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County council denies secret traveller plans
12:00am Sunday 7th September 2008
ESSEX County Council has denied it has "secret" plans to remove about 100 traveller children from parents in the event of an eviction at Dale Farm in Crays Hill.
Comments (3)£1.3m project to complete children centres scheme
12:10am Sunday 7th September 2008
£1.3million is being spent on building or refurbishing children’s centres.
£4,200 raid on house
12:10am Sunday 7th September 2008
BURGLARS stole a silver diamond engagement ring and several other valuable items from a house.
Top police boss heads off to a new challenge
12:00am Sunday 7th September 2008
ONE of Essex Police’s top bosses has left to join another force.
Crates leads Great Britain in Paralympic Games
6:17pm Saturday 6th September 2008
SOUTH Essex's Danny Crates says his role as Great Britain's flag bearer for the Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony Beijing "the pinnacle" of his career.
Cool way to stay safe at home
2:00pm Saturday 6th September 2008
LIBRARIES in Southend are joining Neighbourhood Watch to offer free Message in a Bottle packs.
£10,000 monitors for ward
2:00pm Saturday 6th September 2008
SPECIALIST monitors have been donated to Southend Hospital by the Advanced Surgical Equipment Trust.
Stan and Eva's diamond cheer
1:00pm Saturday 6th September 2008
A COUPLE have celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary, nearly 70 years after they first met.
National Sport News
Whelan on target in Republic win
Updated 11:49pm Saturday 6th September 2008
Glenn Whelan's rise to prominence gathered pace in Germany as his first senior international goal helped get the Republic of Ireland's World Cup qualifying campaign off to the perfect start.
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Airport almost ready for take-off
BIG things are planned for Southend Airport. Staff are still on tenterhooks, waiting to hear the result of a sealed bid auction by Regional Airports for its 99-year lease, which is expected to fetch £100million.
Hospital stands firm on parking charges
THERE are no plans to change parking fees at Basildon Hospital, despite them being scrapped by the NHS in Scotland.
My View : Wake up and have your say on health care
Former Echo editor Jim Worsdale looks at health care proposals.
£2m handout will give town centre a facelift
COUNCIL chiefs are planning an autumn spending spree after getting a £2million handout to improve the town centre.
Plan 'B' for waste plant
A HUGE waste site dealing with rubbish from across Essex could be scaled down or scrapped altogether.
Footballer acquitted of assault
A FOOTBALLER walked free from court after being cleared of deliberately breaking his opponent’s jaw during a heated match.
Don't learn about ID theft the hard way says Barry
BARRY Stoll made a shocking discovery when he came by some computer equipment discarded when its owner upgraded her system.
Shrimpers get Kickz out of project
SOUTHEND United are the latest club to have been awarded the high profile Kickz project.
Tilson: Get in sorted pronto
“SHELL-SHOCKED” and “stunned” were just two of the words Southend United manager Steve Tilson used to describe his side’s 5-2 drubbing at Walsall on Saturday.
Walsall 5 Southend United 2
SOUTHEND United slumped to a depressing 5-2 defeat at Walsall this afternoon.
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