A LORRY driver was lucky to escape with his life when three fence posts punctured his cab after his vehicle overturned. Basildon firefighters used cutting equipment to free the 38-year-old man because the posts were trapping him in the cab as it lay on
CLOTHES smelling of petrol could hold the key to finding the murderer of a middle-aged woman who was killed in an arson attack on her home. A murder inquiry has been launched into the death of Andrea Daly, 40, who died of smoke inhalation during the blaze
Thurrock 4 Basingstoke 1 THURROCK bounced back in emphatic style from their midweek 6-0 drubbing at Cambridge City. Still lacking a strike parter for Steve Harper, manager Colin McBride continued with defender Richard Goodard in an upfront role and he
A WOMAN suspected of murdering her own mother has been spotted in Southend High Street by an Echo reader. Nicola Edgington, 25, is the only suspect in a murder hunt involving Sussex and Essex Police after her 60-year-old mother Marion was found stabbed
A MAN was stabbed as he walked home from a night out. The 33-year-old victim was walking along Fobbing High Road towards his home in Corringham at 4am yesterday (Sunday 13th) when he was approached by an assailant who stabbed him in the stomach several
East Thurrock United 2, Leyton 1 DEPLETED by injury and unavailability, East Thurrrock then had to bounce back from conceding a first minute goal in Saturday's FA Trophy Second Qualifying Round clash at Rookery Hill. They emerged victorious against their
A SPOOKY train ride at Southend's Adventure Island theme park had to be closed when a worker fell off and became trapped. The 18-year-old man was riding on the Beelzee Bob's train ride when it went round a corner and he fell out and became trapped between
