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Coastguard staff in walkout over pay

5:42pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

COASTGUARD staff went on strike for 48 hours, but emergency responses were not affected.

Information plea after fire at gas terminal

5:41pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

A CAMPAIGNER has called for information about all accidents at the Calor Gas terminal on Canvey to be made public after a fire broke out involving a potentially explosive cylinder.

Partnership invites businesses into schools

10:25am Tuesday 22nd July 2008

A GROUNDBREAKING initiative uniting schools and councils is hoping to boost standards of education.

	Charity pockets £3,000
	10:20am Tue 22 Jul 08
	A NIGHT with the stars has raised more than £3,000 for charity.

Postpone roadworks say business chiefs

10:18am Tuesday 22nd July 2008

TRADERS are bracing themselves for more roadworks misery when the second stage begins of the gas pipe replacement programme in Rayleigh.

	New layby to ease hospital traffic woe
	7:39am Tue 22 Jul 08
	TRAFFIC conditions outside Southend Hospital are set to be improved with a raft of measures, including a new layby so that cars queuing to get into the hospital won't have to wait in the road.

Barn fire causes traffic chaos

11:19am Saturday 19th July 2008

A BLAZING barn caused traffic chaos today as police were forced to close roads.

	Canvey shopkeepers need to boost trade
	5:00pm Thu 17 Jul 08
	CANVEY traders say the island's town centre has been left to deteriorate for years.

Police issue warning over building site thefts

10:37am Wednesday 16th July 2008

POLICE are warning builders and tradespeople to step up their security after a string of thefts from building sites in a small area of Hockley.

Second fire at former school

10:38am Wednesday 16th July 2008

FIREFIGHTERS attended a second fire at an old girls' school just two weeks after it was destroyed by a blaze.

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