Stories for 17 March 2002

Essex Sport

Soccer: Harlow Town 2-1 Yeading (Ryman League Division One)

Harlow Town put on a spirited late fightback to take all three points against Yeading on Saturday.  more...

Soccer: Grays Athletic 1-3 Purfleet (Ryman League Premier Division)

Purfleet took the plaudits in the battle of Essex on Saturday, condemning Grays Athletic to a rare home defeat.  more...

Soccer: Ryman League Round-Up (Divisions 2 and 3)

Tilbury put a dent in Great Wakering's Ryman Division Two title ambitions on Saturday, holding Rovers to a 1-1 draw in the all-Essex derby.  more...

Soccer: Braintree Town 2-3 Enfield (Ryman League Premier Division)

Braintree threw away a two-goal lead at the weekend though remain 6th in the Ryman League Premier standings, despite three successive defeats.  more...

Soccer: Maidenhead United 0-1 Canvey Island (Ryman League Premier Division)

Canvey stayed top of the Ryman Premier Division thanks to Lee Boylan's solitary goal at Maidenhead United.  more...

Soccer: Uxbridge 1-3 Bishop's Stortford (Ryman League Division One)

Bishop's Stortford went top of the Ryman League Division One after a hard-fought success at mid-table Uxbridge on Saturday.  more...

Soccer: Billericay Town 1-2 Heybridge Swifts (Ryman League Premier Division)

Dominic Gentle's injury time penalty saw Heybridge snatch all three points from Saturday's visit to Essex rivals Billericay.  more...

Essex,Basildon News

Laindon: Murder inquiry launched

DETECTIVES investigating the death of a 57-year-old woman whose body was found in her Laindon flat have launched a murder inquiry after a post mortem revealed she died from a severe head injury.  more...

Basildon: Car crash victim named

SUFFOLK Police have named the teenager who is fighting for his life in a Cambridge hospital after the car he was travelling in was involved in a head-on crash with a horse-caravan.  more...

Basildon: Laughter at Crown Court

HAPPY smiling faces, laughter and fascination. Not the sort of reactions you would normally get inside Basildon Crown Court, but Saturday saw a very special day.  more...

Essex,Basildon,Thurrock News

Essex: Police called in over dead woman's body found in Kent cement works

DETECTIVES investigating the disappearance of 15-year-old Danielle Jones have been called in after the discovery of a woman's body at a cement works in Kent.  more...

Essex,Chelmsford Sport

Soccer: Ilkeston Town 3-3 Chelmsford City (Dr Martens League Premier Division)

Chelmsford battled for an honest point at Ilkeston Town on Saturday in an entertaining 3-3 draw.  more...

Essex,Colchester Sport

Soccer: Colchester United 3 Queens Park Rangers 1 (Division Two)

COLCHESTER United's Second Division status is almost certain for another season following their three-goal demolition job on promotion-chasing QPR at Layer Road.  more...