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• Soccer: Here we go - to Japan

  Football-mad Daniel Gray was today preparing for the trip of a lifetime to see England play in the World Cup. read more

• Maylandsea: Jewels worth £250,000 snatched

  A Maylandsea jeweller is offering a reward after thieves stole jewellery worth £250,000 from his home last week. read more

• Braintree: Colourful DIY jubilee tribute

  Braintree is bristling with red, white, and blue bunting for the Queen's Golden Jubilee after a do-it-yourself operation by the town's traders. read more

• Danny Tarling (Brentwood)

  A football-mad Brentwood man who fought through meningitis on three seperate occasions has died in a freak swimming accident in Florida. read more

• Cricket: Flanagan still believes in county future

  Colchester and East Essex star Ian Flanagan still believes he has a future in county cricket. read more

• Stansted: Cargo airline is booming

  Volga-Dnepr Airlines, world leader in the super-heavy and outsize cargo market, has reported its most successful period ever. read more

• Harlow: Your views on rubbish

  Community groups in Essex can have their say about how rubbish should be dealt with over the next 20 years at a workshop in Harlow on June 11. read more

• Laindon: Happy thoughts of Anita

  Mourners were urged not to dwell on the circumstances of Anita Gordon's death as they gathered for her funeral. read more

• Cricket: Essex pleased to see back of Hussey

  Essex may have finally dismissed Northamptonshire danger-man Michael Hussey but they are firmly on the back foot in this county championship clash. read more

• Chelmsford: 'Find Samaritans who helped us'

  A 12-year-old boy is calling for the mystery good samaritans who took him to hospital after he fell from a rope swing to come forward so he can thank them. read more

• Soccer: Burley predicts World Cup success for trio

  George Burley has earmarked three of his current and former proteges as potential heroes of the World Cup. read more

• Canvey: Rail extension idea sparks anger

  Canvey's proposed rail terminal could be a "timebomb" destroying the island's natural features, says a councillor. read more

• Thomas Windsor (Colchester)

  A one-time commanding officer of Colchester Territorial Army, Captain Thomas Windsor, has died. He was 86. read more

• Basildon: A blind man's gruff

  Shopkeepers who persist in obstructing walkways with their displays will be prosecuted for trespassing, Basildon town centre managers have warned. read more

• Sidney Butcher (Chelmsford)

  Sidney Butcher, who died on May 16, was a familiar figure to residents on Chignal estate in Chelmsford where he lived with his wife Olive since the estate was built in 1952. read more

• Rayleigh: Town history on the wall

  A mural depicting the history of Rayleigh and contemporary themes should soon be gracing a blank wall at the top of Crown Hill. read more

• Chelmsford: Mountaineer dies in Alps accident

  A mountaineer from Essex has been killed in a mountain-climbing accident in the French Alps. read more

• Hadleigh: Protest over phone tower

  Horse riders and walkers could be at risk from a 20 metre mobile phone tower planned for a Daws Heath reservoir, feared a horrified neighbour. read more

• Basildon: Clean up at nature reserve

  A nature reserve has been turned into a valuable attraction thanks to a big clean-up. read more

• Helen Keen (Dovercourt)

  A former nurse from Dovercourt has died aged 71. read more

On this day: Essex Archive