Canvey, Billericay and East Thurrock grade their seasons?
IT has been a season of ups and downs for the non-league sides of south Essex. The players know it, the fans know it and the managers certainly know it. So we have asked the managers of the four teams in south Essex non league – Concord Rangers
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Teenager arrested after climbing on roof of shop
A TEENAGER was arrested on suspicion of having a weapon and drugs while on a roof of a town centre shop. Police were called to Choice in London Road, Hadleigh, after being alerted to four youths acting suspiciously at 10.30pm last night by an anonymous
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Echo and Runner's Edge launch Athlete of the Month competition
THE Echo has teamed up with Runner’s Edge to launch a fantastic monthly competition that will see one athlete a month win a pair of Skechers running trainers worth up to £80. Starting this month and running until September, we will be selecting
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Taxi driver saves a woman in scam bid
A QUICK-THINKING taxi firm has been praised by detectives for foiling a scam in which a woman in her eighties was about to hand over £5,000 to criminals. The woman was trying to send the cash to fraudsters posing as police officers, but staff at
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Police hunt this man for suspected indecent assault
THIS man is alleged to have indecently assaulted a teenage boy. Detectives are trying to find the man, pictured, following the incident which is alleged to have taken place in Long Road, Canvey, on Saturday January 4 between 11.30am and 7pm.
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Blooms galore set to pull in the crowds
GARDENING enthusiasts can look forward to the Southend Garden Show at the Garon Park Showground this May Bank Holiday weekend. Featuring a treasure trove of the finest trees, shrubs, flowers and pot plants, the show, which takes place 9.30am to
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Basildon's middle-distance athletes impress in UKDL opener
BASILDON AC’s under-17 and under-20s teamed up with Newham & Essex Beagles for the first time this season in their UK Development League opener. The Basildon athletes in the Beagles team were particularly dominant in the middle-distance events
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Concerts at Southend Bandstand
FREE and fabulous music will resound through Priory Park every Sunday afternoon in May with a programme of exciting performances at the bandstand. Every Sunday from 3pm-5pm there will be a range of classical and jazz music performed by talented
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Nine hour operation "successful" for terminally ill Wilko Johnson
GUITAR legend Wilko Johnson is recovering from a nine hour operation to remove a pancreatic tumour – which appears to have gone well. The former Dr Feelgood member announced earlier this week that he was pulling out of a planned Glastonbury Festival
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Campaign to prevent academy status plan
A CONCERNED parent has begun a campaign against Woodlands School becoming an academy. Danielle Northcott, 40, fears for her children’s education if the school, in Woodlands Approach, is turned into an academy. Mum-of-four Ms Northcott, of Soane
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Hurdles star Hayley McLean sets new personal best in Florida
STANFORD-LE-HOPE’S hurdles star Hayley McLean is edging closer to her dream of representing England at this summer’s Commonwealth Games. The 19-year-old won her second 400m hurdles race in a row in Florida last weekend, setting a new personal best
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West End operas being shown live in Southend
OPERA fans can see West End performances live on screen in Southend. Masterpieces La Traviata, La Boheme and Rigoletto will all be broadcast from the Royal Opera House to the big screen outside The Forum in Elmer Square. They will be screened
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Essex County Council employee used work computer to look up confidential details
AN employee from Essex County Council used a council database to find out confidential information about a friend’s former partner and her children. Grant King, 33, of Brunel Close, Basildon, was fined £3,809 at Basildon Magistrates’ Court for
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Three people released without charge following death of man in caravan
THREE people arrested in connection with the death or a man in a caravan have been released without charge. Police were called to a caravan off Clock House Road in Little Burstead at about 4am on Bank Holiday Monday, May 6, 2013, following concerns
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Two patients missing from mental health unit
TWO patients have gone missing from a mental health hospital. Essex Police are searching for Paola Akosa, 39, and Derek Jarrett, 56, after they failed to return to the unit in Pound Lane, Bowers Gifford on Wednesday. The pair do not have their
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Hullbridge Sports celebrating their best league finish in a decade
Hullbridge Sports are celebrating their best league finish in a decade after they wrapped up their season with a convincing home victory. Sports beat London Bari 5-2 at Lower Road on Wednesday night, which saw them leapfrog Clapton FC into ninth
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You've won £700k! Oh, wait, no you haven't...
AWOMAN has warned others to watch out after she was targeted by a scam lottery mail-out. Janis Martin, 55, of Elm Road, Shoebury, received a letter apparently sent from Brussels, and written in poor English, telling her she had won £700,000 on
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Independent candidate holds surgeries for residents
THE INDEPENDENT candidate for Westborough ward will be hold surgeries for residents over the next three Saturdays. Alan Hart, 62, from Randolph Close, Leigh, is hopes to meet potential voters to discuss the issues that matter to them at the Nook
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Century has Ben Foakes feeling upbeat about his place in the Essex team
BEN Foakes says hitting a career-best score has put him in a confident mood of retaining his place in the Essex starting line-up heading into the summer. The stand-by wicketkeeper smashed 132 not out off 157 deliveries in another rain washed encounter
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Fears the "jewel" of Hadleigh is being left to rackand ruin
CONCERNS have been raised the “jewel” of Hadleigh is being left to rack and ruin after being boarded up for more than two years. The historic Crown pub, in High Street, has been sealed off since 2011 when Castle Point Council leased some of the
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Deanes School to offer sports apprenticeships
THE road to recovery may be long, but the Deanes School is hitting the ground running by offering sports apprenticeships to youngsters in Essex. The school, in Daws Heath Road, Thundersley, has faced turmoil for ten months after Essex County Council
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Disabled swimmer goes the extra length for charity
AN INTREPID disabled swimmer took the plunge in Southend to move closer to completing a charity challenge. John Willis’s quest to swim 50 lots of 1,000m in each of 50 different pools in the space of 100 days, is all the more remarkable since he
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Serial burglar, William Coe, jailed for six years for latest crime spree
A BURGLAR who walked free after targeting 78 homes across Basildon went on to burgle dozens of other homes just hours later. William Coe, 25, was handed a community order on February 19 after admitting breaking in to about 78 homes between 2010
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Second Daws Heath Dig to return in June
ARCHAEOLOGISTS from Cambridge University are coming back to Daws Heath for a second series of digs this summer. Experts, including Carenza Lewis and Paul Blinkhorn from TV’s Time Team, will return in June after last year’s successful excavations
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Cheer on Ewesain Bolt at farm’s sheep race
EWESAIN Bolt will be hoping to bring home gold when she joins a flock of candy-coloured lambs racing through Barleylands Farm. Sheep racing will return to the Billericay farm during its Woolly Weekend from Saturday to Monday. The Barleylands
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Claims against Southend Hospital rocket by 54 per cent in a year
THE level of compensation claims and complaints against crisis-hit Southend Hospital rocketed over the past year. Legal writs against the trust shot up from 52 in 2012/13 to 80 in the last financial year – a 54 per cent rise. The stark rises
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Rochford hooligans
SIX youths have been banned from an underground car park in Rochford after terrorising residents and businesses. The youngsters have been made to sign acceptable behaviour contracts by police after a string of incidents affecting people living
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Suprise news for Wilko Johnson fans
GUITAR legend Wilko Johnson is having pioneering surgery in a bid to save his life. The former Dr Feelgood member, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, announced yesterday he was pulling out of a planned Glastonbury Festival appearance to
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Tom Hanks joined in our card game! Up-and-coming band Rixton’s Rochford guitarist talks about mixing with the megastars
What do you do when Tom Hanks walks into a room and starts playing cards with you? Or when pop star Justin Bieber offers you advice on music and stardom? “We just looked at each other and thought, what are we doing here?” laughs Charley Bagnall, lead
