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3:23pm Friday 4th April 2008
Competition Winners January/February 2008 Winners Opera Competition 1st Prize Susan Hume Hadleigh 2nd Prize Mr Nicholas Wright Rochford 3rd Prizes Janet Watterston Maldon Mrs Jennifer Palmer Laindon Mrs A.Botly Hullbridge Winners P&O Competition Kerry Sinclair Thundersley Mr K. Mayhew Southend Richard Coghill Benfleet Mrs P. Holland Ashingdon Mrs Sheila Burgoyne Prittlewell Southend Ms V. Worswick Basildon Winners Legoland competition all titles Mrs Pauline Root Thundersley Mrs Tracy Gladman 28 Clifton Ave Benfleet Miss K. Wright Canvey Island Basildon Recorder Elaine Butteriss Basildon Mrs T. Dobson-Amos Wickford Mrs P. Groves Basildon Southend Standard Mr R. Smith Shoeburyness Katherine Moore Southend Alfie & Charlie Nash Benfleet Mr Stevens Billericay Mrs Pat Madan Brentwood Morgan Browne Brentwood Winners Basildon Holiday Inn Valentines Competition Mr P. Wanless Canvey Island Terry Kirby Southend Mr M Holmes Leigh-on-Sea Winner Honda Generator competition Mrs A. Roberts Hockley Winners Bella Italia Competition Debbie Baker Great Wakering Maggie Whitehead Westcliff-on-Sea Derek Smee Shoeburyness Winners Basildon-Rayleigh Holiday Inn Competion Jessica MacIntyre Shoeburyness Lizzie Sykes Shoeburyness Winners Holiday Inn Murder Mystery competition Abigail Ash Basildon Joanne Phillips Corringham Stanford-le-Hope Mrs C. Draper Laindon Winners Basildon Holiday Inn Mothers Day Competition Martin Williams Wickford Micheal Duke Basildon Pam Kelly Rochford Winners Dove Competition 1st Prize Shoes & Goodie Bag Miss T. L. Elphick Langdon Hills Basildon Miss L.M. Swinburne Rochford Alison - Kim Warner Basildon
THE CHAMPAGNE was flowing in Sutton Road, Southend, with news the area’s post office will stay open.
A CONTRACT to build a £1.6bn superport at Shell Haven has been signed today. Owners Dubai Ports World have signed a deal with two contractors to build a container port and business park on the former Shell oil refinery site in Thurrock.
THE long wait for thousands of pupils will soon be over when they pick up their GCSE results tomorrow.
A PLANNED seven-storey block of flats would block out half the light in 19 rooms in a neighbouring property, a public inquiry heard.
SOUTH ESSEX’S latest millionaire says her new-found wealth still hasn’t sunk in – three weeks after winning £2.5million on the National Lottery.
METAL road signs across Essex are being replaced by cheap, plastic alternatives to curb the rapid rise of roadside thefts.
THIEVES stole school gardening equipment and made their getaway using a petrol mower, police believe.
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