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Former Wickford vet Ben writes best seller
8:00pm Thursday 21st August 2008
A VET has written a historical novel which is flying off shelves across the world.
Council resorts to plastic to stop road sign thieves
12:00pm Wednesday 20th August 2008
METAL road signs across Essex are being replaced by cheap, plastic alternatives to curb the rapid rise of roadside thefts.
Scrummy mummies bare all
7:00am Wednesday 20th August 2008
SCRUMMY mummies used only power tools to hide their modesty in a fund-raising calendar for a nursery.
Comments (0)Wear your leathers, they're a real life saver
4:33pm Tuesday 19th August 2008
BIKER Steve Fry made the right choice when he went out for a ride two weeks ago. It was a hot sunny day yet he wore full protective leathers.
Len’s spy book was in MI5 boss’s top five
6:20am Tuesday 19th August 2008
AUTHOR Len Sellers has received the ultimate seal of approval for his book about German spies who were shot in the Tower of London during the First World War.
Schoolgirls to have cancer vaccinations
12:00pm Monday 18th August 2008
A GROUNDBREAKING vaccine to immunise schoolgirls against cervical cancer will be offered on the NHS across south Essex from this autumn.
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Idowu 'hurt' by missed gold chance
Updated 11:05pm Thursday 21st August 2008
Britain's Phillips Idowu admitted he was "upset and hurt" after seeing Olympic gold snatched from his grasp by an agonising five centimetres in the triple jump final in Beijing.
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Dog killed in house blaze
A FAMILY'S pet dog has been killed in a fierce house blaze in Pitsea. Four crews rushed to the scene of the fire, in Wythefield, at about 4pm. While making a search of the family home firefighters pulled out two greyhound dogs. But one of the dogs had already died from smoke inhilation.
Firefighters free child stuck in roundabout in Leigh
A YOUNGSTER who became stuck in a park roundabout had to be cut free by firefighters.
Police dig for woman's body
POLICE who have spent a week digging up land in Hockley are searching for the body of a woman who went missing 40 years ago, the Echo can reveal.
Meet survivors from Dragons' Den
CUCUMBER covers and kiss-casting kits may have failed to impress TV’s Dragons, but they are set to make an impression at a Southend garden show this weekend.
Gentle but firm policing to curb the kerb-crawlers
THEY are girls on the game and their sad stories tend to sound very similar... tales of drug abuse, mental illness and debt.
Plush hotel planned for Garon Park
PROPOSALS for an upmarket hotel linked to sporting facilities in Garon Park will be submitted to Southend Council in the next two months.
Call for funding to fight floods
THE leader of Castle Point Council has called on the Government to give assurances on future funding to tackle the risk of flooding.
Southend census figures WERE wrong
A NATIONAL think-tank has backed Southend Council’s claim the 2001 census underestimated the number of people living in the town.
Arsonists destroy £10,000 of wheat in field
A FARMER lost £10,000 of wheat in an arson attack which destroyed a quarter of a field.
'Shoddy' revamp work sparks flood fears for Broadway
UNHAPPY residents claim some improvements to a main street in Thorpe Bay may cause the road to regularly flood.
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