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• Basildon: Rap about recycling

  A RAPPING robot is touring primary schools this week to talk to pupils about recycling. read more

• Clacton: Lorraine makes the cut in style contest

  Hairdresser Lorraine Haskins is a cut above the rest. read more

• Soccer: Jackpot tie for U's

  Colchester United were still in dreamland today after landing a money-spinning FA Cup tie. read more

• Clacton: We're special ... and that's official

  We've made it! Colbayns High School, in Clacton, was today celebrating winning its bid for specialist college status from the Government. read more

• Southend: Family charity faces closure

  A VOLUNTEER group, which helps families in difficulty, faces closure unless it can find £25,000 before March. read more

• Clacton: Yobs on wrecking spree

  Vandals went on a car-wrecking spree in Clacton. read more

• Pitsea: Burglars raid home of Maisie, 90, yet again

  INTRUDERS stole money from the bedside of a 90-year-old woman just days after the Echo reported she had been burgled three times in the last four months. read more

• Mid-Essex: Schools to house children's centres

  New centres offering parenting workshops and children's clinics could be set up in schools in the Braintree district. read more

• Basildon: Plug is pulled on public toilets

  PEOPLE caught short in the Basildon Centre will no longer be able to use the toilets. read more

• Wivenhoe: Drugs raid by police

  Police raided a suspected drugs den and found a drugs factory. read more

• Leigh: A127 crash driver named

  POLICE today appealed for witnesses to a fatal road crash on the Nevendon turn-off of the A127. read more

• Thundersley: The best pub grub in the South East

  STAFF at a Thundersley pub are celebrating winning the regional round of a pub food award - just eight months after opening. read more

• Rayleigh: Health centre seeks venue

  HEALTH service chiefs are looking for a site in Rayleigh suitable for a new centre for community facilities. read more

• Rochford: Council to agree 5% tax increase

  ROCHFORD Council is set to increase its council tax demand this year by just under five per cent. read more

• Clacton: Guard attacked in store robbery

  Armed robbers coshed a woman security guard over the head and made off with cash in a raid on a store. read more

• Soccer: Referee abandons derby tie

  Braintree Town's Essex Senior Cup semi-final tie against Chelmsford City was abandoned last night after a mass brawl on the touchline. read more

• Hadleigh: Last minute confession

  A MAN shocked a courtroom by admitting to the rape of a young woman as she returned home from a party last year. read more

• Rayleigh: Butcher proud of award-winning products

  A BUTCHER is celebrating winning a number of industry awards. read more

• Maldon: A pin in her chips upsets Chloe

  A mum today blasted Maldon's McDonald's after her daughter discovered a safety pin in a Happy Meal. read more

• Soccer: Naylor on mission

  Richard Naylor is demanding another steady performance from Ipswich Town's improving defence against home-town club Leeds United. read more

On this day: Essex Archive