Stories for 21 January 2005

Basildon,Echo,Essex News

Essex: Campbell loses appeal

Child murderer Stuart Campbell will remain behind bars after judges threw out his appeal for the killing of Danielle Jones.  more...

Basildon,Echo,Essex Sport

Football: Powell remains positive

West Ham full-back Chris Powell is determined to take a positive attitude into Sunday's home match with Derby County - despite the disappointment of last week's loss at Wolves.  more...

Awards: New honours for sports stars

Southend Sports Council honours its heroes tonight when they presentation of the annual sports awards are made.  more...

Squash: Championship boost for appeal

Top squash players from around Essex will be battling it out for county glory in Basildon this weekend.  more...

Football: Nicky tips Blues to bounce back

Southend United winger Nicky Nicolau is confident Blues can get their season back on track at Mansfield Town tomorrow.  more...

Rugby: Hertford test for Southend

Southend travel to Hertford tomorrow hoping to leapfrog their hosts and jump back into National Division Three South's top seven.  more...

Football: Gulls aiming for Boro double

Canvey Island will be hoping to achieve their first ever Nationwide Conference double tomorrow when Stevenage Borough visit Park Lane.  more...

Athletics: Basildon takes plaudits and medals

Basildon Athletic Club earned praise for their organisational abilities and their peformance when the Essex Cross-Country Championships were staged at Gloucester Park.  more...

Chelmsford News

Essex: Revamp sparks parking protest

Defiant traders have lodged an official protest over moves to do away with parking spaces in Braintree's Market Place as part of a major renovation scheme for the town centre.  more...

Essex: Police seize guns in dawn raids

Police have uncovered a double haul of illegal guns and more than £250,000 of stolen property following two dawn raids in the Chelmsford area.  more...

Essex Chamber

Warning on data register

Warning on data register SMALL firms are falling victim to a scheme where they pay three times the price to notify, or register, under the Data Protection Act.  more...

Eveninggazette Colchester United

Soccer: Colchester United 3-2 Cardiff City (FA Youth Cup fourth round)

Joe Dunne's Colchester United youngsters were still on cloud nine today after reaching the fifth round of the FA Youth Cup for the first time in the club's history.   more...

Soccer: New guy up front for U's

Colchester United have bolstered their attack with the signing of Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu.   more...

Eveninggazette News

Colchester: Tsunami survivor returns home

A family is celebrating the return to Britain of the father they feared had died in the Asian tsunami disaster.   more...

Colchester: Council axes top jobs in shake-up

A slimmed-down management structure at Colchester Council will see managers having to re-apply for their jobs and some will find themselves out of work.   more...

Wix: First-class postmaster to the rescue

A postmaster has been praised for his help in stopping Wix Post Office closing for two months.   more...

Jaywick: Action call over arson attack

Residents in Jaywick are demanding police action following a spate of arson attacks.   more...

Tendring: Commuters 'can expect better'

Commuters in Tendring have been promised improvements in their services starting from next month.   more...

Colchester: Man given jail term and Asbo

A man is starting a two-month prison sentence after admitting a series of incidents where he was drunk and abusive in the town centre.   more...

Mistley: Discarded dogs looking for a good home

Please can you give us a home?   more...

Braintree: Man had bat and knuckle-duster

A 19-year-old man has admitted having two offensive weapons in his possession after returning from a birthday party.   more...

Dovercourt: Who will clean up this mess?

A former mayor fears that a build-up of rubbish will ruin the image of a shopping centre.   more...

Colchester: Nationwide ban for football fan

A football fan has been banned from every ground in the country for six years after a fight in Colchester High Street.   more...

Colchester: Artist is painting the town pub red

Clive Wakeford's latest creation is not so much art-y as art-tree.   more...

Colchester: Expansion bid for under-fire hostel rejected

A hostel condemned as a refuge for drug-taking, foul-mouthed trouble-makers should not be expanded, councillors have ruled.   more...

Kelvedon: Top Tory starts election bandwagon rolling

A top Tory has visited Essex as the General Election phoney war hots up.   more...

Colchester: Man fled before blaze started

Firefighters battled their way into a burning outbuilding because of fears someone could be inside.   more...

Tendring: More donations needed

A new scheme to recycle electrical goods for use by disadvantaged people in Tendring is proving a victim of its own success.   more...

Kirby Cross: Saw mishap lands DIY-er in hospital

A man has ended up in hospital after his DIY exploits left him with a serious cut to his leg.   more...

Dovercourt: We'll crack down on any bullying

A school has vowed to crack down on any bullying after a claim a boy was beaten up close to the site.   more...

Tendring: Radio One DJs - be our beach boys!

An ambitious bid is under way to entice Radio One back to Tendring's sunshine coast.   more...

Colchester: Superloos plan down the pan

More public toilets are to close as part of the council revamp.   more...

Great Notley: Tree lessons for pupils

Pupils became foresters for the day when they helped plant trees at their school.   more...

Witham: Rail yobs 'could have killed'

Vandals who hurled a stone through the window of a moving train could have killed someone.   more...

Mid-Essex: Colleges get huge Euro cash boost

Two learning institutions in Braintree and Witham have benefited from more than £1.5m of European funding.   more...

Braintree: Row ended in man setting fire to flat

A domestic row ended with a man setting fire to a flat he had only bought a week earlier.   more...

Kirby: Village turning into town, claim

Residents up in arms over plans to build 49 new homes packed out a town council meeting to discuss the scheme.   more...

Colchester: 'Put Boadicea back!'

The creator of a landmark statue of Boadicea is calling for her return to Colchester - two years after she was carted off on the back of a lorry.   more...

Braintree: Man grew his own cannabis

A man fed up with being ripped off by drug dealers has admitted cultivating and possessing cannabis worth between £800 and £1,000.   more...

Tendring: Shortfall in cash to help disabled

Extra cash is on the way to help people with disabilities in Tendring adapt their homes - but there is likely to be a huge shortfall in what is needed to carry out all the work.   more...

Eveninggazette Sport

Soccer: Clubs set for breakaway

Kent Blaxill Border League officials have admitted defeat in their bid to hold on to many of their leading clubs.   more...

Snooker: King conquers Parrott

There were mixed fortunes for Essex duo Ali Carter and Mark King at the Welsh Open in Newport.   more...

Darts: Jaws' draw

Colin "Jaws" Lloyd came within a whisker of beating Phil Taylor as the Premier League darts tournament got under way in Stoke last night.   more...

Soccer: New guy up front for U's

Colchester United have bolstered their attack with the signing of Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu.   more...

Skiing: Callum claims second spot

Manningtree's Callum Peace weaved his magic at the British Alpine Ski Racing Club Slalom Juniors competition in Austria.   more...

Soccer: Colchester United 3-2 Cardiff City (FA Youth Cup fourth round)

Joe Dunne's Colchester United youngsters were still on cloud nine today after reaching the fifth round of the FA Youth Cup for the first time in the club's history.   more...

Soccer: Miller ready for Reading

Tommy Miller is relieved Ipswich Town are facing one of their Premiership-chasing rivals tomorrow.   more...

Southend,Echo,Essex News

Southend: Cliffs repair costs rocket

The cost of restoring Southend's cliffs has rocketed to around £40million with no hope of funding in the forseeable future.  more...

South Essex: Man dies in road smash

A motorist from Great Wakering has died in a road crash when his car collided head-on with another.  more...

Hadleigh: TV debut for karate expert

A karate instructor who teaches his students how to stand up to bullies will star on television chat show Trisha.  more...

Southend: £70million bid for council homes

Southend Council is to ask the Government for more than £70 million to improve its 7,000 council houses.   more...

Thurrock News

Essex: Campbell loses appeal

Child murderer Stuart Campbell will remain behind bars after judges threw out his appeal for the killing of Danielle Jones.  more...

Thurrock Sport

Grays look for home boost

CONFERENCE South table-toppers Grays will be looking to expand their lead at the weekend with a home clash with Weston-super-Mare.   more...

  
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