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A MAN had a lucky escape thanks to the quick thinking of his colleagues after a forklift fell on him in Canvey this morning.

PART of Basildon Hospital had to be evacuated on Wednesday morning after a small fire broke out in a toilet.

A man is charged with murdering a clergyman, who recently worked in Essex, at his vicarage and a retired teacher.

A security guard who went on the run in 1993 after £1m went missing from a security van in Suffolk has appeared in court in America.

RUBBISH thrown out by Southend Hospital is now turned into energy and nothing is buried in landfill sites.

A COMPUTER scam has taken in people from across Southend.

Three Peacocks stores in south Essex are shutting down with the loss of 45 jobs.

TWO more people have been arrested in connection with the stabbing and robbery of a taxi driver. The two men, one aged 20 and one aged 31, were arrested this week.

A man appears in court in connection with an attack by a dog on a seven-year-old boy on an Essex beach.

A man has appeared in court after a boy was seriously injured in an attack by a Rottweiler dog on Southend seafront.

Southend United boss Paul Sturrock says he has no option but to 'change the personnel' at the club after defeat by Aldershot.

Southend's free air show, one of the biggest in Europe, has a new sponsor with the budget airline Easyjet.

A COUPLE who have volunteered at Basildon Hospital since before it was even built are celebrating 50 years of dedicated service, helping to raise more than £1million.

EVERY pupil at a school set to get an £8.7million makeover will be given touch-screen computer tablets to use in lessons.

A rare 300-year-old pocket watch believed to be one of only 10 sells for £8,600 at auction

The fire service in Essex pays more than £119,000 to HM Revenue and Customs after it underpaid national insurance contributions.

Housing fraudsters beware! Southend-on-Sea Borough Council’s Corporate Fraud Team and South Essex Homes are hot on your trail!

CAMPAIGNERS from Congo thanked Southend Council for using responsibly sourced timber in pier renovations.

Police would like to identify these men in connection with the theft of beer from a Canvey store.

FORMER New Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell could intervene in a row between the regional and local parties over a councillor’s deselection.