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  • Updated: Three-car crash causes delays on A127

    A THREE-car crash on the A127 caused traffic chaos among drivers heading for Southend seafront. The accident took place on the Southend-bound carriageway just before Rayleigh Weir about 1.50pm today. According to firefighters, the pile-up

  • Essex Ford accused of creeping on to green belt

    A campaigner has accused a car company of “creeping” on to the green belt. Essex Ford won permission to build its new showroom on green belt at Rayleigh Weir in 2006, on the condition it contributed £300,000 to the building of a new fire station

  • Cruiser rescued after breaking down off Southend shore

    A 28ft cruiser had to be towed to shore after breaking down in the estuary. RNLI Lifeboats from Southend and Sheerness stations helped tow the boat, which had two passengers onboard, to safety. The Colvic cruiser was about a mile off-shore from the

  • New Scout hut dream taking shape

    A CAMPAIGN to raise thousands of pounds to replace a Scout hut is gathering pace. The 1st Hullbridge Scout Group meets at its hall next to St Thomas’s Church, Hullbridge, but it has no running water or toilets and needs rewiring. The ageing hut is built

  • Smugglers' drinkers want restrictions revoked

    MEMBERS of a private bar are campaigning to have court restrictions lifted. Last August, Rochford District Council gave the Smugglers Den, in Hullbridge, permission to allow customers to drink in its private garden, on the banks of the River

  • Anti-booze bus takes to the road targeting young drinkers

    A MINIBUS has been touring Castle Point to help tackle problems with underage drinking. The Canvey Island Youth Project has been using the bus to visit hotspots where crowds of teenagers gather to drink alcohol at night. These are usually parks and

  • Barleylands charity walk beats all records

    AN MP has praised more than 1,000 people who took part in a charity walk in Billericay. Generous-spirited fundraisers defied the recession for the annual fun walk, which took place at Barleylands Farm, in Barleylands Road, last weekend.

  • Swings torched in Eastwood

    CHILDREN’S swings have been destroyed after being set alight by yobs. Firefighters from Southend station were called about 6.30pm yesterday to Eastwood Park off Rayleigh Road. They spent 20 minutes extinguishing the blaze, which is being

  • Sheds ablaze in Grays back gardens

    THREE sheds went up in flames in neighbouring back gardens. Two crews from Grays fire station were called to Lenmore Avenue, Grays, about 5.30am this morning. Some nearby fern trees were also affected by the fire, which was extinguish by 6.15am.

  • Car wrecked after getting set alight on Canvey

    A CAR has been left a wreck after being torched. Emergency services were called when a blue Ford Escort saloon was discovered alight about 5.30am this morning off Thames Road, Canvey. A crew from Canvey fire station spent about 25 minutes