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• Billericay: Billericay by-election

  A BY-ELECTION will be held for a position on Billericay Town Council after the retirement of councillor Horace Wilkins. read more

• Soccer: Colchester United 3-2 Yeovil Town (Coca-Cola League One)

  This is the good stuff! Colchester United turned it on at home and got their just desserts in a superb five-goal thriller against Yeovil Town. read more

• Self-belief deserted Hammers, says Pards after loss

  WEST Ham boss Alan Pardew blamed a lack of belief for his team's defeat away to European Champions Liverpool. read more

• Colchester: Co-op merger is completed

  The Colchester Co-op has merged with its East Anglian neighbour to form the fifth biggest co-operative society in Britain. read more

• Soccer: Brighton and Hove Albion 1-1 Ipswich Town (Coca Cola Championship)

  He's in the autumn of his career, short on pace and struggles to get through two games in a week. read more

• Brightlingsea: Town is cut off

  Angry residents have renewed calls for a second road into Brightlingsea after the only route into the town was shut. read more

• Chalkwell: Man is impaled on park railings

  A MAN speared himself on a metal spike when he tried to take a short cut home by climbing over railings into Chalkwell Park. read more

• Great Oakley: Concerns eased over expansion of airfield

  An airfield owner has sought to clarify any misunderstanding over his site's expansion. read more

• Harwich, Dovercourt: Vehicle break-ins could be linked

  Police believe the same person could be responsible for a spate of car crimes in one night. read more

• Braintree: Pair go pink to help brave mum

  Brave children from Braintree organised a party, all in pink,to raise money to helpthose suffering with their mother's illness. read more

• Soccer: Chris wants fortress

  Colchester already has one castle and now Chris Iwelumo wants to build a second one - at Layer Road. read more

• Halstead: Restaurateur 'snapped' after racist abuse

  A restaurant boss "snapped" and deliberately drove his car into a group of youths after trouble flared in a Halstead street. read more

• Grays: Bomb house man jailed for 4 years

  A BANKRUPT man who sparked a huge police operation when he barricaded himself in his home with petrol and gas canisters was locked up for four years. read more

• Braintree: Heart dad to miss son's big day

  A dad is distraught as he will not be able to see his son's dream come true when he competes for England in the Commonwealth Games. read more

• Tendring: Seabirds are starving

  Seabirds have another threat to contend with on top of avian flu. read more

• Westcliff: Arson probe after four storey blaze

  ARSON is suspected after fire ravaged a four-storey building in a busy shopping street. read more

• Billericay: Help homeless club find new premises

  A CHILDREN'S club today made an appeal to businesses to help them find a new home after their former HQ was condemned. read more

• Three-sy does it for Freddy

  FANTASTIC Freddy Eastwood celebrated his 22nd birthday in style by firing home a fine hat-trick to secure table topping Southend United a 3-0 victory at Bristol City on Saturday. read more

• Walton: Blood helps catch thief

  A thief was nailed by blood left at a crime scene. read more

• Westcliff: Kenny's jazz aid

  TRUMPETER Kenny Ball played a charity concert to help rebuild the home of jazz. read more

On this day: Essex Archive