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THIEVES made off with a top of the range Mini after breaking into the owner’s house and stealing the keys. Police believe the crooks used an implement through the letterbox to gain entrance to the home in Raphael Avenue, Tilbury, before they stole the

MORE than 300 parents have been taken to court over their children skipping school, new figures have revealed. Essex County Council has brought prosecutions against the parents and guardians of 318 persistent truants since September 2007, according to

FISHERMEN have spoken of their upset at watching television scenes where tonnes of dead fish were dumped back into the sea. The controversial practice is a result of EU fishing quotas, which mean once boats have caught their allowance, the rest must

CHANGES to licensing rules making it tougher to become a taxi driver have been delayed. Members of the Licensing Committee at Basildon Council took the step of deferring a move which would have meant people who had been convicted of serious

SUPERNATURAL TV series Being Human has proven to be BBC Three’s biggest hit. Starring Billericay’s Russell Tovey and written by Southend’s Toby Whithouse, it’s back on our screens this weekend for a third series. It tells the story of a group of