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  • Colchester, Tendring: Speed purge traps 525

    More than 525 speeding drivers were fined during a month-long crackdown. The campaign was run by Stanway road policing unit in Colchester and Tendring. Officers issued fixed penalty notices to drivers who did not observe speed limits, fining drivers £60

  • Bowls: Birthday treat for Seasiders

    Clacton Indoor Bowls Club marked their 70th anniversary with a special visit from the English Indoor Bowling Association. Ready to roll - Geoff Johnson stays focused. (45602-2) President Trevor Costall, junior deputy president John Hornby and match secretary

  • Colchester: Girl, 13, savaged by dog at home

    A 13-year-old girl was seriously injured after she was attacked by the family dog in her home. The teenager suffered severe wounds to her neck and thoat and bites on her arms and legs, and had to be stabilised by ambulance staff before she was taken to

  • Walton: Teenager loses finger in fight

    A teenager had a finger cut off and another man suffered a stab wound in a fight in Walton. Police received reports about the injuries after a disturbance outside Kino Amusements, in Prince's Esplanade, Walton. Insp Paul Butcher, of Clacton police, said

  • Noak Bridge: Three hurt as Merc and Jeep crash

    THREE men were injured after a road smash in Noak Bridge last night. The incident happened at 7.10pm in Wash Road at the roundabout junction with Barleylands Road. A black Mercedes was travelling along Wash Road towards Crays Hill when it was in collision

  • Westcliff: I'm a football coach at just 16

    WHITNEY Walsh might be only 16, but she has shown she is on the ball by becoming one of the country's youngest ever football coaches. The teenager, from Westcliff, is the youngest person in Essex to pass a level two Football Association (FA) coaching

  • Colchester: Crews battle hospital inferno

    An inferno at a derelict hospital was tackled by fire crews from all over north-east Essex. Blaze drama - firefighters watch as colleagues tackle the inferno at Severalls Hospital, in Colchester, yesterday. Picture: TERRY WEEDEN (45880-3) At its height

  • Soccer: Time out was a real boost

    Kevin Watson believes that his time on the sidelines this season has been the catalyst for his match-winning performances. The Colchester United midfielder played in every game last season, apart from two due to injury, and he started off the current

  • Tilson scotches rumours

    BLUES boss Steve Tilson has hit out at reports linking star striker Freddy Eastwood with a move away from Roots Hall. The Basildon-based youngster, who has scored nine goals so far this season, is reportedly being tracked by a series of Championship sides

  • Wickford: Playtime's more fun with new equipment

    YOUNGSTERS at a Wickford primary school are celebrating after £15,000 of new play equipment was installed in their school. Parents, pupils and staff at North Crescent Primary have spent more than three years fundraising to gather the cash for the climbing

  • Schools future in limbo

    THE future of special needs education in the borough is still in limbo two weeks after Thurrock councillors vetoed plans to build two schools on greenbelt land in Grays. Thurrock Council last week withdrew the plans to re-locate the Treetops School, in

  • A Swifts exit for Billericay

    FA TROPHY HEYBRIDGE SWIFTS 2 BILLERICAY TOWN 1 BILLERICAY Town will not be repeating last season's FA Trophy headline grabbing heroics. Then they grabbed a home draw with Exeter City just a week after the Conference West Country side had held Manchester

  • Basildon: Lighting up time

    CHILDREN'S faces beamed with delight as Father Christmas paraded through Eastgate Shopping Centre, Basildon, to take up residence in his grotto. He was preceded by youngsters' favourites the Tweenies, a brass band and a host of entertainers who delighted

  • Clacton: Raiders hit off licence

    Two men raided an off-licence, forcing a cashier to hand over money. The thieves entered Threshers in St Osyth Road, Clacton, at 6.30pm yesterday. They got the woman behind the counter to give them cash from the till, cigarettes and a case of Stella Artois

  • Basildon: Deaths doctor: Widow in denial

    THE wife of a seriously-ill man who died after being taken off life support was "in denial" about her husband's condition, it has been claimed. Widow Edna Symons has accused consultant anaesthetist Ann David, 45, of Station Crescent, Rayleigh, of intentionally

  • Westcliff: Tributes to Tube train death girl

    TRIBUTES were today made to an "exceptional" student who died after being hit by a Tube train. Popular Viv Witt, 18, from Westcliff, died at Mile End Underground station 12 days ago. Her death is not being treated as suspicious by police. Viv is believed

  • Minton loves taste of just deserts

    CANVEY skipper Jeff Minton expressed his delight at his side finally getting their just deserts on opposition territory after Saturday's 2-1 win at Forest Green Rovers. In three of their four away Conference defeats Gulls have gone down by the odd goal

  • Thorrington: Homeless and heartbroken

    Friends of the family of five-year-old blaze victim Courtney Bristow today revealed her grieving mother and siblings have nowhere to live. Grieving - Stacey Bristow with daughters Emily and Lola. Picture: ROB SAMBROOK (46221-3) Colchester Council, which

  • Basildon: Holiday man flies home after fire kills birds

    A DISTRAUGHT man flew home early from holiday last night after finding out his home had been hit by a fire which killed his two pet birds. An electrical fault is believed to be responsible for yesterday's small blaze which left the detached house in Burnt

  • Cressing: Community in shock after theft

    A quiet community was today recovering from the shock of a violent robbery in their midst. Residents stunned - the quiet scene in Long Green, Cressing, where neighbours were shocked to hear of the robbery. Picture: SEANA HUGHES (46222-c) Neighbours in

  • Darts: Jaws loses out again

    Colchester-born world number one Colin Lloyd has not enjoyed his meetings with Phil Taylor this year - having lost his second successive final to him. Having been resoundly beaten in the final of the Skybet Grand Prix in Dublin two weeks ago, Lloyd, nicknamed

  • Witham, Wivenhoe: 'My fight goes on in Europe'

    A man convicted of assaulting a police officer is continuing to fight to clear his name. Alastair Heron, formerly of Chipping Hill, Witham, and now living in Wivenhoe, is taking his fight against the assault conviction to the European Court of Human Rights

  • Kev: keep your chin up

    HE may have been left cut, battered, bruised and disappointed by Southend United's 2-1 defeat against Swansea City at Roots Hall on Saturday, but skipper Kevin Maher still insisted his side had plenty to smile about. The narrow reverse in front of a huge

  • Thorrington: Homeless and heartbroken

    Friends of the family of five-year-old blaze victim Courtney Bristow today revealed her grieving mother and siblings have nowhere to live after Colchester Council, which placed her in a chalet, said it had no home for her. Grieving - Stacey Bristow with

  • Clacton: Inquiry is launched after death in police custody

    A major investigation has been launched after a man died in police custody. Karl Lockyear, 39, of Clacton, was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving after a crash on October 29. He had provided a positive breath test at the scene but collapsed when he

  • BNP join election battle

    THE British National Party (BNP) have made a late move to win council seats in Thurrock by putting candidates forward for the two forthcoming by-elections in the borough on Thursday, December 1. Emma Colgate, who stood in the Basildon and East Thurrock

  • Billericay: Ian kicks off fundraiser

    FOOTBALL star Ian Hendon was at a charity night to officially kick-off festive shopping at Barleylands Craft Village. Ian, captain of League Two side Barnet and former Spurs centre back, was joined at the opening by Basildon Council vice-chairman Geoff

  • Southend: Students' college blow-ups

    YOUNG people saw their photographs blown up and displayed on a builder's hoarding in Southend's high street, as part of a community art project. Run by the Focal Point Gallery, inside Southend Central Library, the Flux project aimed to work with problem

  • Walton: Two homeless as fire wrecks house

    Fire ripped through a terrace house leaving two people homeless. Tackling the flames - firefighters at the scene of a blaze in Paternoster Row in Walton. Picture: TERRY WEEDEN (45610-2) Neighbours called firefighters at 11.30am on Saturday after they

  • Southend: Arrest after road crash

    A MAN was appearing in court today following a road crash which left a family needing medical treatment. Sean Bowden, 36, of Grange Drive, Southend, was arrested and charged with driving while disqualified, driving while under the influence of alcohol

  • Canvey: Man on abduction charge

    A MAN has been remanded in custody charged with abduction and grooming a child for sex after he went missing with a teenager he met on the internet. Tony Jones, 39, of Fourth Walk, Canvey, appeared at Beverley Magistrates' Court, East Yorkshire, charged

  • Essex: Young and old recall fallen

    In scenes repeated across the county, thousands of people turned out for one of the best-attended Colchester Remembrance Sunday services in memory. Young and old remember - wreaths are laid during yesterday's Remembrance Day service. (46228-a) A procession

  • Eastwood: Drug gang jailed for a total of 12 years

    A GANG which flooded south Essex with cocaine and ecstasy has been jailed for a total of 12 years. The gang, led by king pin Kingsley Dennis, 28, of Gravel Road, Eastwood, moved thousands of pounds of the Class A drugs. Dennis had originally denied being

  • Southend: Petrol clue on murder

    MURDER squad detectives believe clothes smelling of petrol could hold the key to finding the murderer of a middle-aged woman killed in an arson attack on her home. Police want anyone who smelled the flammable liquid on the clothes of a friend or relative

  • Golf: Adam is shooting for Open slot

    Adam Burwood has ambitions of shooting his way to the British Open qualifiers next year after ending his current season on a high note. Ambition - Adam Burwood is hoping to pit his talents against professional players in next year's British Open qualifiers

  • Chelmsford, Witham: Clubber badly hurt in attack

    A nightclub reveller had his skull fractured when he was attacked after an evening out. The 25-year-old Witham man was taken to hospital after the early morning attack in the car park of Dukes nightclub in Chelmsford. He was transferred from Broomfield