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• Thousands of pints of beer lost after fire in lorry

  04-04-2025 08:23 via bbc.com
  
  Fire crews were at the scene of the fire and put out the blaze in about an hour, the fire service says.
  
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• County council opposes combined authority plan

  10-04-2025 07:56 via bbc.com
  
  Essex County Council wants a larger share of the vote on a planned combined authority.
  
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• 'Car cloning made me dread the morning post'

  10-04-2025 06:57 via bbc.com
  
  Transport for London says it is cancelling fines issued to a car cloning victim.
  
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• Hundreds of skips uncollected as firm goes silent

  09-04-2025 19:50 via bbc.com
  
  Customers are visiting the firm's site to try to get answers about the stranded skips.
  
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• Patient hospital transfers 'improved by new tech'

  09-04-2025 19:12 via bbc.com
  
  A trial that allows ambulance crews to seamlessly re-connect to hospital Wi-Fi is hailed a success.
  
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• Mother denies murdering five-year-old son at home

  09-04-2025 17:23 via bbc.com
  
  Claire Button, 35, will face a trial in September.
  
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• Seafront funfair to expand into derelict neighbour

  09-04-2025 16:47 via bbc.com
  
  Leisure Island, on Canvey Island, has been bought by the owners of the nearby Fantasy Island complex.
  
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• Southend historic attraction rides again

  09-04-2025 16:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The funicular railway has been taking passengers between the town and seafront since 1912.
  
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• Norfolk to Essex overhead pylon plan moves forward

  09-04-2025 16:09 via bbc.com
  
  The energy regulator gives an advance in funding for the controversial scheme.
  
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• Fresh appeal to identify man found dead in city

  09-04-2025 14:53 via bbc.com
  Police officers want to end the mystery so they can give closure to the man's family.
  
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• Chemicals firm fined £2.5m over leaked acids

  09-04-2025 14:31 via bbc.com
  Schools were advised to close when a hydrogen chloride gas cloud billowed into the skies.
  
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• Stolen perfume and tobacco seized at airport

  09-04-2025 09:18 via bbc.com
  A total of 432 cigarette packets, 311 tobacco pouches and 27 perfume bottles are seized, police say.
  
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• Runner hails offside rule for flagging his talent

  09-04-2025 06:41 via bbc.com
  Mohammed Elbayan says sport has been a great way to learn English since he arrived in the UK in 2018.
  
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• Deal reached in row over rural broadband failures

  09-04-2025 06:40 via bbc.com
  Almost 400 homes in Essex remain without ultrafast broadband due to delays by Gigaclear.
  
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• Builder dies after incident at construction site

  08-04-2025 16:44 via bbc.com
  The building firm's owner says he is "deeply shocked and saddened" by the death of an agency worker.
  
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• Essex Boys killer to be freed despite release row

  08-04-2025 16:24 via bbc.com
  The Parole Board rejects the justice secretary's bid to block the murderer's release from prison.
  
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• Witham's Olly Murs 'I still get nervous'

  08-04-2025 15:29 via bbc.co.uk
  The Essex singer is celebrating his 15 years in music with an Essex gig on his UK tour.
  
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• US tourist takes wrong boat, ends up Southend fan

  08-04-2025 12:00 via bbc.com
  Evan Johnston gets the shock of his life as his cruise turns out to be a Southend United fan party.
  
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• Fraud arrest made after large police presence on south Essex industrial estate - Southend Echo

  08-04-2025 11:39 via news.google.com
  Fraud arrest made after large police presence on south Essex industrial estate  Southend Echo
  
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• Margate and Basildon both announce new tenants - The Pitching In Isthmian League

  08-04-2025 10:27 via news.google.com
  
  Margate and Basildon both announce new tenants  The Pitching In Isthmian League
  
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• Almost 2500 new homes could be built in Basildon - Rayo

  08-04-2025 07:03 via news.google.com
  Almost 2500 new homes could be built in Basildon  Rayo
  
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• Vulnerable families taken off waiting list thanks to almost 100 new homes in Basildon - Southend Echo

  08-04-2025 05:00 via news.google.com
  
  Vulnerable families taken off waiting list thanks to almost 100 new homes in Basildon  Southend Echo
  
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• Sibley guides Surrey to draw at Essex

  07-04-2025 19:09 via bbc.com
  Dom Sibley's patient innings of 66 helps defending county champions Surrey to a draw at Essex.
  
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• Plans to cut park and ride services

  07-04-2025 07:53 via bbc.com
  
  The council is encouraging residents to take part in a consultation with four different proposals.
  
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• Final WW2 airborne op 'testament to RAF skills'

  07-04-2025 07:02 via bbc.com
  
  Crews from Essex and Suffolk are recognised for their roles in the liberation of the Netherlands.
  
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• Champions Surrey under pressure at Essex

  06-04-2025 19:55 via bbc.com
  Essex dominate Surrey on day three of their County Championship match despite an unbeaten 92 from Ben Foakes.
  
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• Four motorbikes seized by police on the M11

  06-04-2025 19:35 via bbc.com
  Essex Police respond to reports of dangerous driving and stop about a dozen bikes near Stansted.
  
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• Overnight pub fire sparked by discarded cigarette

  06-04-2025 16:45 via bbc.com
  The blaze in Wivenhoe is the second in two days caused by cigarettes not being put out completely.
  
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• 'He will be missed by all' - Heartfelt tributes paid to south Essex councillor - Southend Echo

  06-04-2025 16:22 via news.google.com
  'He will be missed by all' - Heartfelt tributes paid to south Essex councillor  Southend Echo
  
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• Calls for probe into 10,000 new homes plan

  06-04-2025 16:18 via bbc.com
  Councillors say the plan may have "catastrophic consequences" for the area.
  
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