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  • Dickinson: We knew we would have to battle for win

    LIAM Dickinson insisted Southend United always knew they would be in for a battle at Dagenham and Redbridge yesterday. Dickinson was on target for high flying Blues as they triumphed 3-2 against their struggling hosts at Victoria Road.

  • Anti-captialist protest cancelled in Southend

    ANTI-CAPITALIST activists have cancelled plans to set up a camp in Southend today. According to a message posted on the Facebook page called Occupy Southend the group were made aware of a threat from an "known extremist organisation" who were planning

  • Group crafts benches and improves Canvey seafront

    IT takes a lot of dedication to keep our beaches clean, but volunteers have gone one step further in their efforts to make the coastline more attractive to visitors. Inspired by a trip to Seaford, in Sussex, the Friends of Canvey’s Concord Beach have

  • Campaigner’s fear after new gas leak at refinery

    A CAMPAIGNER is calling for Essex County Council chiefs to tighten up safety checks on potentially explosive fuel storage sites. It comes as the Echo can reveal a further leak of flammable liquid petroleum gas at the Petroplus oil refinery, at Coryton

  • How end of love nearly cost Benfleet woman her home

    WHEN Patricia Jones moved into her little bungalow with her partner Leonard Kernott she was so in love, she was happy to sign a document granting him shared ownership of the property. The couple weren’t married. But Ms Jones trusted