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On this day: Essex Archive

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• Stansted: 19m-passenger barrier breached

  Travellers made the most of the leap year's extra day and jetted off from Stansted in their thousands, pushing the airport through the 19mppa mark. read more

• Benfleet: Bid to curb park vandalism

  Councillors are set to tackle the problems of continuous vandalism at a park. read more

• Billericay: BMW driver robbed

  Robbers escaped with £5,000 of jewellery after stopping a man in a BMW. read more

• Bradwell: New nuclear power station favoured

  Maldon and East Chelmsford MP John Whittingdale has spoken in favour of building a new nuclear power station in Bradwell. read more

• Colchester: Late licences for bank holidays approved

  Colchester pubs have secured late licences for the Easter and May Bank Holidays. read more

• Tiptree: Ground plans investigated

  A football club is exploring the possibility of building a new football ground. read more

• Soccer: Blackpool 0-0 Colchester United (Nationwide League Division Two)

  Colchester played out a scrappy goalless draw with Blackpool at Bloomfield Road last night. read more

• V Festival: Jamelia latest addition to V line-up

  Jamelia will perform at the V Festival in August. read more

• Basildon: Park rapist, 32, gets six years

  A man who raped a teenage girl in Basildon's Gloucester Park was today starting a six-year jail sentence. read more

• V Festival: Jamelia latest addition to V line-up

  Jamelia will appear at V this year. read more

• Stansted: Banned for life for lighting up

  Eight people have been banned from flying with Ryanair for life after smoking on board flights. read more

• Basildon: Pensioners to unite in fight for free bus travel

  Pensioners' organisations are calling senior citizens in Basildon to unite and fight for free bus travel. read more

• Tendring: Dinners back on menu for pupils

  School dinners are back on the menu. read more

• Witham: Graffiti 'tags' sprayed on skate ramps

  Skateboard ramps in Witham have been daubed with graffiti for the second time. read more

• Baildon, Pitsea: Raids on video stores

  Burglars smashed their way into two video stores and fled with scores of DVDs and hundreds of computer games. read more

• Kickboxing: Tavern treble for Basildon club

  Fighters from Basildon's Freestyle Kickboxing club notched up a hat-trick of successes on Sunday. read more

• Basildon: Party delight for bubble pals

  Youngsters from a Basildon mother and toddler group were full of fun and laughter as they celebrated the club's third birthday. read more

• Southend: Head steps down

  A popular headteacher said her goodbyes this week after spending most of her career at one school. read more

• Southend: Parenting handbook launched

  A new handbook on parenting has been unveiled and will be handed out to every mum and dad in Southend. read more

• Table Tennis: Hadleigh keep up challenge

  Hadleigh Forum A's 6-3 win over Hullbridge C kept alive their hopes of retaining the Southend & District Table Tennis League's Premier Division title. read more

On this day: Essex Archive