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Care home visit aims to bridge generation gap
12:30pm Thursday 20th June 2013
THUNDERSLEY schoolchildren visited a care home in an effort to bridge the gap between generations.
Stambridge mill fire was deliberate say fire crews
11:50am Thursday 20th June 2013
ARSONISTS have been blamed for a fire at a disused storage building in Rochford.
Pensioners march on council over hot meals dispute
11:00am Thursday 20th June 2013
MORE than 200 pensioners marched on Basildon Council’s offices in a bid to save a hot meals service.
Free school to open in September 2014
10:30am Thursday 20th June 2013
SOUTHEND’S first free school could be up and running by September next year.
Breaking news Eastwood cricket club pavilion destroyed by fire
10:10am Thursday 20th June 2013
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze which destroyed a wooden cricket pavilion in Leigh last night.
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