A school has been kitted out for the New Year thanks to a donation from a local company.
Football players at the Appleton School, in Benfleet, have been boosted by the donation of 45 new football shirts from Wickford-based Morbec Sports. PE teacher Jamie Shields said: "They have donated small, medium and large shirts, 15 of each.
"It is top-of-the-range stuff.
"In the football season, the kits get used about two or three times a week, so they go through
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