Stories for 21 October 2005

Echo,Basildon News

Basildon: Armed raid on security van

THIEVES escaped with £1.25million worth of designer clothes from a warehouse in a well-planned raid.  more...

Echo,Basildon,Southend,Thurrock News

South Essex: Police staff protest at revamp of admin

A POLICE shake-up could see officers tied up with paperwork instead of out patroling the streets and helping cut crime rates, it has been claimed.  more...

Echo,Basildon,Thurrock News

Wickford: McFly madness!

McFLY mania hit south Essex as two-and-a-half thousand screaming fans queued to meet the chart-topping pop band.  more...

Echo,Southend News

Shoebury: Drugs raids:12 arrests

POLICE have seized more than 500 plants after storming cannabis factories in Shoebury.  more...

Shoebury: We will have our fireworks show after all

A SPECTACULAR fireworks display in Shoebury which attracts crowds of thousands is to go ahead this year after organisers secured its long-term future.  more...

Canvey: Paramedic is my hero says car park baby mum

A PROUD mum who gave birth in a restaurant car park has praised the paramedic who delivered her little girl just after treating the victims of a car crash.  more...

Thundersley: Countess shows her caring side

THE Countess of Wessex showed off her caring side and sense of humour during a visit to two south Essex charities.  more...

Southend: Join the Echo in supporting our pier

SOUTHEND'S most famous icon has never needed the help of the people of Essex more than it does today.  more...

Rochford: Airport delays car park plan

SOUTHEND Airport bosses have pulled back from a confrontation with planners over a scheme for a 300-plus space car park off Southend Road, Rochford.  more...

Eveninggazette News

Colchester: Stadium delays spark concerns

Concerns over the delays on giving a community stadium the go-ahead have been raised.  more...

Colchester: Crackdown on shoplifters

A surge in shoplifting in Colchester has sparked a police crackdown.  more...

North Essex: Pushers target kids, 11

Youngsters are being targeted by drug dealers on a north-Essex estate.  more...

Colchester: 'I feared a riot'

Train passengers feared that violence could erupt after sitting for three-and-a-half hours in a broken-down train on their way to Colchester.  more...

Clacton: Nurses scoop top awards

Nurses from Clacton Hospital have scooped a national award for its new project to improve patient care.  more...

Eveninggazette Sport

Soccer: Neil's warning to U's team-mates

Neil Danns has warned his Colchester United team-mates not to take basement side Tranmere Rovers for granted.  more...

Soccer: Royle lifted by new boy

The arrival of Adam Proudlock could not have come at a much better time, according to Ipswich chief Joe Royle.  more...

Thurrock News

Crash tragedy driver named

A LORRY driver who died in a horrific six car pile-up on the M1 has been named.   more...

Billy's dream under threat

THE future of a skate park at Blackshots, the two-year dream of a local teenager, is in doubt following repeated acts of vandalism.  more...

Thurrock Sport

Up for the Cup!

GRAYS manager, Mark Stimson, is expected to ring the changes ahead of tomorrow's FA Cup fixture with Ryman Division One side, Cray Wanderers.   more...