Stories for 29 January 2003

Basildon,Brentwood,Essex Sport

Rugby Union: East London Select XV 21-21 Billericay 1999 Twickenham XV

A late try and conversion ensured the Billericay side of 1999 who lifted the Tetley Bitter Vase at Twickenham grabbed a draw in this friendly.   more...

Basildon,Essex News

Basildon: 40-tonne truck hits parked cars

A lorry careered out of control and crashed into a row of parked cars at the Basildon Sports Centre last night.   more...

Basildon: Fire chief slams `bullyboy' Prescott

Basildon's most senior firefighter has said the news that Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is to take direct control of the fire service "will not make any difference at all".   more...

Basildon: The way to go for career advice

They may have started the day planning ways to spend their money, but many stopped to learn about different ways to earn it.   more...

Canvey: Cockney singalong boost for lifeboat

Would you Adam and Eve it? A right old Cockney knees up on Canvey raised £863.74 for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.   more...

Basildon,Essex Sport

Rugby Union: Basildon Colts 27-0 Harwich and Dovercourt

Basildon were determined to prove Harwich were lucky last time they played them for the third time this season.   more...

Brentwood,Essex,Southend News

Brentwood, Southend: Name and shame posters warning

Repeat offenders could be named and shamed on posters appearing around Southend.   more...

Chelmsford,Colchester,Essex News

Essex: Man accused

A 77-year-old man has appeared in court facing two charges of gross indecency with boys under the age of 16.   more...

Essex: Hospice in line for lottery windfall

Health bosses in mid and north Essex are celebrating after benefiting from a lottery windfall.   more...

Chelmsford,Essex Business

Chelmsford: Company wins major business

Chelmsford-based environmental monitoring company AES has won a major part of one of the biggest air pollution monitoring contracts in the country.   more...

Chelmsford,Essex News

Chelmsford: Bus changes for royal visit

Buses will be barred from Chelmsford town centre on Friday during the visit of the Earl and Countess of Wessex to Chelmsford Cathedral to commemorate the 1953 floods.   more...

Colchester,Essex News

Colchester: Town man to get Tube back on rail

A Colchester engineer is the man in charge of trying to get the Tube back on track.   more...

Essex: Beast sighted

A driver got a shock when he had a brush with the fabled Beast of Essex on a county road.   more...

Colchester: Council tax rise on the way

Residents in Colchester could see a hike in their tax.   more...

Colchester,Essex Sport

Soccer: Whitton leaves U's

Colchester United have parted company with manager Steve Whitton.   more...

Soccer: Injury bombshell for Warren

Colchester United have been hit with a bombshell after learning that Mark Warren is set to miss up to six weeks through injury.   more...

Essex Business

Braintree: Shop hopes for a nappy ending

Braintree town centre is on the verge of losing its only babywear shop.   more...

Kirby: Raiders target village pub

Village landlords have hit out after thieves raided their pubs and stole cash from tills and games machines.   more...

Pitsea: Raider leapt on to shop counter

An off-licence worker was terrorised by a crowbar-wielding robber who jumped on to the counter and demanded cash.   more...

Essex News

Billericay: RAF crews rescue woman from blaze

RAF firefighters battled a blaze in Billericay after an elderly woman knocked over a candle in her home last night.   more...

Essex: Firefighters 'won't be starved back to work'

Striking Essex firefighters will not be "brow-beaten and starved back to work"   more...

Earls Colne: Lorry driver airlifted after crash

A waste disposal lorry and a pick-up truck crashed on a narrow bridge, blocking a main road.   more...

Benfleet: Charity brings disabled cheer

Kind-hearted charity workers have donated two specialist chairs to disabled youngsters at a school.   more...

Braintree: Police alerted to blaze

Military firefighters have tackled a Braintree house fire which left one man needing hospital treatment.   more...

Horsley Cross: Villagers oppose travellers site

Protesters claim land at Horsley Cross is not the right place for Tendring's first official gipsy encampment.   more...

Canvey: Workers are set to roll on funfair

Workmen could be just days away from moving on to a Canvey seafront site earmarked for a £500,000 funfair, it emerged today.   more...

Maldon: Ten-year-old shot in face

Police have issued a warning after a ten-year-old boy narrowly escaped being blinded after being shot in the face with a pellet.   more...

Maldon: Mud making our lives a misery

Mud is making life a misery for car owners in a Maldon road.   more...

Benfleet: Ruth makes the Bible come to life

Enterprising artist Ruth Morgan has devised a spectacular new look for the Good Book.   more...

Essex: I am just going outside...

"I am just going outside and may be some time."   more...

South Ockendon: Soccer hero is on the ball at old school

Budding soccer stars were put through their paces by a World Cup winning England international footballer.   more...

Harwich: Spire appeal gets financial lifeline

A lifeline has been given to a restoration appeal to save Harwich's historic church.   more...

Essex: Warning given over rubella risk

A warning has been given by the charity Sense that people are not sufficiently aware of the danger rubella poses to pregnant women.   more...

Castle Point: Thames Gateway sparks new fears

Fresh fears were today growing about how the massive Thames Gateway development project could affect Castle Point.   more...

Canvey: Date pencilled in for island festival

Organisers today revealed the proposed date for this year's Canvey Festival which is set to return by popular demand.   more...

Rayleigh: Road shut as wind fells tree

A fallen tree caused a road to shut for more than half-an-hour.   more...

Essex Sport

Darts: Jaws is no quitter

Maybe Witham's darts star Colin Lloyd should think about quitting the sport more often.   more...

Rugby Union: Mersea Island 12-11 Beccles

Beccles must wonder what they have to do to beat Mersea.   more...

Soccer: Roeder rings the changes

Glenn Roeder is set to ring the changes as his West Ham side goes in search of a desperately needed win against Blackburn Rovers.   more...

Soccer: Bishop's Stortford 1-2 Canvey Island (Ryman Premier)

Manager Jeff King admitted that his side could now happily turn their full attentions to Friday's vital FA Trophy clash after last night's 2-1 win.   more...

Angling: Promotion is a matter of Coarse

Coarse 86 angling club are celebrating an Essex Inter-club League double.   more...

Karate: Chop stars share annual awards

Five young members of Rayleigh's Shin-gi-tai Shotokan Karate club were presented with their end-of-year awards.   more...

Soccer: Barton Rovers 0-0 Great Wakering Rovers (Ryman North One)

Rovers looked on the bright side after recording a goalless draw in Bedfordshire last night.   more...

Soccer: Billericay Town 1-0 St Albans City (Ryman Premier)

Billericay produced a heroic performance in near gale-force winds at New Lodge last night to dent the Ryman Premier title ambitions of second-placed St Albans.   more...

Angling: Sid's special trio nets top prize

Gloucester Park regular Sid Hammond was the clear winner at Sunday's Ridley Angling Products sponsored Gloucester Park Open weighing in three carp for 27lb 13oz.   more...

Swimming: Narrow win for Canvey squad

Canvey Island Swimming Club youngsters snatched a last-gasp victory in their first team gala of 2003 at Braintree.   more...

Soccer: Armstrong out

Alun Armstrong has been ruled out of Ipswich Town's showpiece friendly at Harwich.   more...

Essex,Southend Business

Leigh: Crimper's TV show

Hairdresser Adee Phelan told viewers of reality show The Salon he thinks he will get lots of "geezers" wanting him to cut their hair after seeing him on the show.   more...

Essex,Southend News

Southend: Tax disc traps man

A man who was caught with someone else's tax disc during a routine check by traffic police is facing a community sentence.   more...

Southend: Nurse Iain breaks down the taboos

Nurse Iain Keenan is being held up as a shining example after smashing through stereotypes to make it in a world dominated by women.   more...

Southend: Police chief hails sex law reforms

A police chief has welcomed the most radical overhaul of sex crime legislation for decades, being announced today.   more...

Southend: Spanish doctors to ease GP crisis

Spanish doctors are being recruited to ease Southend's chronic GP shortage.   more...

Southend: Memory set in stone

Holocaust memorial garden has been opened outside Southend Civic Centre by Rabbi Mendel Lew in a special ceremony.   more...

Essex: Olympic dream reaches D-day

A Last-minute plea was made today for the Government to bid for the 2012 Olympic Games, which could give south Essex a major boost.   more...

Essex,Southend Sport

Basketball: Southend Swifts 105-73 Kingston Wildcats

Swifts' cadet boys maintained their unbeaten league record when they entertained Kingston Wildcats at Greensward College on Sunday.    more...

General: Southend sports stars get saluted

A trio of Southend sporting people have got their just desserts at the annual Sports Council awards.   more...

Soccer: Flavs raring to get back in goal

Southend United shot-stopper Darryl Flahavan stakes his place for an instant first team recall during tonight's re-arranged Essex Senior Cup quarter-final at Dagenham and Redbridge.   more...

Essex,Thurrock News

Thurrock: Don't be taken for a ride by illegal taxis

Revellers who go for a night out without a car have been warned of the dangers of using unlicensed taxis to get them home.   more...

  
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