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Superport takes a huge step towards reality
4:19pm Wednesday 20th August 2008
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.
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A FUEL tanker hit the central reservation of the A13 following a collision with a car.
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10:00pm Wednesday 20th August 2008
THE long wait for thousands of pupils will soon be over when they pick up their GCSE results tomorrow.
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6:40pm Wednesday 20th August 2008
A PLANNED seven-storey block of flats would block out half the light in 19 rooms in a neighbouring property, a public inquiry heard.
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5:52pm Wednesday 20th August 2008
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Police pledge on street girls
5:30pm Wednesday 20th August 2008
POLICE have launched a crackdown on Southend’s red light district after receiving scores of complaints.
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Updated 11:04pm Wednesday 20th August 2008
James Degale produced one of the finest performances of his career to score a comprehensive 8-3 victory over Kazakhstan's Bakthiyar Artayev and guarantee Great Britain's third boxing medal of the Beijing Games.
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Superport takes a huge step towards reality
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.
Need career advice? We’re all here to help
THE long wait for thousands of pupils will soon be over when they pick up their GCSE results tomorrow.
Flats will leave us in the dark, say neighbours
A PLANNED seven-storey block of flats would block out half the light in 19 rooms in a neighbouring property, a public inquiry heard.
I've won £2.5m but I won't let it change me!
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.
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