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Local news from the #Southend area of #Essex⁣ since 2013⁣ on the other app, now happy to be here⁣ ▪️ Shoeburyness⁣⁣ ▪️ Leigh⁣⁣ ▪️ Westcliff⁣⁣ ▪️ Rochford⁣⁣ ▪️ Thorpe Bay⁣⁣ ▪️ Hadleigh⁣⁣ ▪️ Eastwood
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Lower Thames Crossing gets extra £891m in Budget

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Budget 2025: Lower Thames Crossing to get extra £891m
In her Budget, the chancellor describes infrastructure as "the backbone of economic growth".
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November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Asylum seeker flats plan is ludicrous, says council

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Buckhurst Hill asylum flats plan ludicrous, says Epping council
The government is branded "tone deaf" over a plan for Buckhurst Hill after a summer of protests.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Mum denies murdering 19-year-old son

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Brentwood mum denies murdering 19-year-old son
The trial is due to take place in March next year.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Essex Olympian makes ‘surprise’ comeback

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Essex Olympian makes ‘surprise’ comeback - BBC Sounds
Max Whitlock trains in Basildon and hopes to be at the Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Search under way after 'dangerous dog' incidents

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Search under way after four 'dangerous dog' incidents in Witham
Police want to speak to a man following four reports of a dog lunging at people in Witham.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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PC who touched female colleagues is sacked

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Essex police officer sacked for touching his female colleagues
PC Fraser Walsham's behaviour "fell way below" the expected standard, a senior Essex officer says.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Max Whitlock comeback is inspirational, says coach

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Max Whitlock's 2028 Olympic dream is inspirational, says coach
Britain's most successful gymnast is plotting a Team GB return for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Tributes to police officer who died in crash

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Tributes to Essex police officer killed in crash while on duty
PC Matthew Parker will be remembered for his courage, his family says.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Water quality improves at beach hit by pollution

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Water quality improves at Heacham beach hit by pollution
The Environment Agency releases its latest results on bathing water quality.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Council continues legal bid against asylum hotel

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Epping council continues legal bid against asylum hotel
Epping Forest District Council is going to continue legal action and appeal a High Court decision.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Fire crews tackle blaze at agricultural building

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Peldon blaze in Colchester Road is tackled by firefighters
A "significant amount of smoke" has surrounded the area in Peldon, the fire service says.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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'We are still struggling after last year's Budget'

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'We are still struggling after last year's Budget'
People in Thurrock say how Budget 2024 affected them - and their hopes for this year's announcement.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Max Whitlock comeback is inspirational, says coach

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Max Whitlock's 2028 Olympic dream is inspirational, says coach
Britain's most successful gymnast is plotting a Team GB return for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Car damage halts football on largest village green

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Car damage halts football on Great Bentley village green
Families are "absolutely gutted" by the damage to the green, a football club's chairman says.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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NHS faces threat to its future, hospital boss says

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NHS faces existential threat to its future, hospital boss warns
The boss of two hospitals says the NHS is facing an existential threat to its future.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Academics to use AI supercomputer for eye study

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AI supercomputer to be used in University of Essex eye study
The lead researcher believes the machine will "offer new insights" into human behaviour.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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'I'm officially back' - Whitlock comes out of retirement

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Max Whitlock: Three-time Olympic gold medallist to come out of retirement for Los Angeles 2028
Three-time Olympic gold medallist Max Whitlock is to come out of retirement to target a place at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Newest Essex railway station opens

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Newest Essex railway station opens - BBC Sounds
Beaulieu Park is the first to open on the Great Eastern Main Line in 100 years.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Asylum seeker flats plan is ludicrous, says council

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Buckhurst Hill asylum flats plan ludicrous, says Epping council
The government is branded "tone deaf" over a plan for Buckhurst Hill after a summer of protests.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Ex-priest has further child abuse complaint upheld

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Ex-priest David Tudor has further child abuse complaint upheld
A tribunal finds that David Tudor sexually abused a 15-year-old-girl in Surrey in the 1980s.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Water quality improves at beach hit by pollution

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Water quality improves at Heacham beach hit by pollution
The Environment Agency releases its latest results on bathing water quality.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Clacton MP Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody' after racism claims

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Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody'
The Reform UK leader was responding to reports he made racist remarks to his peers in school in the 1970s.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Cowley hopeful of improving squad in January

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Danny Cowley: Colchester United boss hopes to improve squad in January
Colchester boss Danny Cowley is confident owner Robbie Cowling will back him in the January transfer window, despite the club being up for sale.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Cowley hopeful of improving squad in January

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Danny Cowley: Colchester United boss hopes to improve squad in January
Colchester boss Danny Cowley is confident owner Robbie Cowling will back him in the January transfer window, despite the club being up for sale.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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PC who touched female colleagues is sacked

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Essex police officer sacked for touching his female colleagues
PC Fraser Walsham's behaviour "fell way below" the expected standard, a senior Essex officer says.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM