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10:43pm Thursday 21st August 2008
The number of people treated by NHS dentists has dropped by more than a million since the Government's high-profile overhaul of services, new figures showed.
10:43pm Thursday 21st August 2008
Britain's teenagers notched up record GCSE results, with the largest annual rise in top exam grades for almost 20 years.
10:43pm Thursday 21st August 2008
Two of the UK's "big six" energy firms hiked gas and electricity prices - adding to the misery for millions of hard-pressed households.
10:43pm Thursday 21st August 2008
The number of people quitting smoking has surged since the ban on lighting up in public places was introduced, new figures showed.
10:43pm Thursday 21st August 2008
Personal details relating to thousands of criminals have been lost in the latest in a line of Government data blunders.
10:43pm Thursday 21st August 2008
Gordon Brown hailed British troops fighting the Taliban as the true heroes of the Olympic year.
10:43pm Thursday 21st August 2008
Shamed pop star Gary Glitter has left Bangkok and is heading for London, the Foreign Office said.
10:43pm Thursday 21st August 2008
The "black box" flight data recorder will hold a clue to the likely cause of the devastating Madrid air crash which claimed more than 150 lives, UK air experts said.
10:43pm Thursday 21st August 2008
The former head of the Jersey child abuse investigation has slammed the island's legal system, claiming they delayed prosecutions and were held in "contempt" by victims.
10:43pm Thursday 21st August 2008
The family of a teenager who fell to his death from a building while fleeing a gang of youths has paid tribute to the youngster.
Updated 9:44pm Thursday 21st August 2008
Portsmouth have signed Arsenal's French left-back Armand Traore on a one-year loan deal.
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A FAMILY'S pet dog has been killed in a fierce house blaze in Pitsea. Four crews rushed to the scene of the fire, in Wythefield, at about 4pm. While making a search of the family home firefighters pulled out two greyhound dogs. But one of the dogs had already died from smoke inhilation.
A YOUNGSTER who became stuck in a park roundabout had to be cut free by firefighters.
POLICE who have spent a week digging up land in Hockley are searching for the body of a woman who went missing 40 years ago, the Echo can reveal.
CUCUMBER covers and kiss-casting kits may have failed to impress TV’s Dragons, but they are set to make an impression at a Southend garden show this weekend.
THEY are girls on the game and their sad stories tend to sound very similar... tales of drug abuse, mental illness and debt.
PROPOSALS for an upmarket hotel linked to sporting facilities in Garon Park will be submitted to Southend Council in the next two months.
THE leader of Castle Point Council has called on the Government to give assurances on future funding to tackle the risk of flooding.
A NATIONAL think-tank has backed Southend Council’s claim the 2001 census underestimated the number of people living in the town.
A FARMER lost £10,000 of wheat in an arson attack which destroyed a quarter of a field.
UNHAPPY residents claim some improvements to a main street in Thorpe Bay may cause the road to regularly flood.
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