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• Four lorries and 10 skips badly damaged in fire

  15-04-2025 12:38 via bbc.com
  The fire service thanks staff from two businesses for helping during the incident.
  
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• New £600k fun park 'like mini Disneyland' set to open in old south Essex Debenhams - Southend Echo

  06-05-2025 11:21 via news.google.com
  New £600k fun park 'like mini Disneyland' set to open in old south Essex Debenhams  Southend Echo
  
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• Longest-serving Labour councillor to serve as mayor of Basildon for second year - Southend Echo

  06-05-2025 05:00 via news.google.com
  Longest-serving Labour councillor to serve as mayor of Basildon for second year  Southend Echo
  
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• Recap as south Essex marks VE Day's 80th anniversary with celebrations - Southend Echo

  05-05-2025 12:51 via news.google.com
  Recap as south Essex marks VE Day's 80th anniversary with celebrations  Southend Echo
  
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• Parents' 20-year fight for professional women's cricket team

  05-05-2025 06:14 via bbc.com
  
  The side's first professional season starts after a two-decade campaign from Dave and Pam Letch.
  
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• The WW2 aircrews who dropped secret agents into Europe

  05-05-2025 06:13 via bbc.com
  
  They flew missions behind enemy lines, dropping agents and supplies, says a historian.
  
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• 'Change is happening': Basildon Council leader celebrates one year in office - Southend Echo

  05-05-2025 05:00 via news.google.com
  'Change is happening': Basildon Council leader celebrates one year in office  Southend Echo
  
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• England's Cox injured as Rew gives Somerset chance

  04-05-2025 20:18 via bbc.com
  
  An injury to centurion Jordan Cox mars a strong Essex display on the third day of the County Championship Division One match with Somerset.
  
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• In pictures: Mud race sees hundreds take part

  04-05-2025 20:00 via bbc.com
  
  Hundreds brave the Chelmer estuary at low tide to take part in an annual mud race for charity.
  
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• Cup wins for Blaze, Essex, Somerset & Warwickshire

  04-05-2025 19:29 via bbc.com
  
  Tammy Beaumont hits an unbeaten century as The Blaze beat Hampshire to go top of the women's One-Day Cup table.
  
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• Basildon man arrested after pregnant woman assaulted outside supermarket - Yellow Advertiser

  04-05-2025 17:52 via news.google.com
  Basildon man arrested after pregnant woman assaulted outside supermarket  Yellow Advertiser
  
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• Man arrested after attack leaves pregnant woman with serious injuries in Basildon - Southend Echo

  04-05-2025 15:59 via news.google.com
  Man arrested after attack leaves pregnant woman with serious injuries in Basildon  Southend Echo
  
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• Basildon’s digital transformation sees full fibre coverage surpass national average - Yahoo News UK

  04-05-2025 13:00 via news.google.com
  Basildon’s digital transformation sees full fibre coverage surpass national average  Yahoo News UK
  
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• Basildon’s digital transformation sees full fibre coverage surpass national average - Southend Echo

  04-05-2025 13:00 via news.google.com
  Basildon’s digital transformation sees full fibre coverage surpass national average  Southend Echo
  
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• Villagers to mark VE Day at former US airfield

  04-05-2025 06:33 via bbc.com
  People in Matching Green will remember the locally-based pilots and crew lost during World War Two.
  
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• Viking brooch 'only silver one found in England'

  04-05-2025 06:32 via bbc.com
  It also provides the first solid bit of evidence of Vikings in this part of Essex, says an expert.
  
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• Soldiers and veterans offered free VE Day travel

  04-05-2025 06:32 via bbc.com
  Thursday marks 80 years since Allied forces accepted Germany's surrender in World War Two.
  
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• Ex-Tory council leader calls for Badenoch to resign

  04-05-2025 06:24 via bbc.com
  Jason Smithers says the Conservatives need a new face at the top after "terrible" election results.
  
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• The world's fastest growing sport arrives in Basildon with new courts and bar - Thurrock Gazette

  04-05-2025 05:00 via news.google.com
  The world's fastest growing sport arrives in Basildon with new courts and bar  Thurrock Gazette
  
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• The world's fastest growing sport arrives in Basildon with new courts and bar - Southend Echo

  04-05-2025 05:00 via news.google.com
  The world's fastest growing sport arrives in Basildon with new courts and bar  Southend Echo
  
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• The world's fastest growing sport arrives in Basildon with new courts and bar - Halstead Gazette

  04-05-2025 05:00 via news.google.com
  The world's fastest growing sport arrives in Basildon with new courts and bar  Halstead Gazette
  
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• The world's fastest growing sport arrives in Basildon with new courts and bar - Clacton Gazette

  04-05-2025 05:00 via news.google.com
  The world's fastest growing sport arrives in Basildon with new courts and bar  Clacton Gazette
  
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• Look inside: Wetherspoon reveals how new Basildon town centre pub will look - Southend Echo

  04-05-2025 05:00 via news.google.com
  Look inside: Wetherspoon reveals how new Basildon town centre pub will look  Southend Echo
  
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• MP unites with crime commissioner to tackle retail crime in Basildon and Billericay - Southend Echo

  03-05-2025 18:00 via news.google.com
  MP unites with crime commissioner to tackle retail crime in Basildon and Billericay  Southend Echo
  
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• Barbecue in bin blamed for beach huts fire

  03-05-2025 14:55 via bbc.com
  Two beach huts are destroyed by fire and two others are damaged.
  
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• O'Sullivan to leave UK to live in Middle East

  03-05-2025 13:21 via bbc.com
  Seven-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan, who has a snooker academy in Saudi Arabia, says he will start "a new life somewhere else".
  
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• Hospital staff will be 'horrified' at cuts - union

  03-05-2025 06:27 via bbc.com
  Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is planning to cut 743 posts before next March.
  
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• Coastal towns to be celebrated in UK-wide festival

  03-05-2025 06:27 via bbc.com
  Artistic director Ali Pretty hopes the month-long event will "shine a spotlight" on communities.
  
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• Mud, sweat and tears - what is the Maldon Mud Race?

  03-05-2025 06:25 via bbc.com
  Hundreds of competitors are preparing to take on one of the country's quirkiest events.
  
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• Touching tributes paid to respected champion of Basildon ahead of funeral - Yahoo News UK

  03-05-2025 05:00 via news.google.com
  Touching tributes paid to respected champion of Basildon ahead of funeral  Yahoo News UK
  
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