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• Southend: Pier Hill lifts are not up to the job

  A SEAFRONT protest group has claimed lifts installed on Pier Hill as part of a multi-million-pound development are not up to the job. read more

• Southend: Council bosses told to tighten their belts

  SOUTHEND Council bosses have been told to tighten their belts and make efficiencies to stave off the threat of more major cuts in services next year. read more

• Father tackles terror raiders

  A Moulsham father confronted car thieves who forced their way into his home early one morning. read more

• Southend: Vicar's graffiti fury

  A VICAR has told of his anger at vandals who sprayed graffiti on church buildings. read more

• Soccer: Price is hoping for Wales spot

  Lewis Price is preparing for one of the biggest challenges of his short career. read more

• Leigh: Florence dies at 111, oldest person in the land

  FLORENCE Reeves, believed to be Britain's oldest person, has died aged 111. read more

• Soccer: No-go Agogo for Blues

  SOUTHEND United have had a "substantial" offer for striker Junior Agogo turned downed by Bristol Rovers. read more

• Soccer: Bowers & Pitsea 3-1 Stansted

  Bowers and Pitsea pulled off their first Essex Senior League success of the season last night when they beat Stansted 3-1 at Crown Avenue in a League Cup Group B game. read more

• Clacton: Teen dies in crash carnage

  A teenager died after the car he was driving overturned and became embedded in the garage of a bungalow. read more

• Angling: Young Billy beats the rain

  Torrential rain failed to dampen the enthusiasm of the competitors at this year's Northlands Park Junior Championship, won by ten-year-old Billy Galea with a 3lb 7oz haul. read more

• Cricket: Billericay go top

  Billericay go top of Division Three after a dominant performance to sink Basildon & Pitsea. read more

• Southend: Rats running in Priory Park

  A GRANDMOTHER fears children will catch Wiles disease and other nasty illnesses from rats which are overrunning a Southend park. read more

• Southend: Dog bites party girl

  A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl suffered deep puncture wounds to her cheek and the side of her nose when she was bitten in the face by a dog at a children's party. read more

• Girls football: Sue is star of gala day

  GIRL teams from Essex, London and Middlesex celebrated the start of a brand new football season with England women's star Sue Smith at the Eseex FA/Year of the Volunteer Festival in Basildon's Gloucester Park. read more

• Basildon: Doubt over new "village" plan

  AMBITIOUS plans to build a huge business and housing complex in Basildon will only take shape if £40million funding can be secured. read more

• Soccer: 'We will get U's on track'

  Sam Stockley believes that Colchester United can get back on track. read more

On this day: Essex Archive