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Pupils adopt Haiti’s flag colours to help victims
1:50pm Tuesday 9th February 2010
YOUNGSTERS at a school held a colourful show to raise money for victims of the Haiti earthquake disaster.
Suspended sentence for £7.5k benefit cheat
1:20pm Tuesday 9th February 2010
A BENEFIT cheat who claimed £7,500 had her jail sentence suspended at Basildon Crown Court.
Council war of words over health report leak
1:10pm Tuesday 9th February 2010
A WAR of words has erupted over future health care services in Billericay.
Free parking extended in Basildon to beat recession
7:50am Tuesday 9th February 2010
FREE parking in Basildon, Wickford and Billericay shopping centres will be extended for a year.
New Essex franchise ‘won’t hurt rail commuters’
7:40am Tuesday 9th February 2010
TRANSPORT Secretary Lord Adonis assured passengers they will not lose out when National Express is stripped of its East Anglia franchise next year.
Shop banned from playing music
1:00pm Monday 8th February 2010
A CLOTHES shop in Basildon town centre has been banned from playing music after failing to get the proper licence.
Rotarians and pupils collect £18k Haiti cash
11:40am Monday 8th February 2010
A SCHOOL raised almost £3,000 for victims of earthquake-devastated Haiti in just one day.
Rotarians and pupils collect £18k Haiti cash
11:00am Monday 8th February 2010
A SCHOOL raised almost £3,000 for victims of earthquake-devastated Haiti in just one day.
A true taste of paradise
9:00am Monday 8th February 2010
SWAPPING Pitsea for a Pacific Island might sound like paradise. But when your coach is held up by armed bandits wielding bows and arrows you realise the reality is much different.
Water company sued over sewage leak in River Crouch
8:04am Monday 8th February 2010
THE ENVIRONMENT Agency is suing a water company over a mass sewage leak in the River Crouch.
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