From Arches cafe to the world stage
	7:39pm Sat 5 Apr 08
	JAMES Edwards was dubbed the choir boy' when he worked as a waiter at the Arches cafes on Southend seafront.

We’ve read every Echo...except one!

12:25am Saturday 5th April 2008

ECHO devotee David Harvey has read every copy of his favourite paper since it was launched back in 1969...except one.

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	Go on a date with Jo....just for laughs
	4:34pm Fri 4 Apr 08
	JO ENRIGHT compares being on stage to being on a first date.

	Franks for the memories
	4:03pm Fri 4 Apr 08
	HE'S constantly crooning "come fly with me" and "fly me to the moon", but there's one place you'll never find Frank Sinatra impersonator David Abrahall - on a plane.

MY VIEW: 'Poisonous' traveller reports

12:39pm Friday 4th April 2008

Investigations reporter JON AUSTIN hits back at judge's criticism

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Exploring Peter and The Wolf with Brian

11:58pm Monday 31st March 2008

EVERYTHING about him is big - his stature, his lust for life and even his trademark bushy beard.

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Who will have that X-Factor?

9:33pm Monday 31st March 2008

THINK you have the X-Factor? - If so it's time to show off your talent at the Basildon District Young Musician of the Year competition.

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	Help us to change the lives of orphaned African children
	6:53am Mon 31 Mar 08
	A CHARITY is on a quest to brighten up the lives of African orphans.
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	It’s more than just a cow: It’s the gift of life
	5:03pm Fri 28 Mar 08
	WHAT is your perfect present? Cash, designer perfume, gleaming jewels or maybe a sleek and sexy sports car? How about a cow?
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	Master tells how to cope with modern life
	5:03am Fri 28 Mar 08
	IN the world of silent meditation, Master Yu Tianjian is a very big noise.
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	Gig on home turf makes me nervous
	10:33am Wed 26 Mar 08
	HE has toured the world, supported the likes of Oasis and Pulp and even released the UK's first ever MP3 single back in 1998.

	Boyz are back for you
	9:59am Wed 26 Mar 08
	THE Boyz are back and they are heading for town.

	I'm not a prostitute, I'm a sex counsellor
	12:01am Tue 25 Mar 08
	FAR from dirty, drug-addicted and self-loathing, prostitute Sally sees herself as a "marriage saviour".
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	MP demands free vote on embryos
	8:20pm Sun 23 Mar 08
	THURROCK'S MP has hit out at his own Government as the controversy over the Embryo Bill spilled over.
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	Mirror mirror on the wall who is the best am-dram of all?
	3:00pm Sat 22 Mar 08
	TALENTED performers have been treading the boards in the hope of winning the prestigious All England Theatre Festival.

	Dr Feelgood go down to the jetty ...again
	10:33am Thu 20 Mar 08
	FOOTAGE of legendary south Essex band Dr Feelgood playing at the Kursaal in Southend is being projected on the side of giant oil storage tanks as the backdrop for a new documentary.
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	I’m a pussy cat with my Apprentices really, says Sir Alan
	2:04am Thu 20 Mar 08
	AS I sit down in my chair and straighten my shirt, my palms start sweating and I begin to feel a little sick.
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	Old solider Don amazes medics
	4:27pm Wed 19 Mar 08
	A SECOND Wold War veteran has astounded medics after a chest scan revealed he has been walking around with German shrapnel wedged in his lungs for more than 64 years.
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	Youngsters flex their business muscles
	5:00am Wed 19 Mar 08
	FORGET Dragons Den or the Apprentice, eager entrepreneurs from south Essex have proved they are the business brains of the future by creating their own thriving companies.

	Easter Sunday rock for hospices
	4:55am Wed 19 Mar 08
	PERFORMERS will play with even more than their usual passion when they line up for the grand slam Easter weekend show, Rock for Havens Sake.

	Easter bunnies, creepy crawlies and wallabies
	3:03am Wed 19 Mar 08
	tROPICAL Wings World of Wildlife in South Woodham Ferrers is bursting at the seams with spring arrivals.

Putting your best foot forward

12:01am Wednesday 19th March 2008

IT'S free, it's healthy, it's fascinating, but beware, it is also deeply infectious. Over the Easter holiday, thousands of people of all ages will be on the footpaths and trails of Essex to indulge in walks of anything from a couple of miles to major league hikes of 100 miles or more.

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	Great grammar debate rumbles on
	7:55am Tue 18 Mar 08
	BELFAIRS head says scrapping grammars would cure the problems faced by comprehensive schools overnight GRAMMAR school head defends selective system
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	Save the planet we are helping
	10:40am Tue 18 Mar 08
	W OODEN amphitheatres and class allotments are helping Southend schools keep ahead of the game in the race to become sustainable.

	Trainee Thundersley nurse passes lifesaving test
	2:39pm Mon 17 Mar 08
	A TRAINEE nurse had her lifesaving skills put to the test when a man collapsed outside a hospital.
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