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Superport takes a huge step towards reality

Tony Douglas, chief operating officer of Laing O’Rourke, Simon Moore, chief executive of World London Gateway and Alain Bernard, chief executive offic

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.

Fuel tanker crash

7:09pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

A FUEL tanker hit the central reservation of the A13 following a collision with a car.

Need career advice? We’re all here to help

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.

Flats will leave us in the dark, say neighbours

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.

I've won £2.5m but I won't let it change me!

Tracy Foster with Kat Archer, who served her the winning ticket

5:52pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

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.

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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Degale wins in style

James Degale

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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