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Police station in south Essex town to be sold as teams move into new base
TWO police stations are set to be sold as teams using the buildings will move into a new road safety base in Basildon ...
Essex Boys gangland killer Michael Steele will be released from prison despite last ditch bid by ministers to keep him behind bars
Alongside accomplice Jack Whomes, Steele (inset) shot and killed three men in Rettendon, near Chelmsford, in December 1995 in ...
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Courts: 15 south Essex people sentenced by magistrates
Codjoe, of Queen Street, Littlehampton, was sentenced at Crawley Magistrates’ Court Monday. He was ordered to carry out 180 hours of unpaid work within 12 months and banned from driving for six months ...
Pete Wicks returning for second series of For Dogs' Sake
Pete Wicks is to present a second series of the UandW show 'For Dogs' Sake' after the first run was well-received earlier ...
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Public EV charger users get just 37% of the expected rate
Not all sites provided slower charging than expected, though. Two Fastned sites in Basildon, Essex, and St Albans, Hertfordshire, both provided power at 100% of the expected rate for our Vauxhall ...
Who were the 97 victims of the Hillsborough disaster and how and when did they die?
A total of 97 football fans died as a result of a crush at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at ...
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300 people arrested in Essex for 'for suspected shoplifting'
Essex Police have arrested a 'shocking' number of people for shoplifting offences this year. They made arrests of 43 people for shoplifting last week, with 36 now charged across ... eight in the ...