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• Athletics: England call on top Cats

  England have called on the services of two Cats. read more

• Maldon: 'I'm on the verge of a breakdown'

  A distraught shopkeeper has been brought to the "verge of a nervous breakdown" by the fifth vandalism attack on his business this year. read more

• Thorrington: Candle to blame for fatal fire

  A candle is believed to have caused a fire which killed a five-year-old girl and gutted a wooden chalet. read more

• Soccer: Hunt hopes for repeat

  Hot-shot Colchester United 'Golden Oldie' Bobby Hunt is keeping his fingers crossed that lightning will strike in the same place twice. read more

• Essex: Trail of cime by addicts

  Two cocaine addicts have been jailed for a series of thefts from leisure and sports centres throughout Essex. read more

• Winners of winners selected

  A hairdressing salon, a children's day nursery and Southend United football club are just three of the finalists announced for the Essex in Boom! Winners of Winners business awards. read more

• Billericay: MP wants press at travellers meeting

  MP John Baron is calling on Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott to allow media access to their crunch meeting with travellers. read more

• Smith facing best of foes

  LIFELONG friendships will be cast aside when Southend clash with Swansea City on Saturday. read more

• Young Blues ease past Rovers

  SOUTHEND UNITED 3 BARTON ROVERS 1 read more

• Aldham: Villagers left reeling by barrage of vandalism

  Vandals have struck in a village causing damage to property and signs. read more

• Billericay: Reading rooms reopen

  THE historic Billericay Reading Rooms has reopened following a £50,000 revamp. The 119-year-old building was threatened with closure because it was not accessible enough for people with disabilities. read more

• Eastwood: No more Mr Nice Guy

  A music teacher is set to star in a new series of Channel Four's That'll Teach 'Em - where youngsters are sent to a 1950s-style classroom for a lesson they won't forget. read more

• Clacton, Great Oakley: Ban for 'horrendous' driver

  A motorist who failed to notice a police car was tailing him flashing its emergency lights must re-take his test before getting behind the wheel again. read more

• Canvey: Roxanne, 15, on run with man aged 39

  POLICE are searching for a father-of-three believed to have gone missing with a 15-year-old girl he met on the internet. read more

• Braintree: We're forever blowing bubbles

  Building structures out of marshmallows and spaghetti was just one of the activities children enjoyed at Bocking Church Street Primary School's science week. read more

• Rochford: £24,000 vision to boost tourism

  A NEW tourism strategy estimated to cost about £24,000 is being considered by Rochford District Council. read more

• Benfleet: Having a hoot with Harry Potter

  THE latest Harry Potter film was all a bit of a hoot to the feathered residents of a south Essex wildlife sanctuary. read more

• Basildon: 600 homes for Fryerns site

  DEVELOPERS have unveiled radical plans for the £18.5million redevelopment of Basildon's rundown Craylands estate. read more

• Who's our new Blues star signing?

  ECHOSPORT is almost ready to unveil its latest star signing from the Roots Hall camp. read more

• Basildon: Chemical spill drama

  FIRE crews were called to a chemical spillage after a 25- litre container was cracked at Burnt Mills Industrial Estate, Basildon. read more

On this day: Essex Archive