Stories for 2 August 2007

Braintree And Witham Times News

Spurs coaches teach youngsters football skills

YOUNG footballers have been learning the skills of the game from professionals.   more...

Brentwood Weekly News News

Driver loses licence after crashing into gas main

A TRAINEE electrician has been disqualified from driving for at least nine months after crashing into a gas pipe in Warley.   more...

£130K for Brentwood community groups

COMMUNITY groups and parish councils in Brentwood borough are more than £130,000 better off thanks to grants from Essex County Council.   more...

Chelmsford Weekly News News

Fun free event for youngsters

CHELMSFORD police are offering children a way to have fun and stay out of trouble this summer.   more...

Supermarket booze ban

THE Great Baddow store of a supermarket faces a one month suspension of its alcohol licence - for selling drink to underage youngsters.   more...

Lock up your sheds

LOCK up your outhouses.   more...

Clacton And Frinton Gazette News

Clacton: Abby's focused on winning

GLASSES will be raised for Abby Potter this week, as she competes in the semi-finals of a Specsavers modelling contest.   more...

Holland-on-Sea: Poignant event for Fred

A CHARITY fun run is likely to be a bittersweet occasion for one of its organisers.   more...

Tendring: Troubled dogs given a second chance

TROUBLED dogs will be given a second chance at a new rehabilitation group.   more...

Walton: Beach huts looked like "battlefield"

A STRETCH of beach looked more like a "battlefield" after vandals attacked 27 beach huts.   more...

Thorpe: Jobs boost forecast at spa

A VILLAGE has received a £21 million boost after it was confirmed a stop-start project is back on track.   more...

Walton: Takeaway couple fined over illegal immigrant

A COUPLE charged with employing an illegal immigrant pretended they were just giving him a place to stay.   more...

Clacton: Lucy and her mum need your support

THE mother of a profoundly disabled four-year-old has made an impassioned plea for financial help.   more...

Tendring: The Big Lottery defends choices

THE Big Lottery has defended its funding of the voluntary sector in Tendring.   more...

Echo News

Raid on garages

POLICE and council officers raided 65 garages being illegally used by rent-dodging residents.   more...

Swindled by bogus landlord

SCORES of people have been swindled out of thousands by fraudsters posing as landlords of a three-bedroom home.   more...

We’re still trading at Roots Hall

TRADERS from Southend's only weekly market have called on the council to guarantee their future.   more...

Beach evacuated after chemical find

A BEACH was evacuated after highly flammable phosphorus was unearthed as part of work to improve sea defences.   more...

Skatepark on its way

A £280,000 skatepark will finally be built on Leigh Marshes after more than seven years of wrangling.   more...

Dragon's head on old barge

VISITORS to Old Leigh could be forgiven for doing a double take after a dragon's head mysteriously appeared on an old barge wreck.   more...

Crackdown on nuisance bikers

A CRACKDOWN on nuisance bikers is set to continue after a two-day operation was hailed a success.   more...

Pier evacuated

SOUTHEND pier had to be evacuated after the fire alarm went off.   more...

David’s £5,000 victory over bank Goliaths

DELIGHTED David Sheppard is celebrating after taking on his bank and winning back almost £5,000 in charges.   more...

Fury at dumped rubbish

FLYTIPPERS have dumped tons of junk on public land, which will cost thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money to clear.   more...

Course for island's clever kids

PROMISING pupils expanded their minds at a special summer school on Canvey.   more...

Day centre is a hit with clients

A NEW daycare centre has opened for adults with physical and learning disabilities.   more...

Teen fights for life after crash

A TEENAGER is fighting for his life after he was in collision with a bus.   more...

Commuters fight back at train yobs

A COMMUTER train full of have-a-go heroes stood up to a gang of robbers, forcing them off the carriage.   more...

Majority don’t take enough exercise

THE majority of people living in south Essex do less than three hours of sport a week, according to an independent survey.   more...

New junior doctors start work

A RECORD number of new junior doctors have started work at Southend Hospital.   more...

Hospital gets £106,000 to buy new heart machine

A CHEQUE for £106,000 has been handed over to doctors at Southend Hospital by last year's Southend mayor, Ron Price.   more...

Mental health clinic revamp

A NEW mosaic has transformed a clinic for people with mental health problems.   more...

Festival cash pot for town’s hospital

THE BASILDON Festival generated a bumper cash injection to fund extra hospital services.   more...

Town goes shopping for ideas about its future

RESIDENTS are being asked their views about future development in Billericay, through two special roadshows.   more...

Vicar fears cost is killing off weddings

A VICAR is encouraging prospective brides and grooms to get creative with invitations and learn to work their own sewing machine in an effort to keep wedding costs down.   more...

Hospice creams off cash from club's efforts

AN avid collector of all things dairy has produced a commemorative milk bottle for Little Havens Children's Hospice to celebrate his efforts for the charity.   more...

Wanted: Your views on Woodham plans

SOUTH Woodham residents are being asked their views on the future of the town.   more...

Mitchell’s swim was worth £200

A ten-year-old boy swam 3,000m to raise more than £200 for a children's charity.   more...

Bid to boost Blues’ fans

SOUTHEND United defenders Peter Clarke and Steven Hammell helped kick-off a roadshow set to tour Essex.   more...

Church sold to uni – as a theatre

THE University of Essex Southend has bought Clifftown United Reformed Church, in the town centre, and plans to use it as a   more...

'Monstrous plans' for Wickford

ANGRY residents are accusing Basildon Council of   more...

Abandoned car sparks chaos

POLICE found keys to an abandoned car on a five-year-old boy following a row with a crowd of   more...

Plea for woman who took on raiway yobs

POLICE are trying to trace a woman who stood up to a gang on a train.   more...

Is the truth about clean places to eat really written in the stars?

SOUTHEND Council has launched a new star rating system for dozens of local restaurants and other eating places, so diners can assess their hygiene standards at a glance.   more...

Swifter justice for domestic abuse victims

STAFF at the first court in Essex with specialist staff on hand to deal with domestic violence cases have been delighted with the initial results.   more...

Empty home fuels neighbours’ anger

A HOMEOWNER has left his house empty for 24 years, allowing it to attract rats, vagrants and burglars, worried neighbours have claimed.   more...

Vital airlift to Southend Hospital saves Delores

AMBULANCE crews and doctors at Southend Hospital faced a race against time to administer clot-busting drugs to a woman who suffered a stroke.   more...

Council uses art to defeat graffiti

GRAFFITI tagging is a craze that blights much of the country, has landed people in jail and has been discussed in the House of Commons.   more...

Echo Sport

Essex aim to get Pro 40 season kicked off

ESSEX are hoping to make it third time lucky this evening when they start their home Pro40 Division One campaign against Worcester-shire at Chelmsford (4.40 pm).   more...

Gazette Features

Water, water everywhere

Feelin' hot - not, not!   more...

Gazette News

Bin arsonist to get help

A woman with a low mental age received a community order with supervision, after admitting criminal damage by arson.   more...

So near, so spa

A village has received a £21 million boost after it was confirmed that a stop-start project is back on track.   more...

‘Please help me buy vital machine’

The mother of a profoundly disabled four-year-old has made an impassioned plea for financial help.   more...

Ticket fee row goes to school

A councillor who complained he would have to pay for a VIP ticket to his own council's air show says he will donate £40 to his local primary school instead.   more...

Worker suffers electric shock

A workman suffered an electric shock in Clacton town centre.   more...

Police support staff may quit

Police switchboard staff could lose their jobs as part of a massive call centre shake up.   more...

Sacking: rail staff will go on strike

Railway staff are going on strike in protest over the "unfair" sacking of a train guard.   more...

Youngsters making waves

Budding sailors are taking to the water in a bid to improve their skills and learn new ones.   more...

Boys charged with murder

Two teenagers have been charged with murder.   more...

Teenagers in court on murder charge

Two teenagers have appeared in court charged with murdering Colchester mum Helen Maughan.   more...

'Grenade' found in lane

Safety concerns have been raised after a military training grenade was found beside a country road.   more...

Safety fears over homes scheme

Residents have urged councillors to consider their concerns over proposals to build 37 houses.   more...

Volunteer call to run Martello tower

Seaside residents are being invited help run Jaywick's Martello tower.   more...

Reason for blaze is still a mystery

The source of a blaze that swept through an industrial park three weeks ago is still being investigated.   more...

Graffiti-busters!

A potato factory became the first place to be cleaned up as part of a trailblazing graffiti-busting scheme.   more...

Ex-teacher had porn pictures of three-year-olds on computer

A former teacher was in jail today for possessing thousands of child pornography pictures.   more...

RAF and US airmen remembered

A former prisoner-of-war has returned to the Earls Colne airfield where he   more...

All systems go for new town school

Essex education chiefs have got the green light to press ahead with plans for a new school for north Colchester.   more...

Delays as train ‘clips’ man

Commuters to London experienced delays after a suspected fatality ground trains to a halt.   more...

It’s the U Factor!

Nearly 40 young wannabes flocked to a talent competition, courtesy of a new crimefighting group.   more...

Pop star McFlies in to help at zoo

Popstar Dougie Poynter McFlew in to Colchester Zoo last week.   more...

Gazette Sport

Golf: Paul gets hand on winning kitty

Golfers battled it out for a share of a big prize fund.   more...

Soccer: hopeful signs after derby friendly

Stanway Rovers and Wivenhoe Town have some work to do before the new season but both appear to be moving in the right direction.   more...

Harwich And Manningtree Standard News

Dovercourt: New Jobs On The Cards?

WORKERS who where made redundant just three weeks ago, could have jobs again.   more...

Parkeston: Fears Over Leak

FIREFIGHTERS rushed to a port after receiving reports of a lethal chemical leak.   more...

Great Oakley: Singer Takes Centre Stage

IT is now quite common for students to go to a prom after they have graduated.   more...

Dovercourt: Time To Party

ONE of Harwich's summer highlights is set for a scorching success.   more...

Bradfield: Mural For Crime Hit Post Office

A POST office destroyed by ramraiders has been brought back to life by a generous artist.   more...

Dovercourt: Search For Missing Girl

POLICE are stepping up their hunt for missing Dovercourt teenager Natasha Coombs.   more...

Thurrock Gazette News

Commuters stand up to c2c train yobs

A TRAIN full of c2c commuters stood up to a gang of robbers, forcing them off the carriage.   more...

Call for action over Tilbury rail bridge

BOROUGH MP Andrew Mackinlay has called for urgent action to be taken to solve the longrunning problem of access to Tilbury Town rail station.   more...

East End memories sought

WEST END theatre producers are looking to hear from anyone in Thurrock educated in the East End in the fifties.   more...

Former Grays player cleared of shooting charge

FORMER Grays Athletic striker Gavin Grant has walked free after being found not guilty of gunning down a drug dealer in front of his girlfriend.   more...

Lola - she was a trapped girl........

FIREMAN Tony Bowman knew just who to turn to when his pet cat got stuck up a pipe.   more...

Port police have big role to play says MP

BOROUGH MP Andrew Mackinlay has sought assurances about the future role of the Port of Tilbury Police in the wake of a government announcement that they are proposing a new borders and immigration force.   more...

Police plea after fatal crash

POLICE investigating a crash in which a biker was killed have renewed their appeals for help.   more...

Borough teenager fights for life

AN Aveley teenager is fighting for his life after colliding with a bus while riding his bike on Wednesday evening.   more...

Thurrock Gazette Sport

Former Grays striker not involved in killing

FORMER Grays Athletic striker Gavin Grant has walked free after being found not guilty of gunning down a drug dealer in front of his girlfriend.   more...

Fleet edge through to keep up momentum

Brimsdown Rovers 2, Thurrock 3   more...

Free ticket deal at Thurrock for West Ham match

SUPPORTERS attending Tuesday night's friendly between Thurrock and what is promised to be a strong West Ham United X1 will get a bonus.   more...

Two more join the Blues

24 hours after adding winger Mark Marshall to his team, Grays Athletic boss Justin Edinburgh has further strengthened his squad by signing two youngsters, including Basildon-born striker James Lawson who has been released by Southend.   more...

  
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