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Free parking extended in Basildon to beat recession

Delighted – Joanne Cooper from Lipleys and Mehmet Mehmet from a Touch of Class  welcome free weekend parking in the main car park in Wickford

7:50am Tuesday 9th February 2010

FREE parking in Basildon, Wickford and Billericay shopping centres will be extended for a year.

New Essex franchise ‘won’t hurt rail commuters’

Welcome – Lord Adonis is met at Southend Central station by parliamentary candidate Kevin Bonavia

7:40am Tuesday 9th February 2010

TRANSPORT Secretary Lord Adonis assured passengers they will not lose out when National Express is stripped of its East Anglia franchise next year.

Shop banned from playing music

1:00pm Monday 8th February 2010

A CLOTHES shop in Basildon town centre has been banned from playing music after failing to get the proper licence.

Rotarians and pupils collect £18k Haiti cash

Fundraisers – Year 11 Mayflower High School pupils Rebecca Butler, Sophie Lorenz,  Isla Robertson, Callum Harris and Sam Hayday raised £500 through a cake sale

11:40am Monday 8th February 2010

A SCHOOL raised almost £3,000 for victims of earthquake-devastated Haiti in just one day.

Rotarians and pupils collect £18k Haiti cash

Fundraisers – Year 11 Mayflower High School pupils Rebecca Butler, Sophie Lorenz,  Isla Robertson, Callum Harris and Sam Hayday raised £500 through a cake sale

11:00am Monday 8th February 2010

A SCHOOL raised almost £3,000 for victims of earthquake-devastated Haiti in just one day.

A true taste of paradise

Trip souvenirs –  Alison Blant with pupils Lucy Langley, eight, and Billy Hiron, seven

9:00am Monday 8th February 2010

SWAPPING Pitsea for a Pacific Island might sound like paradise. But when your coach is held up by armed bandits wielding bows and arrows you realise the reality is much different.

Water company sued over sewage leak in River Crouch

8:04am Monday 8th February 2010

THE ENVIRONMENT Agency is suing a water company over a mass sewage leak in the River Crouch.

Kids to vote on favourite characters to mark St George's Day

8:05am Monday 8th February 2010

Basildon Council is putting a scholarly twist on its St George’s Day celebrations this year, by asking youngsters to name their favourite literary character.

Updated: Man charged with robberies

1:42pm Sunday 7th February 2010

POLICE have arrested a man in connection with a series of robberies in and around Basildon.

Taxi driver robbed by two passengers in Basildon

10:37am Saturday 6th February 2010

A TAXI driver was punched in the face and robbed by two passengers.







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