Stories for 20 October 2003

Basildon,Brentwood,Essex News

Basildon: Why decision cost £8,000

Basildon Council had to pay more than £8,000 to defend its decision on the Gloucester Park stadium, it has been revealed.   more...

Basildon,Essex News

Basildon: Playground is action paradise

Everyone from skateboarders to toddlers joined in a community celebration of a new £40,000 playground paradise.   more...

Vange: Housing association doubles our bills!

Homeowners on a Vange estate who pay ground rent and management fees to a housing association have been told their bills will double.   more...

Basildon: Pupils learn the art of friendships

Considerate children were today ready to take to the playground and encourage friendships.   more...

Basildon,Essex Sport

Soccer: Concord soar into the Vase second round

Ben Embery's Canvey-based Concord Rangers continue to fly the FA Vase flag locally.   more...

Squash: No 1 Watts wrestles in vain

Top player Martin Watts grappled with and beat a tough opponent, but Basildon's David Lloyd squash players had already been pinned down by Chelmsford.   more...

Brentwood,Essex News

North Weald: Residents' meeting on future of village

Concerned parish councillors in North Weald are inviting local residents to have their say on the future of the village at a public meeting this week.   more...

Chelmsford,Colchester,Essex News

Chelmsford, Colchester: Girls scream for Academy's Peter

Screaming Peter Brame fans were treated to one of his trademark performances at the weekend with him falling off the stage, nearly breaking the mike and having underwear thrown at him by hysterical girls.   more...

Chelmsford,Essex News

Chelmsford: Bridge work begins

Six months of major engineering work has begun on a busy bridge.   more...

Chelmsford: Nurse jailed for assault

A nurse who got drunk on his birthday and hit a father in the face when asked to be quiet outside a house late at night was jailed for two months on Thursday.   more...

Colchester,Essex News

Colchester: Mystery woman in barbed wire

Police in Colchester were today trying to solve a mystery after a woman was found unconscious in a field near Essex University.   more...

Colchester: We will burn you, threat to boy

A group threatened to burn a 16-year-old boy if he did not hand over money in a Colchester underpass.   more...

Colchester,Essex Sport

Soccer: Fitz issues a rallying cry

Scott Fitzgerald will be rallying his Colchester United troops again today as they look towards another tough away trip tomorrow night at Stockport County.   more...

Soccer: Grimsby Town 2 - 0 Colchester United (Nationwide League Division Two)

Colchester United produced one of their worst displays of the season as they crashed to a two-goal defeat at the hands of Grimsby Town in their first visit in 14 years to Blundell Park.   more...

Soccer: Ipswich Town 1-0 Stoke City (Nationwide League Division One)

Scoring six goals was always going to be hard act for Ipswich to follow.   more...

Essex Business

Great Clacton: Reg's team batters the opposition for third year

Fish and chip owners who have put their heart and sole into their business have won another award   more...

Laindon: Trading fears at shop centre plan

A phased demolition of Laindon Shopping Centre will be less damaging to the complex's small businesses, the owners have been told.   more...

Wickford: Poisoned drains firm fined

Cyanide sludge around manhole covers posed lethal risks to workers on an industrial estate.   more...

Cressing: Arsonists strike at lorry site

The owner of a haulage company was today counting the cost after arsonists set fire to his lorry depot causing at least £15,000 of damage.   more...

Southend: Business meeting with council big gun

Businessmen and women will be meeting with Southend Council's Chief Executive and Town Clerk, George Krawiec to discuss local issues.   more...

Essex: Cocklers angry as toxin shuts beds

A controversial testing system has led to the closure of two more estuary cockle beds after toxins were detected in shellfish.   more...

Witham: Jobs boost on way for town

A jobs boost is on the cards for Witham   more...

Essex News

Little Clacton: Vandals 'will be caught'

Police today warned youngsters who have been terrorising villagers that they are out to catch them red-handed.   more...

Thundersley: Man dies in fireball horror

A man died after he doused himself in petrol and turned himself into a human fireball in his own car.   more...

South Essex: Internet hunt for boy with amnesia

The hunt for a missing boy is going worldwide after police decided to post his photograph on the internet.   more...

Halstead: Town gets ready to remember

Preparations for this year's Remembrance Day Parade in Halstead are gearing up.   more...

Clacton: Special school faces closure

A special school in Clacton looks likely to close within the next two years, the Evening Gazette can reveal.   more...

Hadleigh: Save our badgers from developers

Nature lovers today spoke out against plans to build a residential home for the elderly in Church Road, Hadleigh after it was revealed the move could destroy a badger sett.   more...

Chafford Hundred: Grenade thrown at home

Detectives were today hunting someone who hurled an explosive device at a family home.   more...

Essex: Children stranded as school transport firm goes bust

Around 2,000 schoolchildren will be left stranded and without transport to school on Monday after a bus company announced it had gone bust.   more...

Hadleigh: Boy was decoy for shoplift pair

Two men used a nine-year-old child as a decoy to distract shop assistants while they stole three mobile phones.   more...

Feering: Pets savaged by dogs

Police have launched an investigation after a man found his pets had been savaged by dogs.   more...

Thorpe: Three injured in head-on collision

Three people had a lucky escape when their cars collided head-on.   more...

Clacton: Helen cleans up at auction

These feather dusters bought by Helen Tweed, pictured, were among items sold at a charity auction at the weekend.   more...

Castle Point: Boot sale plan set for chop

Bargain-hunters are set to be disappointed if Castle Point's planning committee follows a recommendation to refuse permission for bootsales to be held at a site on Canvey.   more...

Rawreth: Someone's going to be killed

Nearly every resident in a street branded a deathtrap has put their name to a petition demanding action to slow down speeding traffic.   more...

Braintree: Poll says tenants happy with homes

Bungalow dwellers in the Braintree area are the happiest of the lot.   more...

Braintree: Gas works a hazard says resident

Half-finished gas works on a Braintree road are causing a hazard to pedestrians, residents today claimed.   more...

Maldon: Tourist numbers hit a record high

Tourism in Maldon has hit record numbers with more visitors this year than ever.   more...

Cressing: Going bonkers over conkers

Conker bonkers children chipped away in the first round of a pupil organised tournament at Cressing Primary School.   more...

Braintree: Child pornography man spared jail

A man who found children sexually attractive and had more than 5,000 indecent images of children on his computer has been spared jail.   more...

East Hanningfield, South Woodham: Police name fatal crash victim

A man who died in a road accident in East Hanningfield has been named as 33-year-old Paul Musgreaves.   more...

Rayleigh: Heart? What's all this ear then?

A new era has dawned at the Sweyne Park School in Rayleigh with the official opening of its new community complex.   more...

Castle Point: Don't try to trick us urge police

People are being urged by police to be on their best behaviour and think about the effect of their actions during Halloween.   more...

South Essex: Joyriders, 14 and 15, killed in stolen car

Two teenage joyriders were killed and another seriously injured when their stolen car smashed into a concrete lamppost in south Essex.   more...

Essex Sport

Soccer: Chelmsford City 1-1 Cambridge City (Dr Martens Premier Division)

It's now six games unbeaten for Chelmsford, but the Clarets must begin to turn draws into victories if they are to pull away from the relegation places in the Dr Martens Premier.   more...

Soccer: Ryman League Round-Up (Division One North)

Aveley will still be wondering how they threw away the points at high-flying Arlesey Town on Saturday.   more...

Soccer: Pardew faces stiff test

Outgoing West Ham boss Trevor Brooking welcomed Alan Pardew to the hotseat -- and immediately warned his task would not be an easy one.   more...

Table Tennis: Lentern rock the Scorpions

The first round of the Rosebowl Handicap Knock-out Competition was played in the Southend and District Table Tennis League and it produced some very exciting, close matches.   more...

Soccer: Rovers to remember Barry . . .

A large number of personalities from the local soccer world will attend the funeral service of Great Wakering Rovers' former player and official Barry Beadle.   more...

Soccer: West Ham United 2-2 Burnley (Nationwide League Division One)

Another late strike from supersub Don Hutchison spared the Hammers' blushes at home to injury-hit Burnley -- but the hosts had chances enough to win this one easily.   more...

Soccer: Bad day at the office for Clacton

Alan Dilloway admitted being 'shell-shocked' after Clacton Town's 7-2 thumping at Wroxham.   more...

Essex,Southend Live Music

Live music: Latest news from the Essex music scene

Smother's blend of rock and angst-fuelled melody returns to Rayleigh after a four-month break.   more...

Essex,Southend News

Southend: Jupitus lights up Leeds

South Essex comedian Phill Jupitus has been chosen to turn on the Christmas lights in Leeds.   more...

Southend: Cab is pelted with stones

A raft of measures will shortly come into force in Southend to combat drunken weekend violence.   more...

Southend: Pensioner stuck in chair

Firefighters were called to rescue an elderly woman after she got stuck in a reclining chair.   more...

Southend: Health funding available

A helping hand with funding could be on the cards for voluntary organisations starting schemes to benefit people's health needs.   more...

Essex,Southend Sport

Soccer: Wignall blasts spineless Southend

Southend United boss Steve Wignall accused his players of lacking bottle after Saturday's spineless 2-1 Roots Hall defeat against local rivals Leyton Orient.   more...

Soccer: Southend United 1-2 Leyton Orient (Nationwide League Division Three)

Southend United slipped back into the Third Division relegation zone following a both passionless and punchless defeat against fellow strugglers Leyton Orient at Roots Hall on Saturday.   more...

Essex,Southend,Thurrock Sport

Rugby: Southend seeking better show

Southend are hoping to put on a better home show when they take on Basingstoke in National 3S.   more...

Essex,Thurrock News

Aveley: Carly kicks off tot appeal

Soap stars and football heroes joined forces to help a sick toddler - thanks to former TV EastEnder Nicky DiMarco.   more...

Essex,Thurrock Sport

Soccer: East Thurrock United 0-1 Uxbridge (Ryman One North)

Rocks suffered a bad case of Tunnell vision as, with thoughts centred firmly on next weekend's vital FA Cup clash with Nationwide Conference side Woking, they lost their Ryman Division One North unbeaten home record.   more...

Soccer: Arlesey Town 4-2 Aveley (Ryman One North)

Aveley looked like heading for only their second Ryman Division One North away win of the season when they took a 2-0 lead at Arlesey.   more...

Speedway: Arena Essex 54 - 36 Trelawny

Arena Essex raced to an easy victory in their penultimate Premier League home match of the season with the chief interest focussed on the destiny of the bonus point for aggregate win.   more...

  
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