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• Pitsea: Answering the calls of nature

  Work has started to build an £80,000 toilet block at a popular nature reserve in Pitsea.

• Great Baddow: Recreation ground fight stepped up

  Gritty campaigners are refusing to give up their fight to save a recreation ground from developers.

• County has top achievers

  High achieving students have earned their schools places in the top ten grammar and comprehensive schools with A-level successes.

• Chelmsford: Company in £2m move

  A printing and communications company is preparing to make a £2 million move to Chelmsford, bringing new jobs with it.

• Tilbury: Tormented store boss fighting back

  A shopkeeper plagued by vandalism and burglaries, says he will not be run out of town by a minority of ignorant people.

• Southend: 'Pre-sale facelift for Plaza' pledge

  The Victoria Plaza shopping centre will not be sold off until all refurbishments are completed, centre chiefs have claimed.

• South Essex: Parents pay price for children's pester power...

  A South Essex helpline has sympathised with parents forced to give treats and money to their pestering children.

• Bowers Gifford: Office block plan for landmark site

  The last piece of Commission for New Town heritage could be razed to the ground in a bid to give the site a new lease of life.

• Wickford: Cadet's history probe

  Former cadets are being urged to contact the Wickford branch of St John Ambulance as the division seeks to find out more about its history.

• Danbury: Family trophy search renewed

  A couple from Danbury have vowed not to give up their 17-year quest to find a special trophy after a search by the BBC proved unsuccessful.

• Chelmsford: 100,000 expected at V concert

  More than 100,000 music fans will descend on Chelmsford this weekend for the V2000 music festival and police are appealing for help to ensure the event is once again safe and crime free.

• Dovercourt: Dutch cyclist died on way home from holiday

  A Dutchman who had spent 16 days on a cycling holiday around England with his wife died of a heart attack just yards from the ship home.

• Leigh, Southend: Cockle tea left me ill

  <Mum Tina Tann has told how she had to drop out of having a minor operation after she ate a tub of cockles from Leigh and was left ill and weak.

• Colchester: Ancient Roman wall to be lifted from dig

  A unique piece of Colchester's Roman history weighing almost a tonne will be lifted from the ground before builders move in.

• Harwich: Teenage hit and run victim

  A teenage girl has been hurt in a hit and run accident.

• South Essex: Police reach out

  If you were attacked in the street, or had unpleasant things shoved through your letterbox, you would not think twice about calling the police.

• Mid-Essex: Turnpike rush hour delays to continue

  Rush hour delays are set to continue at the Rettendon Turnpike as work is done in preparation for the widening of the A130.

• Maldon: Gazette papergirl saves the day

  Papergirl Emma Taylor's instincts could have saved a disabled woman from being burgled.

• Benfleet: Rivals unite in bid to save care home

  Two rival politicians have joined a growing protest to keep a Benfleet elderly people's home open.

• Essex exam round-up: Didn't we do well...

  Jubilant students are toasting years of blood, sweat and tears with an impressive crop of A-level results.

• Ridgewell: Boy, 5, 'critical' after accident

  A five-year-old boy is critically ill in hospital after he and his sister were injured in an accident at Ridgewell, near Halstead.

• Braintree: Man in tights raids store

  A robber picked up a pair of tights in a Braintree store and put them over his head before stealing money.

• Colchester: Councillors back primary care bid

  Aims to set up a Primary Care Trust to improve health and health care for Colchester have won the support of councillors.

• Renewed hope in murder hunt

  The widow of murdered millionaire Tony Fetherston is hoping for a vital breakthrough to identify her husband's killer.

• Hawkwell: Richard's back in the saddle

  Schoolboy Richard Harle has been reunited with his bike which was stolen two weeks ago.

• Pitsea: New business boosts shopping centre

  Pitsea will have just What Everybody Wants when its newest shop throws open its doors in time for the festive rush.

• Leigh: Victim of a drunk's rage

  <B A man who kicked his dog in a drunken rage has been told he will never get her back - and has been banned from keeping any dog for a year.

• Billericay: Restaurant fined for 'filthy' kitchen

  A restaurant has been ordered to pay nearly £8,000 for preparing food in a kitchen described by an inspector as filthy.

• Harwich: Hit and run car found

  A car which was stolen and was then involved in a hit and run incident with a 15-year-old girl has been found.

• Chelmsford: £1,000 award for attack victim

  Two men have been told to pay more than £1,000 in compensation to a man they attacked in Colchester town centre.

• South Essex: Police tackle drug-related crime

  Police in south Essex have stepped up their campaign to tackle drug-related crime with a voluntary treatment initiative.

• Shoebury: Driver 'had no chance to avoid boy'

  A six-year-old boy was killed when he ran into a road and was hit by a car, an inquest heard.

• Southend: Dad delivers twins on bathroom floor

  Newborn twins Jason and Nathan were doing well today, despite their unexpected arrival on the bathroom floor at home.

• Countywide: 999 nonsense calls put lives in danger

  Exasperated staff who answer 999 calls have warned lives could be at risk if nonsense calls continue.

• Southend: Savage thug bites off his victim's ear

  A thug who bit part off a man's ear off in a late night attack in Southend is being hunted by police.

• Soccer: Opara consolation for sorry U's

  Colchester United Reserves launched their new Avon Insurance Combination season with a disappointing 4-1 home defeat to Queens Park Rangers.

• Cricket: Floodlit match sells out

  Essex Eagles' historic floodlit clash with Surrey Lions is set to be a complete sell-out.

• Athletics: James out to track down Olympic glory

  A Hadleigh runner is preparing the chase his Olympic dream this autumn - on the end of a small piece of string.

• Cricket: Such spins a magical spell

  Peter Such produced a devastating late burst to leave Essex reasonably satisfied from their first day's labours against Gloucestershire at Castle Park.

• Soccer: FA discusses future of Blues

  Football League officials have been discussing the future of Third Division crisis club Southend United.

• Southend: Arts festival for all....

  The first ever Southend Arts Festival is about to start. SALLY KING takes a peek at the week of events about to unfold

• Essex: What to do if exam results don't reach expectations...

  For most aspiring students A-levels are the passport to higher education. Pending results will depend on what study paths individuals take. However, there are many hidden avenues to take if marks are not as good as expected, as MAT WATSON reports

• Theatre: Jared's midsummer dream in the park...

  Most youngsters hate to be in the middle of two squabbling adults.

• Southend: History collector Ken puts pictures into print...

  Not only does Ken Crowe have in interest in old pictures, he takes tomorrow's history pictures today, he tells TOM KING

• Benfleet: Mothers' Union faces shutdown

  A Mothers' Union group is set to close at the end of this year - despite celebrating its centenary.

• East Anglia: 12,000 pigs slaughtered

  A total of 12,000 pigs have been slaughtered in East Anglia with suspected swine fever.

• Braintree: Appeal for two girls by police

  Police are renewing an appeal for two young girls who could help their investigations into a serious assault in Braintree.

• Polo: Lions roar to a memorable win

  The only remaining polo club in Essex celebrated a memorable win at Rugby Polo Club at the weekend.

• Soccer: Clarke discovers life after Southend

  Former Southend United winger Adrian Clarke was today preparing for life as a part-time footballer.

• Rallying: Wood and Imber ready to capitalise

  Witham rally driver Neil Wood, 39, partnered by his regular co-driver Justin Imber, 29, from Braintree, bounced back after their impressive, but ultimately disappointing, performance in July's Jim Clark rally.

• Cricket: Essex given a second chance

  Essex were no doubt relieved and surprised when they were made to follow on by Gloucester in the wake of an inept batting performance at Colchester.

• Soccer: Blues boss seeks travel sickness cure

  Southend United boss Alan Little wants his players to find a cure for their Third Division travel sickness when they visit Torquay United tomorrow afternoon.

• Athletics: Sarah's race against time fo Olympics

  Southend's Sarah Wilhelmy may have secured her sprint relay berth for the Sydney Olympics but she is still trying to qualify for the 200m.

• Southend: Push to toughen anti-litter campaign

  A leading councillor has stepped up calls for tough on-the-spot fines for litter louts in Southend town centre.

• CLACTON: Mother's concern for children as bus route axed

  AN anxious mum has told of her fears for her sons' safety after the bus they were due to catch to school next month has been axed. Gavin Chinery, 13, is a pupil at the Colne Community College in Brightlingsea and his 11-year-old brother, Ben, is due to…

• CLACTON: A GAS engineer has won a national watersports championship.

  A GAS engineer turned on the heat to become a national watersports champion.

• Soccer: Tinkler loves Blues sweeper role

  Mark Tinkler has revealed how much he is enjoying his new sweeper's role at the heart of Southend United's defence.

• COLCHESTER: Gay Switchboard cash boost

  COLCHESTER'S Gay Switchboard has been thrown a lifeline after its headquarters were devastated by lightning last month.

• Wickford: Canine chums in SOS

  Do you have room in your heart and home for a loveable pooch?

• Thurrock: Councillors saddened by pavilion's end

  Plans to turn Lakeside Shopping Centre's pavilion into restaurants and snack bars have been met with disappointment by councillors.

• Southend: Airport's role in seafront display

  Southend Airport is to play a key role in the Clacton Seafront Airshow as many aircraft use it as their base during the two-day display.

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