Stories for 27 October 2005

Echo,Basildon News

Wickford: Raiders' smash and grab

HUNDREDS of pounds of damage was caused to council vehicles when thieves ransacked a site in Wickford.  more...

Wickford: End in sight for Norma's home hell

A DISABLED pensioner who has endured 18 months of hell as a "prisoner in her own home" was today looking forward to a brighter future - thanks to the Echo.  more...

Basildon: Youngsters put art on display

YOUNGSTERS across Basildon will display their art work to celebrate National Youth Week.  more...

Laindon: Justice group takes up wife killer's case

A CABBIE convicted of battering his wife to death before faking a burglary will have his case investigated by an independent organisation that focuses on claims of miscarriages of justice.  more...

Echo,Basildon,Thurrock News

Thurrock: Focus on fashion

IGNORE Milan and Paris this week - Lakeside's fashion week is being launched today.  more...

Echo,Southend News

Southend: They call this autumn?

SOUTHEND traders were expecting booming business today as weather forecasters predict possibly the hottest October 27 ever in Britain.  more...

Leigh: £400k hope to save hall

UP to £400,000 could be made available to help campaigners save St Clement's Church Hall in Leigh from developers.  more...

Eastwood: Fear of yobs returns to troubled estate

RESIDENTS of a once troubled estate fear yobs will again run riot if tough police powers are taken away. The dispersal order covering the Astronauts Estate, in Eastwood, is due to run out at the end of the month.  more...

Canvey: Sarah's cartoon designs a hit for helpful website

SARAH Lai-Chun showed she was far from rubbish when she came up with a way to make recycling sound fun.  more...

Leigh: High hopes have the entries flooding in

THIS year's We Wanna Make You A Star competition looks set to enter a whole new galaxy - with piles of entries just over a week after its launch.  more...

Westcliff: Charity's TV vote plea

A WESTCLIFF charity will be battling it out on television for the chance to win a £50,000 grant.  more...

Southend: Boomerang-shaped bus station on the rise

THE multimillion-pound new bus station for Southend has started to take shape this week.  more...

Eveninggazette News

Colchester: Anger over traffic ban

Controversial plans to cut traffic jams on a major route into Colchester look set to spark a storm of protest.  more...

Chelmsford: Masked robbers attack woman

A woman was pushed in the shoulder as masked robbers tried to grab her handbag.  more...

Hatfield Peverel: Conker attack on store

Frightened staff and customers at a village shop found themselves under attack from youths throwing conkers.  more...

Colchester: 2 women groped by sex attacker

A sex attacker is believed to have groped two different women within one-and-a-half hours of each other.  more...

Colchester: Bells toll for end of pickpockets

Town centre police have come up with the purrr-fect solution for beating pickpockets - cat bells.  more...

Great Oakley: Airfield set for lift-off

A village airfield could be set for a major expansion.  more...

Braintree: Teenager cuts off his thumb

A teenager cut off his own thumb while using a sawing machine at work.  more...

Eveninggazette Sport

Swimming: World glory for star duo

Two Colchester Phoenix swimmers are celebrating world records set at the DSE (Disability for England) Championships in Sheffield.  more...

Darts: Last-eight spot town's darts ace

World number one Colin 'Jaws' Lloyd produced a professional display to continue the defence of his Skybet World Grand Prix title with a 3-0 win over Wes Newton.  more...

Soccer: Goal glee for Gareth

Colchester United's reserves secured a 1-0 win over Stevenage Borough thanks to a Gareth Williams strike.  more...

Darts: Last-eight spot for town's darts ace

World number one Colin 'Jaws' Lloyd produced a professional display to continue the defence of his Skybet World Grand Prix title with a 3-0 win over Wes Newton.  more...

Thurrock News

Labour axe over veteran councillors

THREE of the borough's long-serving councillors have been ordered to give up their seats by their own party.  more...

Cinema set for closure

THURROCK could soon lose one of its cinemas and with it up to 30 jobs.  more...

Hospital bid goes to PM

Campaigners for a Thurrock General Hospital will be taking their petition to Downing Street next Tuesday.  more...

Thurrock Sport

Millers move up

Aveley 2, Harlow Town 0  more...

Record beckons: Borough sides preview

GRAYS will equal the Conference's best ever start to a season if they can avoid defeat to fellow promoted side, Southport on Saturday.  more...