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• Vange: Angry motorist sets fire to safety camera

  Police are hunting a motorist who decided to get his or her own back by trying to set fire to a safety camera. read more

• South Essex: Racetrack danger as drivers top 140mph

  Reckless drivers are organising race nights on the A127 between Basildon and Southend with speeds reaching up to 140mph. read more

• Colchester: Residents rubbish collection

  Residents were left holding their noses as a result of another rubbish collection mix-up in Colchester. read more

• Soccer: Crystal Palace 1-0 West Ham United (Nationwide League Division One play-off final)

  A goal from Crystal Palace skipper Neil Shipperley denied West Ham United Preimership football next season. read more

• Wivenhoe: Woman, 38, dies in crash.

  A woman died after the car she was in was involved in a crash today. read more

• Maldon: Annexe scheme to go to council

  Highly-controversial plans to build a new annexe at the historic All Saints' Church in Maldon High Street are nearly ready to be submitted. read more

• Soccer: Borg delight at tasty signing Lorraine

  George Borg believes he has found a central-defensive partnership that can lead Braintree Town to success. read more

• Stansted: Holiday misery on horizon for flyers

  Holiday misery could hit Stansted Airport this summer following a decision by check-in and baggage workers to strike. read more

• Benfleet: Escalator set to go

  An escalator at the centre of a probe into an elderly woman's death is set to be ripped out and replaced, it has been revealed. read more

• Soccer: Irons axe ready after defeat

  West Ham manager Alan Pardew will be forced to compound the disappointment of play-off defeat by releasing several players before the squad can be rebuilt for next season. read more

• Southend: Thanks for a top show

  Emergency services today praised the behaviour of the 250,000 crowd at this year's Southend Airshow. read more

• Frinton: Teens injured

  Two teenage girls were injured in an accident at Frinton railway gates. read more

• Soccer: Irons axe ready after defeat

  West Ham manager Alan Pardew will be forced to compound the disappointment of play-off defeat by releasing several players before the squad can be rebuilt for next season. read more

• Little Clacton: 19 pigs rescued from barn blaze

  A pig had to be put down and others rescued after a blaze at a Little Clacton barn. read more

• Colchester: Dermot marriage rumours scotched

  Rumours that Colchester celebrity Dermot O'Leary is poised to marry have been scotched. read more

• Southend: Stepping out for trust

  Coastguards from the Bradwell and Southend Sector got to walk their walk at the weekend in a bid to raise cash for the Jubilee Sailing Trust, which provides holidays aboard tall ships for disabled children. read more

• Basildon: Reassured on hall, but users still have doubts

  Fears that a popular community hall could close have been quelled by councillors at a "rowdy" meeting. read more

• Basildon: Festival will be the best

  Organiser's of this year's Basildon Festival have vowed it will be bigger and better as it moves to a new site. read more

• Essex: Bamber stabbed in the neck.

  Convicted murderer Jeremy Bamber has been stabbed in the neck in prison by a fellow inmate. read more

• Soccer: Ambitious Downey has future in mind

  New Colchester United Ladies manager Steve Downey has a five-year plan that will make the club a force to be reckoned with. read more

On this day: Essex Archive