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  • Praise for police after traveller chaos in South Essex

    ESSEX Police’s response to an invasion of travellers in Southend and Canvey has been praised. Police and Crime Commissioner Nick Alston and Castle Point MP Rebecca Harris commended the force’s “prompt and vigorous” action against travellers which

  • Osteopath has helped my dog's back pain

    The results are in. After £246 of X-rays I can confirm my dog has a bad back. Of course, I knew he had a bad back before forking out on the pics of bits of him I’ll never see. What I didn’t know was how severe the damage was, how it would affect

  • Delivery office opens on Sundays

    A DELIVERY office will be open on Sundays from this weekend. Basildon Delivery Office is one of 100 across the country piloting Sunday openings to allow people to collect their parcels. It is hoped the move will help customers, who are not

  • Mercedes worth £35k stolen from street

    A CAR worth £35,000 was stolen from the roadside after a burglary. Detectives in Southend are appealing for information after a Mercedes E350 Sport CDI convertible car was stolen from outside a house in Queens Avenue, Leigh. It is believed

  • Islanders offer to be keyholders for flood pumps

    VOLUNTEERS are lining up to offer to be keyholders for Canvey’s flood pumps. At a meeting this week, Castle Point councillors heard there were ten residents who had relevant experience and were willing to become a designated keyholder for the Environment

  • Residents asked for views on proposed Wickford development

    COUNCIL bosses are pressing ahead with plans for a new development of homes, shops and a community centre. Basildon Council wants to knock down two blocks of 1960s flats in Stevenson Way and Brook Drive, Wickford, and replace them with modern buildings

  • ‘Mindless’ flooding driver is cautioned

    A “MINDLESS FOOL” who filmed himself driving through floodwaters on Canvey, deliberately splashing people, has been handed a police caution. Outraged residents called police after a clip of the man brazenly driving his 4x4 through the submerged

  • Council’s red light for eight new flats

    A CAR dealership should not be converted into flats, according to town councillors. Paul Ragan, of Orchard Car Company, London Road, Leigh, plans to retire and close the dealership after 20 years. He has submitted a planning application to

  • She looks fine...but this is what Beth endures

    THE parents of a seriously ill girl have released a bold picture showing how a rare condition affects her on a daily basis. Roger and Debbie Hambleton took the brave step of posting the picture of their ten-year-old daughter, Beth, online to show

  • Time to inspect all the drains, says Castle Point MP

    AN MP is calling for a full review of Castle Point’s drainage system as she fears it cannot cope with average rainfall. Rebecca Harris fears the problems with the borough’s drains is much more widespread than the focus of the Government’s review

  • Time to get Southend's clocks fixed?

    A BROKEN timepiece may be correct twice a day...but a retired mayoral chauffeur is on a crusade to get Southend’s working around the clock. Bill Banton, 82, who was the Mayor of Southend’s mace bearer and chauffeur between 1982 and 1996, has made

  • Minister opens first railways academy

    PROSPECTS College has unveiled the UK’s first advanced technology college – focused on building Britain’s railways and roads for the next 60 years. Yesterday, students, teachers and dignitaries attended the campus in Basildon where the Government

  • Turning the Ice Bucket Challenge on its head

    A WOMAN has turned the ice bucket challenge on its head, by pledging to survive on a single bucket of water each day for a week. Christina Ravinet, 26, returned to her home in Belfairs Drive, Leigh, after a ten-week charity trip to Tanzania with

  • Southend student, Nathaniel, 15, is a magician in the making

    A TEENAGER has set sights on giving magicians like Dynamo and David Blaine a run for their money. Nathaniel Allen, 15, is already a member of the prestigious Magic Circle, having developed a taste for card tricks while still in junior school.

  • Faith leader defends Islamic centre plan

    AN ISLAMIC group is hoping to set up a new centre in a former Basildon call centre office – but insists it would not be a mosque. Brother Sarfraz Sarwar of Basildon Islamic Centre, has applied for permission to change the use of 17 Buckwins Square