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• Clacton: Holiday park's bid to extend season

  Tendring's holiday trade could get a major boost if a plea to extend the holiday season by one month gets the go-ahead. read more

• Wickford: New floods alert as river levels still rise

  The River Crouch is rising every year because it cannot cope with the rapid house building in Wickford, a campaigner claims. read more

• Southend: Driver hunt after PC's miracle escape

  A police officer narrowly escaped injury after diving out of the path of a suspected stolen vehicle in Southend town centre. read more

• Southend: Plan to outlaw all-year fireworks

  Southend Council could move to outlaw the increasing nuisance of all-year-round fireworks under radical plans just revealed. read more

• Corringham: Tanker crash highlights safety fears

  A residents group examining concerns over P&O's proposed development of Shell Haven says Tuesday's collision between two tankers in Corringham could be "an indication of what's to come." read more

• Thurrock: Crackdown on unlicensed cabbies

  Thurrock Council is launching measures to prevent the public from becoming the victims of "cowboy mini-cab drivers". read more

• Grays, Stanford-le-Hope: Players get that sinking feeling!

  A newly-formed youth theatre group will be staging a musical version of the Titanic story as their first production. read more

• Angling: Green Oaks launch big trout fishery

  Green Oaks Leisure will be managing Green Oaks Trout Lake from April 2 and it will be run as a "big trout fishery" at Potash Road, Billericay. read more

• Soccer: Broad ready for new deal

  Southend United defender Stephen Broad was today expected to put pen-to-paper on a new one-year deal. read more

• Essex: Opening relief of new A130 bypass

  The first section of the new A130 bypass was has finally been opened to traffic. read more

• Southend: Adult cats need homes

  An appeal has been launched by the Southend Cats Protection League workers to find homes for grown-up moggies who need a cosy corner to curl up in. read more

• Southend: Diner? Here's one I made earlier

  Here's the way to get really fast food -- the workers building this new drive-through McDonald's burger bar aimed to finish it in super quick time, using prefabricated sections. read more

• Soccer: U's boss asks for strength

  Colchester boss Steve Whitton has called for his team to show more mental strength after they slumped to their fourth successive league defeat. read more

• Hawkwell: Families fume at new homes

  Residents in Hawkwell are furious because the local council failed to tell them about plans to build 29 houses in their quiet road. read more

• Basildon: Tractor workers pull together

  Pupils at a Basildon special school have received a late Christmas present, thanks to the generosity of workers at a local factory. read more

• South Essex: Gateway project revealed

  A travelling exhibition detailing ambitious plans for the Thames Gateway project was to stop off in Castle Point today. read more

• Colchester: House mover burgled

  Burglars battered down the front door of a man who had just moved into his new home. read more

• Maldon: Stray cats 'being slaughtered'

  Colonies of stray cats are being slaughtered by landowners who cannot cope with the rate at which they breed, says an animal rights worker. read more

• Derek Woodley (Southend)

  Southend United fans are mourning the death of former Blues favourite Derek Woodley, nicknamed "The Fox." read more

• Southend: 'We want to be fair over parking tickets'

  Talks were today under way with Southend's team of parking wardens to hammer home the message of fairness when dealing with the public. read more

On this day: Essex Archive