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• Basildon Section 60 stop and search powers launched | Echo - Southend Echo

  05-02-2022 09:00
  
  Basildon Section 60 stop and search powers launched | Echo  Southend Echo
  
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• Four teenagers arrested over town centre fire

  17-03-2026 18:00 via bbc.com
  Essex Police is treating the fire as an act of arson.
  
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• 'If Max Dowman can't beat my record, nobody will soon'

  17-03-2026 16:09 via bbc.com
  Jason Dozzell reacts as Max Dowman becomes the Premier League's youngest ever goalscorer.
  
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• Southend United to reopen pub as new fan zone

  17-03-2026 15:06 via bbc.com
  The Blue Eagle will open for the Shrimpers' final home game of the season on 25 April.
  
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• Southend to reopen pub as new fan zone

  17-03-2026 15:06 via bbc.com
  The Blue Eagle will open for the Shrimpers' final home game of the season on 25 April.
  
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• Why Ross Noble loves an Essex accent

  17-03-2026 13:49 via bbc.co.uk
  The stand-up comedian has been making people laugh for more than 30 years.
  
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• Council funds £2.6m to bust SEND assessment waits

  17-03-2026 12:35 via bbc.com
  Essex County Council is cutting its backlog after being named the country's worst performer in 2024.
  
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• Khan is regional champion police dog

  17-03-2026 07:27 via bbc.com
  PD Khan is crowned overall regional champion at the Eastern region police dog trials.
  
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• Toddler's death prompts call for virus awareness

  17-03-2026 07:26 via bbc.com
  Dr Simon Nadel says the public are more susceptible to viruses since the Covid-19 pandemic.
  
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• Woman's 1,000-mile tuk-tuk trek to become TV film

  17-03-2026 07:25 via bbc.com
  A charity adventure aims to raise money to help girls and women into education and work.
  
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• Mum and son rammed driver out of revenge, jury told

  16-03-2026 18:16 via bbc.com
  Prosecutors allege Hollie Dance and Thomas Summers chased their victim for 13 miles (21km).
  
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• Return to form would be 'biggest achievement' - O'Sullivan

  16-03-2026 17:27 via bbc.com
  Ronnie O'Sullivan says restoring his game to its previous level would be bigger than winning world titles.
  
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• Drug dealer escaped custody after court hearing

  16-03-2026 12:20 via bbc.com
  Sidney Kemp is warned there is a "high likelihood" he will be jailed at his sentencing in April.
  
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• Southend & Basildon Sunday Football League – Results – Sunday, March 15 - Yellow Advertiser

  16-03-2026 09:41
  Southend & Basildon Sunday Football League – Results – Sunday, March 15  Yellow Advertiser
  
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• Laptop found in search for missing Brazilian woman

  16-03-2026 08:18 via bbc.com
  Police also believe a boat Vitoria Barreto may have taken is missing a buoyancy aid.
  
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• Call for action as road deaths reach 10-year high

  16-03-2026 08:06 via bbc.com
  Safer speed limits - as low as 20mph - will be decided on a street-by-street basis, a council says.
  
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• Dowman has aura, belief, and GCSEs to finish - Rooney

  16-03-2026 07:06 via bbc.com
  Ex-England striker Wayne Rooney praises Max Dowman's record-breaking impact for Arsenal - but wonders if the 16-year-old might have to focus on his GCSEs for the rest of the season.
  
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• Council considered evacuating homes due to anti-asylum protests

  16-03-2026 06:24 via bbc.com
  The BBC obtains emails showing how a council responded to the incident behind the scenes.
  
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• Costa Coffee opens first Basildon drive-thru - QSR Media UK

  16-03-2026 02:55
  Costa Coffee opens first Basildon drive-thru  QSR Media UK
  
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• Run report#560 by Steve Streeting - parkrun UK

  14-03-2026 17:50
  Run report#560 by Steve Streeting  parkrun UK
  
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• I ordered a tank of heating oil. Then the price more than doubled

  14-03-2026 09:54 via bbc.com
  People tell the BBC of their anger at being charged more money for their lifeline fuel supplies.
  
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• Regular powerchair football comes to Essex

  14-03-2026 07:14 via bbc.com
  Teenager George Shippey and his mum help bring the sport to Witham.
  
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• Plans submitted for new 7,750-home development

  14-03-2026 07:14 via bbc.com
  The blueprints include five schools, a rapid transit system, a health hub and a civic centre.
  
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• Basildon, the home of Costa Coffee’s roastery, gets its first drive-thru store - Retail Times

  13-03-2026 19:15
  Basildon, the home of Costa Coffee’s roastery, gets its first drive-thru store  Retail Times
  
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• Deprived seaside village set for pothole repairs

  13-03-2026 15:53 via bbc.com
  A council says it is considering funding repairs to a road that locals have complained about.
  
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• 'Atrocious' pavements with huge holes and cracks causing 'nightmare' for Basildon residents - Essex Live

  13-03-2026 15:50
  'Atrocious' pavements with huge holes and cracks causing 'nightmare' for Basildon residents  Essex Live
  
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• Firefighters tackle bin lorry blaze in Basildon 'sparked by battery' - Southend Echo

  13-03-2026 15:39
  Firefighters tackle bin lorry blaze in Basildon 'sparked by battery'  Southend Echo
  
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• Mother and daughter rescued from sinking sand

  13-03-2026 14:52 via bbc.com
  Staff at the nearby Adventure Island use ropes to rescue the pair.
  
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• Council cannot appeal asylum seeker hotel ruling

  13-03-2026 13:12 via bbc.com
  Judges tell Epping Forest District Council it cannot appeal against a High Court ruling.
  
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• Why are there dodo 'warnings' in Essex?

  13-03-2026 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  The new sign appeared in Daws Heath where controversial duck signs were recently put up.
  
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