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Temporary relief for beach users
4:50am Saturday 19th July 2008
VISITORS caught short on Southend seafront will be pleased to hear new toilets have been put up and more are on the way.
Comments (0)Oooh Matron, trainee nurses return to Southend
2:00am Saturday 19th July 2008
NURSES can now be trained in Southend after an break of almost two decades.
£240,000 lottery win
12:50am Saturday 19th July 2008
A MYSTERY man has scooped a massive National Lottery prize – without even leaving the house.
Newsagent chases robbers
5:10pm Friday 18th July 2008
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.
Rubbish blaze in Southend
8:40pm Friday 18th July 2008
A BIG pile of rubbish and tyres caught ablaze near a playground.
Boy's wheelchair stolen
6:21pm Friday 18th July 2008
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.
Family pay tribute to Benfleet biker
1:10pm Friday 18th July 2008
THE FAMILY of a motorcyclist killed after a horror crash on the A13 have paid a moving tribute to his “warm” and “loving” nature. Richard Amos, 47, from Benfleet, died from his injuries after crashing on the London-bound carriageway near Fobbing on Monday, June 30. Pedestrian Daniel Missons, 44, from Dickens Avenue, Tilbury, was killed at the scene.
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Cavendish claims fourth stage win
Updated 10:25pm Friday 18th July 2008
Mark Cavendish continued to enhance his reputation as cycling's new sprint king with a fourth stage win in the 2008 Tour de France.
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Newsagent chases robbers
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.
Tanya the face and body of Wonderbra
THE new face and body of lingerie giants Wonderbra is a Southend girl.
Boy's wheelchair stolen
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.
Waste plans look set for go-ahead
PLANS for a huge waste plant in Basildon will be decided next week – and campaigners are fearing the worst.
Cash to move Greensward to academy status
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.
Record number of Seevic applications
A RECORD number of students have signed up for courses at Seevic College.
Attack sparks call for return of dog licences
A WOMAN is calling for the return of dog licences after her pet labrador was mauled by two rottweillers.
Meet the Godfather of Canvey
ORIGINAL photographs have emerged of the man widely known as the father of modern Canvey.
It's the homeless couch generation
WHAT does the word homelessness mean to you? For most people, the image of a rough-looking person in a sleeping bag begging for change on the streets springs to mind. Yet the vast majority of homeless people are actually sleeping on friends or relatives’ couches without a permanent home to call their own.
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