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500 Essex businesses sign up for Olympics contracts

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:40:00 +0000

NEARLY 5,000 businesses across Essex have signed up for a chance at Olympic contracts.

Essex Euro-MP's plane forced to make emergency landing

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:45:41 +0000

AN MEP feared he would die as the plane he was on was forced to make an emergency landing.

No council tax rise for Basildon families

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:23:36 +0000

Basildon householders will see no increase in their council tax this year.

Essex County Council carried out 22,000 CRB checks in a year

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:30:57 +0000

ESSEX County Council carried out more criminal records bureau checks than any other local authority last year, figures reveal.

850 homes planned for Dry Street wildlife haven

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

A WILDLIFE haven at Dry Street, Basildon, has been earmarked for 850 new homes.

Boat passengers hospitalised after taking dip in cold water

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:03:02 +0000

THREE people were hospitalised after they were rescued from a river when their boat run aground near Hullbridge.

Council’s new homes plan will cost £250k

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

A PLAN setting out where houses will be built across Castle Point will cost taxpayers more than £250,000 and take two years to complete.

My vow to get unfit drivers off our streets

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000

A VICAR has vowed to press ahead with her campaign for a change to UK driving laws, almost six years after her niece was hit and killed by a practically blind driver.