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• Tendring: Top of sick list in UK

  Illness rates in Tendring are the highest in the country, it has been revealed. read more

• Hospice runners get in train-ing

  THESE London marathon runners will look the part now they have professional running vests in their kit. read more

• Colchester: Armed raiders hold up store

  Robbers armed with a shotgun and crowbar struck at a small Colchester shop. read more

• Our bid for casino is in

  A REGIONAL casino could be the centrepiece of a £500million complex on Southend's Golden Mile if a bid to the Government is successful. read more

• Petition over sex offenders at hostel

  RESIDENTS surrounding a Basildon bail hostel have begun a petition to have what they claim are "dangerous sex offenders" moved out of the area. read more

• Frinton: Kathleen waiting to hear

  A deaf great-grandmother has struggled to communicate with friends and relatives for months after trying in vain to get her hearing aid fixed. read more

• Darts: Lloyd is back to his best

  Colin Lloyd bounced back to form with an 8-4 victory over Ronnie Baxter in the Holsten Premier League Darts at Carlisle's Sands Centre. read more

• Cup clash for Hammers

  AFTER last week's Elite League home victory against Poole, Arena Essex Hammers entertain Peterborough tonight (Friday) in the first round of the Knock out Cup. read more

• Crime-hit allotment holders fight back

  ALLOTMENT holders are joining forces with neighbours to help fight crime on a Leigh estate. read more

• Soccer: Jamal just wants to get on the pitch

  Jamal Campbell-Ryce is looking to Colchester United for salvation. read more

• Witham: Mystery of owl's return

  Pet owners were put on alert after a giant owl was set loose from its enclosure. read more

• Borough soccer preview

  AFTER the euphoria of their FA Trophy semi-final victory and five goal feast at Kidderminster in midweek, Grays Athletic face up to a tough test at runaway Conference leaders Accrington Stanley tomorrow (Saturday). read more

• Chelmsford: All aboard the traffic-buster

  Essex's first major park-and-ride scheme opened today. read more

• Walton: Mercy dash husband banned

  A husband was arrested for drink-driving after rushing his terminally-ill wife to hospital with a suspected broken hip. read more

• Lifeline For Gabrielle

  A two-year-old girl with severe disabilities is in desperate need of a new specialist pram, but her parents have been told they could face months of delay which could affect her progress and leave her virtually housebound. read more

• CPS slammed

  THE grieving parents of Ryan Daly have slammed the 'shambolic and inept' Crown Prosecution Service and one of the government's top law officers who have admitted bungling the trial of their son's killer. read more

• Braintree: Family in blaze drama

  A family got out of their home unscathed after a fire broke out in their kitchen. read more

• Experts' healthy lessons

  ESSEX dieticians have received extra training in coaching people to adopt a healthier lifestyle. read more

• Soccer: Wilnis to stay at Ipswich

  Fabian Wilnis was expected to extend his long stay at Portman Road today. read more

• Soccer: Garvan has bright future with Blues

  Veteran Ipswich Town defender Fabian Wilnis thinks his young team-mate Owen Garvan has a big future in the game. read more

On this day: Essex Archive