Stories for 12 August 2007

Braintree And Witham Times News

Lucky escape from fire at flats

Residents of a block of flats had a lucky escape after a fire, believed to be suspicious, broke out in their communal stairwell.   more...

Echo News

It's simply a-maizing

FAMILIES have been fighting their way through a maze of maize.   more...

Big Macs at wedding vows party

A HAPPY couple have renewed their marriage vows in the same style as their wedding...with a fast food reception.   more...

Jessie is still jigging at 102

JESSIE Jacobs is as fit as a fiddle - and proved it at her 102nd birthday party yesterday.   more...

Carnival week kicks off with canine capers

FROM pets in fancy dress to prize winning pedigrees, there was something for all dog-lovers at a popular show.   more...

Southend and Leigh are top towns

SOUTHEND and Leigh have been named as two of the top seaside towns in the country.   more...

Woman hurt as shopfront collapses

A YOUNG woman was trapped when a shop sign came crashing down on top of her in Southend High Street.   more...

Walkout closes post office

LEIGH post office closed on Friday afternoon when counter staff walked out.   more...

Skeleton dug up

A SKULL and bones have been unearthed in the grounds of 16th century manor house.   more...

12 years for child rapist

A SEX monster who repeatedly raped two young children and filmed the sickening encounters to share with other paedophiles online has been jailed for 12 years.   more...

Rescued beach girl's charity thankyou

RESCUED girl Serena Wright plans to raise cash for the lifeboat charity which helped save her from drowning on a Southend beach.   more...

'We must fight to build new homes'

SOUTHEND Council should press for powers to build new homes to tackle the town's housing crisis, according to Labour spokesman David Norman.   more...

34 crashes in eight years!

SPEEDING drivers will end up killing a resident or pedestrian unless they are stopped from tearing round a dangerous bend on Canvey, a worried resident claims.   more...

Gazette News

Harwich, Braintree: Tributes to crash victim

TRIBUTES have been paid to a devoted granddad who died after the car he was driving was in a head on smash on the A120 near Wrabness.   more...

Brantham: Body found in river

AN unidentified body has been found in a Brantham river.   more...

Thurrock Gazette News

Jack's set to rock

A BUDDING Stanford-le-Hope musician has been given a boost after winning a place at "rock school".   more...

A chance to sing

WOULD-BE songsters in Thurock are being given the chance to learn to sing for free.   more...

Praise for brave Jamie

A BRAVE Thurrock youngster whose dad died when she was just a toddler asked for donations in his memory, rather than presents, for her Christening.   more...

Shop worker threatened by raider with cleaver

A TERRIFIED shop worker was threatened with a meat cleaver by a teenage robber.   more...

Bones find in Thurrock garden

A SKULL and bones were unearthed by a property developer in the grounds of 16th sixteenth century manor house.   more...

Teen didn't break Hammers ban order

A TEENAGER banned from venturing near West Ham football games was cleared from breaking the order.   more...

Latest Royal Anglian casualty came from Dagenham

THE 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment soldier killed when his patrol came under fire from Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan has been named.   more...