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Hold-ups – traffic queueing on the A127

Drivers say signal changes are making delays worse

Updated 7:30am Friday 3rd September 2010

MOTORISTS say changing the sequence of traffic lights at a busy road junction in Southend is making delays and congestion even worse.


Cops get cameras to catch yobs in the act

Updated 4:20pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

POLICE will soon wear cameras to catch drunken yobs in the act.

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Gardening project hit with cuts bombshell

Facing cuts – volunteers and clients in the Growing Together scheme’s allotments plot

Updated 4:00pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

HUGE funding cuts have hit a popular project for people with mental health problems and seven out of eight staff must go.

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Hospital spent £880k on management consultants

Updated 3:30pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

SOUTHEND Hospital has admitted spending £880,000 on management consultants during a period of proposed job cuts and ward closures.

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