JOSH Newman went to the Australian Olympic Youth Festival for the experience — but will be coming home to south Essex with a gold medal. The 14-year-old trampoline ace from Noak Bridge was selected by Team GB with Harry Newbold-Cozens to compete
STEVE Maish has missed out on his Professional Darts Corporation tour card for 2013. The Southend professional was unable to win one of the 12 cards available to semi-finalists at the PDC qualifying school in Wigan. And he finished well adrift
CALLOUS thieves stole the life savings of a woman in her nineties. The crooks called at the woman's home in the Nare Road area of Aveley before forcing their way in when she answered the door. Once inside, while one of the men kept the woman
POLICE are warning motorists to take extreme caution on the roads as snow continues to fall across Essex. People are being advised to only make journeys by car where they are unavoidable. Advice being given out by Essex Police's casualty reduction
FIVE men have been shortlisted for the role of Chief Constable of Essex Police. Current Chief Constable Jim Barker-McCardle announced his decision to step down last year. He wrote to all of the candidates standing for election to the
A WOMAN who set up a foundation in memory of her father is urging for more training to be given to carers dealing with dementia patients. Caroline Dearson, of Chesterfield Avenue, from Benfleet, set up the Mickey Payne Memorial Foundation, in memory
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THE snowfall predicted for south Essex started this morning with some reports saying we'll get up to 8cms. Here's what people are tweeting.
