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Back-to-back Coca-Cola Championship defeats have not left Ipswich Town boss Joe Royle deflated ahead of tonight's visit of Southampton.
A HOUSING complex in Hadleigh could mark the beginning of a three-stage rejuvenation project for the town centre, it has been revealed.
Cricket fever has taken over schools and cricket clubs in mid Essex as youngsters were gripped by the Ashes.
On first inspection, beach cleaner, Jamie Cornes, thought it was just another bottle.
FED-UP residents today demanded Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet are no longer "ignored" by Basildon Council.
Spriralling petrol prices may mean motoring misery on most filling station forecourts but it's wonder-fuel news for one budding businessman.
ECHO business reporter Tom King will be showing off his general knowledge tonight when he appears on TV show Mastermind.
A newsagent was subjected to a racial attack in Colchester.
A fresh start was made in the court martial of seven Colchester-based paratroopers charged with murdering teenager Nadhem Abdullah and violent disorder in Iraq.
The head of Tendring's police force has warned people not to take the law into their own hands.
A company has been cleared of unfairly sacking a worker who made a 360-mile daily round trip to a construction site in Yorkshire.
Three heroes who rescued a drowning woman and her granddaughter from the sea at Clacton have picked up top awards.
A MAN fears he will be scarred for life after being pushed through a glass door in Southend.
A worried mother has warned parents to be vigilant after a "very suspicious" man asked to take photographs of her young sons.
Inconsistency might have cost Westcliff their Premier place, but skipper Jon Pratt believes they can bounce straight back next season.
A SCHOOL has banned chocolate and crisps from lunchboxes and axed its tuckshop as part of a healthy eating drive, it was revealed today.
THE final stage of the re-development of the once-notorious Five Links estate has been given the go-ahead by council chiefs.
THE threat of a fuel blockade has sparked petrol panic buying across south Essex.
The remains of a Roman tomb have been unearthed beneath a Colchester school.
Warming the bench was no barrel of laughs for Fabian Wilnis at Sheffield United.
Billericay Town have been given extra incentive to triumph in tonight's FA Cup first qualifying round home replay with Spartan South Midlands League St Margaretsbury.
A fire chief has urged a community to give information about arsonists blighting a seaside resort.
TALENTED artist Doris Walker is exhibiting her latest works at a south Essex library - at the age of 93.
A mother is refusing to send her son to lessons after he was denied entry to his nearest school.
N0 family could be more deserving of the tag "cricket nuts" than the Tibbenhams of the Hadleigh and Thundersley Club where sons Paul and Mike both play and mum Mary is first team scorer.
ESSEX Police have spent £4,000 sponsoring a Southend exhibition featuring Holocaust victim Anne Frank, which is designed to fight race and hate crime.
A NEW £100,000 "one-stop shop" will be built in Northlands Park, Felmore.
VICTIMS of the New Orleans disasters were remembered as owners of classic American cars drove up and down Southend seafront to raise money for the survivors.
Southend maintained their indian sign over Old Patesians as they got their home campaign off to a successful 30-10 winning start on Saturday.
Horrifed shoppers today told of the moments when a man was fatally injured.
Vandals poured liquid through the letterbox of a family home.
A community warden will continue keeping Witham's Templars Estate litter free and a more pleasant place to live after his contract was renewed.
Jubilant Essex skipper Ronnie Irani today added his congratulations as England enjoyed the limelight of their sensational Ashes victory against Australia.
Panic-buying has broken out on petrol station forecourts amid fears of blockades in protest against spiralling prices.
A SCHOOL has banned pupils from eating sugary or fatty snacks at breaktime to promote healthy living.
