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On this day: Essex Archive

Essex Archive

• Southend: Security guards on drugs patrols

  Security guards are to patrol a Southend estate to help police tackle drugs. read more

• Essex: Putting county on the seafood map

  Essex has netted a £65,000 grant which should help in a bid to put the county on the seafood map. read more

• Swimming: Big medal haul for Canvey

  Canvey Island Swimming Club amassed 73 medals, including 14 gold, 14 silver and nine bronze, at the Harlow Open. read more

• Chelmsford: Anthrax scare holds up post

  Post for swathes of Essex was delayed after sorting office workers feared anthrax was leaking from a parcel. read more

• Canvey: Summertime fiesta may replace carnival

  A major new Canvey festival could take the island by storm next year. read more

• Mail moan taken to the top man

  by JENNY ANDREW A MAN who has made 17 complaints about the post in the last 18 months was given the telephone number of the chairman of Consignia. read more

• It's back home for new head

  IT is like coming home for the new head of a primary school. read more

• Southend: Family left devastated by death of Ronald

  The widow of an alleged murder victim has told how he had been given a second chance of life after a heart attack five months ago. read more

• Rayleigh: Upon my sole! This shoe's 350 years old

  Workmen treating timber in a Rayleigh church were amazed to find a 17th century shoe tucked into the rafters. read more

• Southend: Woman robbed in street

  A middle-aged woman is recovering after being knocked to the ground as a street robber pounced. read more

• Leigh: c2c signals end of the line for news stand

  A popular newspaper vendor at Leigh train station has been told to quit his post. read more

• Hutton: Mum's tribute to children

  A loving mother this week paid tribute to two remarkable children who are helping her through a living nightmare. read more

• Braintree: Mum's bone marrow plea

  A 19-year-old woman with leukaemia, who put her life at risk to have a baby, has made a desperate plea for a bone marrow donor. read more

• Basildon: Plea over dead student Talaal

  This is south Essex student Talaal Omer, who police fear may have been the victim of racist killers. read more

• Basildon: Mum's fears after son finds used drugs needle

  A mother-of-four has told of her fears after her eight-year-old son found a used drugs syringe outside their family home. read more

• Maldon: Cottage keys handed back

  Keys to a restored artisan's cottage in Maldon will be handed over on November 2. read more

• Castle Point: Leaflet drop probe dropped

  An aviation watchdog has dropped an investigation involving a millionaire businessman who was accused of dropping 20,000 leaflets over Castle Point. read more

• Bradfield: Plenty to do at playtime

  The playground at Bradfield Primary School has had a facelift to add an extra dimension to lunch breaks. read more

• Great Horkesley: Nursery visitor's a hoot

  Youngsters got wise on the subject of owls when one came to their nursery. read more

• Southend: £32m cocaine haul

  Grounded: The plane at Southend Airport read more

On this day: Essex Archive