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Oscar Freire held off a stern challenge from sprint legend Erik Zabel and Leonardo Duque to win the 14th stage of the Tour de France from Nimes to Digne-les-Bains on Saturday.
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TWO robbers who threatened a newsagent with a spanner and a baseball bat fled after being surprised by a second employee. The thugs demanded cash from the shopkeeper at Shanta newsagents in Woodgrange Drive, Southend. But the crooks were surprised by a second man who chased them out of the shop.
THIEVES have stolen a disabled schoolboy’s wheelchair. Sam Fowler, nine, who suffers from cerebral palsy, now faces spending the whole of the six-week school break stuck at home.
A TRAIL-BLAZING school has been given a £160,000 cash injection as it prepares to become the first non-city academy in the country.
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched to find out why the Canvey Way roadworks have caused so much chaos.
NURSES can now be trained in Southend after an break of almost two decades.
TWELVE suspected illegal immigrants were arrested after being found in a lorry delivering goods to the Ikea store near Lakeside.
A MYSTERY man has scooped a massive National Lottery prize – without even leaving the house.
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