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DIY SOS: Life-changing help for football fan Simon Dobbin who was brutally attacked in Southend

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It's illegal for your partner to do these ten things in a relationship

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Playground attack ‘goes viral’ as pupils film fight

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Wetherspoons bar boss visits Southend pub to unleash anger at PM's 'appalling' Brexit deal

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Gang jailed for total of 127 years after violent burglaries

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Perv snared by paedo hunters after trying to entice 'child' into sex acts

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Co-op bosses take to Facebook to call out 'naughty' raiders

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Two teen members of C17 gang banned from large parts of Thurrock

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Man wanted in connection to rape

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Armed robbers jailed after terrorising taxi drivers and cashiers

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Council boss: 'Every piece of land is being used to build more homes for Southend'

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Flying Tiger has reduced everything to £2 or less - here is where and when it's on

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Man stabbed four times before thugs steal his phone

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Banksy artwork sold to Essex art dealer for six-figure sum

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Man arrested in Stanford-le-Hope on suspicion of murder

Chicago's nightclub in Basildon will close tomorrow

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Yobs branded ‘disgusting’ after targeting cat with airgun

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Killer and accomplice admit terrifying gunpoint robbery at social club

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B&M announces new Canvey store

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Couple told they were ‘too old’ to conceive share their little miracle

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Revenge killer back in jail after gun-toting robbery

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Couple have been living out of their car for 8 weeks as they cannot find housing

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Man arrested after fatal M11 crash

London Mayor hits back over 'homeless dumping' claims from Essex council leaders

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Do these items belong to you? Car burglar jailed after resident caught him red-handed

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Woman banned from teaching for life after having sexual relationship with pupil

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'George had his whole life ahead of him': Mum detained after 'appalling tragedy'

WATCH: Suspected druggie arrested after high speed police chase

Tesco fund Westcliff's new charity garden

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Grammar school’s £1m science block extension is unveiled

'People are scared to go out at night': Fear as woman arrested after 'gun' is found

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REVEALED: Essex councils are investing £7bn pension fund in ‘unethical’ firms

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Boots' baby sale returns and prices start from just 60p

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Updated

Mum is cleared of 7-year-old's murder after being judged as insane

Man appears in court on Southend shooting murder charge

'Lazy detectives sabotaged child abuse investigations' court hears

£49 a year council tax rise up for vote

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Tracy pays tribute to her inspirational friend who had a double hand transplant

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Tributes pour in for junior league secretary who died suddenly just days before Christmas

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Woman arrested and imitation gun seized following late night assault

First snow flakes of the year have started to fall in Essex

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Pedestrian left with a head injury after a crash with moped in Leigh

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Rising star Ben Foakes is making the most of chance he thought he'd never get

Armed thugs threatened to slit man's throat during terrifying raid

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Mum on trial for murder 'had no idea what she was doing was wrong'

Lidl plans to open on Shoebury Garrison site

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Fresh multi-million pound plan to build homes on former garrison site

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VIDEO: Shop owner speaks out of terror after knifeman raids newsagent

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Victim sent drawing of her stalker holding a knife with blood dripping from it

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QUIZ: How comfortable are YOU financially (this poll says you need two homes)

Walker badly beaten with bottle in unprovoked attack

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£26m to fix Southend's roads and pavements

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Southend Airport to get a new hotel as bosses promise 'exciting' next decade

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Court to consider lifting anonymity of man accused of murdering backpacker Grace Millane

Thug who stabbed teen in broad daylight jailed for five years

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Armed cops sent to 'car jacking'... only to find a security company carrying out a training exercise

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Gun murder-accused court appearance is delayed

'Insane' mum killed her 7-year-old son to 'save him from a fate worse than death'

Upskirting will finally become a criminal offence

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Whistleblowers claim adults with autism are 'being locked up unnecessarily'

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Civic Centre set for big improvements... including £500k worth of desk moves

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Island car parks set to charge all year round in bid to raise an extra £100k

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Young asylum seekers in council's care are 'missing' amid modern day slavery fears

Probe launched after woman dies in A13 crash on New Year's Eve

Two men threaten man and steal cash during raid at home in Laindon

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Man jailed after pointing a BB gun at station staff at Basildon Train Station

South Essex MPs divided as more than 200 MPs rejected Theresa May's Brexit deal

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Teen caught with 68 wraps of heroin and cocaine in Southend banned from entering Essex

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Biker dies after crash on the M11

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Man due in court today charged with murder after Southend shooting

Man denies murder of Wickford backpacker Grace Millane

‘500-home plan will ruin our way of life’

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Shoebury East Beach restaurant with seaview terrace will finally go ahead

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Victim ‘cowered away from ex-teacher’s sexual advances’

Man charged with gun murder as woman dies

Police say death of man in Essex Marina not suspicious as inquest set to open

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Skeletal remains identified as man who went missing in 2010

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Killer mum told dad: 'I’m so sorry, I didn’t know what I was doing'

First images released of how crazy golf course could look leisure park

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VIDEO: Concerned marine divers rescue two sick seals

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Family will ‘live with the consequences of hospital’s £5.85m mistake for the rest of their lives’

7-year-old George was 'strangled and drowned by mum with history of mental illness'

Crews rush to Westcliff fire after a plastic bag of ashes placed in a kitchen

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All the Blues news

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Blues boss Powell expects direct threat from Bradford

The view from the other side: Bradford City

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Sport

Wheeler makes sensational return to Billericay as boss

Head-to-head: Bradford v Southend United

Bowers relishing Coggeshall clash

Southend Manor are hampered by injuries

Canvey bid to maintain great form on the road

Rocks bidding to recover from first loss of 2019

Kimble prepares Wakering for ‘six-pointer’

Hullbridge ready for clash under the Leyton lights

Basildon boss Blackburn: We need to pick up the points

Concord aim to heap misery on Billericay

Blues boss Powell: Leeds manager Bielsa has gone too far

Scogings urges Westcliff not to take victory for granted

Blues' academy comes to the fore in memorable fashion

Blues midfielder Klass linked with loan switch to Dagenham

Moore back for Blues but Bunn and Oxley miss out

Rochford winger Alfie aiming for more

Morrison keen for Southend to get back to their best

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National sport

Bayern boss Niko Kovac hails ‘sensational’ first half during Hoffenheim win

Bristol City owner wants Leeds to lose points for spying

Stoke boss Nathan Jones has no issue with Marcelo Bielsa’s ‘spying’ tactics

Vitesse edge five-goal thriller against Excelsior to move up to fourth

Emery: Chelsea defeat would make top-four finish impossible for Arsenal

Pochettino hoping to unearth next Spurs star from inside club

Pellegrini: Wilshere to return at start of February

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Blues

Blues boss Powell: We must be careful with Kelman

Blues in talks with striker

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Moore back for Blues but Bunn is ruled out

Was Kelman’s fine debut strike Blues’ best ever goal?

Blues coach Huzzey full of praise for youngsters after victory in EFL Youth Alliance Cup semi-final

Billericay hit Blues for six in Essex Senior Cup

Hart joins Blues on loan from Blackburn

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What's On

Join this beautiful winter walk in Southend today

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Take part in the ale trail and find new pub and beer favourites

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Aled Jones and Russell Watson will be performing in Southend

Prosecco party coming to Billericay

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Acclaimed Southend Shakespeare Company ready to tread the boards with Henry IV part I

Remembering the two hero pilots who crashed from our skies into a Rochford field 100 years ago

Down memory lane: photos reveal life in 1920s Southend

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Food & Drink

Take part in the ale trail and find new pub and beer favourites

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Prosecco party coming to Billericay

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Essex Festival of Food and Drink

It’s a wrap! Life on the road with John Torode

Where you can pick strawberries this season

Marco's Tapas Bar in Rayleigh celebrates 15 years

Health virtues of turning veggie are plenty...

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National news

Report on Trump and Cohen ‘not accurate’ – Mueller team

Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un to meet again to discuss denuclearisation

What the papers say – January 19

Passenger in Duke of Edinburgh crash ‘always wanted to meet a royal’

Sir Keir Starmer calls for ‘open debate’ to break the Brexit deadlock

University celebrates life of engineer James Watt

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