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	Charities to share £33,000
	8:52am Wed 23 Jul 08
	DOZENS of charities will receive a share of £33,000 raised by walkers.

	Council snoops on your rubbish
	7:00am Tue 15 Jul 08
	BASILDON'S new wheelie bins have been microchipped so the council can check how often residents recycle green waste.
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Mum's anger at 7/7 bombing

2:50pm Monday 14th July 2008

THE mother of 7/7 Tube bomb victim Carrie Taylor has reacted angrily to news of delays in compensating victims or the terror outrage.

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No grounds to reject coffee shop

9:51pm Friday 11th July 2008

A COFFEE Republic coffee shop is to replace the Woolwich Building Society's Billericay High Street offices.

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Two Billericay teens cut free from car smash

2:10am Friday 11th July 2008

FIREFIGHTERS rescued two teenage girls after they got trapped in a car during a smash.

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Widower’s joy at docs’ vote

2:05pm Thursday 10th July 2008

A WIDOWER who has been fighting to change the law surrounding controversial top-up payments with NHS treatment says he is "delighted" doctors have called for a thorough and independent review of the issue.

Plan for flats thrown out

4:50pm Wednesday 9th July 2008

CONTROVERSIAL plans to replace a house with six flats have been thrown out by Basildon Council.

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	School's Olympic visitor
	3:53pm Wed 9 Jul 08
	A VETERAN Essex Olympic hero has shown Billericay schoolchildren footage of his bronze medal run at the 1956 Games.

Green belt farmhouse row

3:50pm Wednesday 9th July 2008

PLANS to build a new farmhouse on green belt land have been refused by Basildon Council.

	Museum dig unearths Victorian treasures
	1:48am Wed 9 Jul 08
	MUSEUM volunteers unearthed 19th Century artefacts when refurbishing a garden wall.
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