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On this day: Essex Archive

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• Tabletennis: Kegs pay the price

  In an attempt to gain some festive cheer, two of the lower placed teams in the Woolwich Junior League fought a hard battle. read more

• Colchester pig-snatcher at large

  A pub landlady is distraught after thieves trotted off with a large part of her collection of ceramic pigs. read more

• Caring couple toast 60 years of marriage

  Snow was lying deep and crisp and even when Edith and Sam Bircher got married 60 years ago. read more

• Blade attack on woman walker

  Detectives are hunting a man who attacked and cut a woman with a blade during an attempted robbery in White Notley. read more

• Big-name stores eye Witham

  Dozens of jobs could be created in Witham after it was revealed a trio of big name stores were considering a move to the town. read more

• Sales fever grips Brentwood

  Sales fever held Brentwood in a vice-like grip as the town enjoyed a late Christmas and pre-new year shopping boom. read more

• Prisoner is recaptured

  Philip Wilkinson, the convicted killer on the run from Runwell Hospital, is back behind bars. read more

• Cricket: Top Herbs honours for Jones

  Willow Herbs Cricket Club, who, in the 1998 season, narrowly missed promotion for the fifth time in six years, held its annual Awards Dinner at the Black Horse, Paslow Common with batsman Matt Jones collecting three awards. read more

• People power will help decide Havering Council's spending

  It's your cash - and your call. read more

• Tennis: Bradford a winner

  Gavin Bradford won the mens singles event when the finals of the 'Whirlpool' LTA Ratings tournament were held at Clearview on Sunday. read more

• Meals on wheels to provide more food for thought

  Improvements are on the way to give people more choice in the meals provided by Essex County Council's Meals on Wheels service. read more

• Local lottery's last day

  Today is the end of an era. After 20 years during which more than £1million has been raised for local clubs and organisations, the Havering Lottery will draw to a close. read more

• It’s back to grass roots at Billericay meadow

  Basildon Council has admitted that the old ways are definitely the best - at least as far as managing Billericay's natural heritage is concerned. read more

• Dynamic start to 1999 in Ongar

  Residents in Ongar are poised to celebrate a New Year boost as final touches are put to an exciting asset to the town. read more

• Crash team set to recover aircraft

  Air accident investigators were today due to recover an aircraft from the River Blackwater after a pilot was killed when his private jet crashed off Bradwell-on-Sea. read more

• Farmer's 'mistake' at hedge removal

  A farmer from Tolleshunt Major, near Maldon, looks likely to escape prosecution for illegally removing a hedge on his land. read more

• Harwich's £10m grant hopes dashed

  Hopes of a £10 million bid to help Harwich and Jaywick have been dashed. read more

• Soccer: Town slip up at lowly Heybridge

  Town struggled to get to terms with a resurgent Heybridge at Scraley Road on Monday afternoon. read more

• Soccer: Colchester fixture in pay-per-view experiment

  It will be cheaper for some fans to watch the U's in person than by pay-per-view in March, when Manchester City are the visitors. read more

• Pubs hit by Southend bootleggers

  Bootleggers cruising the town's estates have hit trade in Southend's pubs over the festive period, a leading landlord revealed today. read more

On this day: Essex Archive