Stories for 31 May 2002

Basildon,Chelmsford,Essex,Southend Sport

Cricket: Derby weekend

It's a jubilee weekend of local derbies for local sides in the Shepherd Neame Essex League.   more...

Basildon,Essex News

Laindon: Ugly mugger robs friends

A step-dad has offered a £500 reward after his 13-year-old step-son and his friend were mugged by an "ugly man".   more...

Laindon: Happy thoughts of Anita

Mourners were urged not to dwell on the circumstances of Anita Gordon's death as they gathered for her funeral.   more...

Basildon: Clean up at nature reserve

A nature reserve has been turned into a valuable attraction thanks to a big clean-up.   more...

Basildon,Essex,Southend News

Benfleet: Cancer victim's fury at mast plan

A mum-of-two was dismayed to discover plans for a mobile phone antenna near her back garden - just as she makes a come-back from breast cancer.   more...

Rayleigh: Town history on the wall

A mural depicting the history of Rayleigh and contemporary themes should soon be gracing a blank wall at the top of Crown Hill.   more...

Basildon,Essex,Southend Sport

Rugby: Wyverns giving youth its fling

Rayleigh Wyverns Rugby Club are planning for a big future from small beginnings as they prepare to launch their first-ever youth section.   more...

Basildon,Essex,Thurrock News

Basildon, Stanford-le-Hope: Kim's 40 hours in A and E

A woman who spent nearly 40 hours at Basildon Hospital's accident and emergency department fears she may need a blood transfusion - after claiming she was sent home with a bleeding ulcer.   more...

Chelmsford,Colchester,Essex Sport

Cricket: Flanagan still believes in county future

Colchester and East Essex star Ian Flanagan still believes he has a future in county cricket.   more...

Chelmsford,Essex News

Chelmsford: Ecstasy tablets in car swoop

Police seized 2,075 Ecstasy tablets with a street value of £20,000 from a car in Springfield Road, Chelmsford.   more...

Chelmsford: 'Find Samaritans who helped us'

A 12-year-old boy is calling for the mystery good samaritans who took him to hospital after he fell from a rope swing to come forward so he can thank them.   more...

Chelmsford: Mountaineer dies in Alps accident

A mountaineer from Essex has been killed in a mountain-climbing accident in the French Alps.   more...

Chelmsford,Essex Sport

Cricket: Essex bowlers put to sword

The Essex bowling attack must be experiencing an overwhelming sense of deja vu after watching Northamptonshire's Michael Hussey smashing the ball all over the park.   more...

Cricket: Old boy Anderson is threat to Essex

Ricky Anderson - the bowler who turned his back on Essex a few months ago - represents one of the biggest threats to Essex hopes of Championship revenge against Northampton.   more...

Soccer: Parker's England memories

It's 12 years since Chelmsford City FC manager Paul Parker was proudly pulling on his England shirt and walking out onto the Italian pitches hosting the 1990 World Cup.   more...

Cricket: Essex pleased to see back of Hussey

Essex may have finally dismissed Northamptonshire danger-man Michael Hussey but they are firmly on the back foot in this county championship clash.   more...

Colchester,Essex Sport

Soccer: Burley predicts World Cup success for trio

George Burley has earmarked three of his current and former proteges as potential heroes of the World Cup.   more...

Colchester,Essex,Southend News

Essex: Warning to World Cup yobs

A high-profile police operation will be staged in Essex to crackdown on any World Cup troublemakers.   more...

Essex Business

Essex: A link to kick-start county firm success

The head of Essex's leading business support agency has vowed to tackle the county's unusually high rate of new business failures.   more...

Stansted: 'Skills break' trend

Stansted airline buzz has unveiled a new travel trend gripping UK holidaymakers - 'skill escapes'.   more...

Canvey: Rail extension idea sparks anger

Canvey's proposed rail terminal could be a "timebomb" destroying the island's natural features, says a councillor.   more...

Stansted: Cargo airline is booming

Volga-Dnepr Airlines, world leader in the super-heavy and outsize cargo market, has reported its most successful period ever.   more...

Braintree: Colourful DIY jubilee tribute

Braintree is bristling with red, white, and blue bunting for the Queen's Golden Jubilee after a do-it-yourself operation by the town's traders.   more...

Basildon: A blind man's gruff

Shopkeepers who persist in obstructing walkways with their displays will be prosecuted for trespassing, Basildon town centre managers have warned.   more...

Essex Essexkidz

Half-term fun for all

This weekend not only sees the start of the World Cup and the Queen's official golden jubilee celebrations, it is also the beginning of the school half-term week.  more...

Essex News

Dovercourt: Warning as pet dog mauled to death

A man has told of how the light of his life went out after he saw his pet dog savaged to death by two alsatians.   more...

Heybridge: Jewellery thieves' £10,000 haul

Almost £10,000-worth of jewellery has been stolen from a house in Heybridge.   more...

Dovercourt: Resort's Blue Flag joy

Dovercourt is celebrating after it was awarded a prestigious Blue Flag award for the second year.   more...

Woodham: Housing future unveiled

The new blueprint for housing in South Woodham Ferrers will be unveiled in full to the public in two weeks, councillors have revealed.   more...

Little Canfield: Fridge storage plan approved

Essex County Council has given itself planning permission to carry on storing old fridges and freezers at the Crumps Farm landfill site at Little Canfield.   more...

Harlow: Your views on rubbish

Community groups in Essex can have their say about how rubbish should be dealt with over the next 20 years at a workshop in Harlow on June 11.   more...

Maylandsea: Jewels worth £250,000 snatched

A Maylandsea jeweller is offering a reward after thieves stole jewellery worth £250,000 from his home last week.   more...

Essex Obituaries

Dorothy Cock (Fingringhoe)

Dorothy Cock, a former chairman of Lexden and Winstree Rural District Council, has died. She was 97.   more...

Carol Finch (Clacton)

A member of Clacton Golf Club has lost her seven-month battle with cancer.   more...

Ted Dunn (Lawford)

Veteran pacifist and author Ted Dunn has died at his home in Hungerdown Lane, Lawford, aged 82.   more...

Danny Tarling (Brentwood)

A football-mad Brentwood man who fought through meningitis on three seperate occasions has died in a freak swimming accident in Florida.   more...

Thomas Windsor (Colchester)

A one-time commanding officer of Colchester Territorial Army, Captain Thomas Windsor, has died. He was 86.   more...

Sidney Butcher (Chelmsford)

Sidney Butcher, who died on May 16, was a familiar figure to residents on Chignal estate in Chelmsford where he lived with his wife Olive since the estate was built in 1952.   more...

Larry Orpen-Smellie (Colchester)

Crack rifle shot Lieutenant Colonel 'Larry' Orpen-Smellie, who saw service with the Essex and Parachute regiments, has died aged 72 after a courageous battle against cancer.   more...

Henry L. Frost (Maldon)

Henry L. Frost who has died aged 88 was awarded the OBE in 1980 for his life-long service to local government and the community.   more...

Helen Keen (Dovercourt)

A former nurse from Dovercourt has died aged 71.   more...

Essex Sport

Soccer: Girls soccer day a success

Working alongside Chelmsford Borough Council and Focus Ferrers Football Club, the Essex County FA were in South Woodham Ferrers on Wednesday for yet another successful Girls Mini Soccer Festival.   more...

Essex,Southend News

Southend: Prostitutes to face prison

Southend police are threatening prostitutes with hardline court orders which could see them sent to prison for up to five years.   more...

Southend: Town can flag up its clean beaches

Southend has some of the best beaches in Europe after passing a string of tough tests with flying colours.   more...

Hadleigh: Protest over phone tower

Horse riders and walkers could be at risk from a 20 metre mobile phone tower planned for a Daws Heath reservoir, feared a horrified neighbour.   more...

Essex,Southend Sport

Golf: McEvoy hoping to be a cut above

Shoebury golfer Richard McEvoy today began his second round at the Victor Chandler British Masters determined to make the cut after an encouraging opening round.   more...

Athletics: Southend hopes get blown away

Southend AC's hosting of the Eastern Young Athletes meeting was long on rain, long on wind but unfortunately short on officials.   more...

Soccer: Ex-Blues star's £35,000 tackle

A footballer from south Essex who left a fellow professional with one leg shorter than the other after a two-footed tackle has paid £35,000 to the player in an out-of-court settlement.   more...

Golf: Stars come out for charity

For the third year running, Thorpe Hall hosted a Charity Golf Day in aid of `A Birdie for Life.'   more...

Soccer: Here we go - to Japan

Football-mad Daniel Gray was today preparing for the trip of a lifetime to see England play in the World Cup.   more...

Essex,Thurrock News

Thurrock: Community-based policing extended

Thurrock police plans to extend its successful scheme of having officers based in the community.   more...

Thurrock: Lock up your sheds!

Police officers have issued a warning for people to make sure their garages and sheds are secure.   more...

Chadwell St Mary: 'Slow these cars down'

A worried woman who lives next to a zebra crossing has called for action to slow drivers down "before someone gets killed."   more...

Essex,Thurrock Sport

Athletics: Katie pins hopes on surgeons

Katie Amos will hope the surgeon's knife can cure a heel injury that threatens to curtail her career.   more...

  
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