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Off the wall gran is a wannabe Jacko
5:20pm Thursday 2nd September 2010
A 50-YEAR-OLD gran is hoping to hit the big time with her new career as a Michael Jackson impersonator.
Neighbours delighted by youth care home closure
5:00pm Thursday 2nd September 2010
A CONTROVERSIAL care home that made life a misery for its neighbours is to close after Essex County Council removed the young residents over fears for their safety.
Have your say over council land sell-off
2:00pm Thursday 2nd September 2010
THE time has come for councillors and campaigners to meet about plans to sell off playing fields across Basildon to fund the £38million sporting village.
Exhibits gathering dust after Motorboat Museum closes
10:40am Thursday 2nd September 2010
FIFTEEN motorboats which once held pride of place in the country’s only dedicated motorboat museum are gathering dust while Basildon Council tries to get rid of them.
Planned development cash for playground
9:30am Thursday 2nd September 2010
A PLAYGROUND will get new equipment and a spruce-up if a housing estate is approved on a former school site.
Garages are being demolished at last
9:00am Thursday 2nd September 2010
EMPTY and vandalised garages where a nine-year-old boy pricked his hand on a suspected used drugs needle are finally being demolished.
Rugby teams battle in memory of Aaron
8:00am Thursday 2nd September 2010
MUD, sweat, tears and smiles were the order of the day as friends and teammates of a soldier killed in Afghanistan took part in a rugby tournament in his memory.
Veterans to fight plan to axe Gurkhas from Army
7:30am Thursday 2nd September 2010
A GURKHA community in south Essex has been left angry at reports the famous regiment could be axed from the British Army after two centuries.
Will will not be moved say travellers
6:50am Thursday 2nd September 2010
BASILDON Council is gearing up for a major eviction at the Hovefields traveller camp after families on six illegal pitches made it clear they are not moving.
Volunteers’ tears and shock at state of horse found wandering on road
11:00am Wednesday 1st September 2010
WORKERS at an animal charity found themselves in tears as they rescued a horse which was in such bad shape its foot was covered in maggot-infested cancerous tumours.
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