Echo news from Southend, Basildon, Castle Point,Rayleigh, Rochford, Wickford, Billericay, Thurrock

Good Ofsted report for under-fire school

10:00am Monday 20th May 2013

CHILDREN and staff at a much maligned primary school are celebrating getting a good Ofsted report.

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Talent show boss denies rape claim

8:50am Monday 20th May 2013

THE man behind the Essex Factor talent contest has been arrested on suspicion of rape.

Updated: Two teenagers stabbed outside Chalkwell station

POLICE are investigating reports of a stabbing outside Chalkwell train station.

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Man breaks jaw in assault at Lakeside shopping centre

2:38pm Saturday 18th May 2013

A MAN had his jaw broken in three places when he was assaulted at a taxi rank at Lakeside Shopping Centre.

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Driver handed three year prison sentence after seriously injuring Bulphan motorcyclist

12:19pm Saturday 18th May 2013

A DRIVER has been sent to prison for more than three years after seriously injuring a motorcyclist in Bulphan.

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Investigation launched into cause of Laindon house fire

9:29am Saturday 18th May 2013

AN investigation has been launched after a fire broke out in a Laindon home in the early hours of the morning.

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Man does 200-mile kyaking jaunt down river Thames

7:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

A MAN is currently on a two and a half week kayaking jaunt down the  River Thames to raise funds for a cancer charity.

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