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Essex | Archive | 2004 | December

Stories for 20 December 2004

Basildon,Echo,Essex News

Basildon: Teenager dies after accident

A Basildon teenager died after being involved in a road traffic accident last Friday. more...

Basildon: Comic Johnny trying to trace friend

TV comic Johnny Vegas is looking to trace a long lost friend in Basildon. more...

Basildon,Echo,Essex,Southend News

Southend, Canvey: Student to join TV show in jungle

A South East Essex College student is yelling "I'm not a Celebrity...Get me in there" to join a TV show based in the Borneo jungle. more...

Chelmsford News

Essex: School police curb rowdies

A Chelmsford school has been paying police to patrol its corridors to crack down on rowdy pupils. more...

Colchester,Essex Sport

Soccer: Brentford 1-0 Colchester United (League One)

Colchester United slumped to their third Coca-Cola League One defeat in a row when they lost 1-0 at Brentford today. more...

Colchester,Essex,Evening-Gazette Sport

Soccer: Brentford 1-0 Colchester United (League One

Colchester United slumped to their third Coca-Cola League One defeat in a row when they lost 1-0 at Brentford today. more...

Echo,Essex,Southend News

Southend: Success at last for the Palace

The Palace Theatre, which has been fighting for survival in recent years, has chalked up its most successful autumn season ever in its 40-year history. more...

Southend: Man's lucky escape from flat fire

A middle-aged man has had a lucky escape after a chip pan fire threatened to turn his flat into an inferno. more...

Southend: Trader seeks compensation for flooding

A Southend trader is demanding thousands of pounds compensation because she claims poor waterproofing on the Pier Hill development exposed her cafe below to "horrendous" flooding whenever it rains. more...

Southend: Mother's anxiety over son's death

A mother who is preparing to bury her beloved son faces an agonising three-month wait to find out what killed him unexpectedly. more...

South Essex: Rail company is one of the best

Rail company c2c has been named as the best in London and the south east for running its trains on time. more...

Rochford: Biker in four-vehicle smash

A motorcyclist has escaped serious injury despite losing his helmet in a four-vehicle smash in Rochford. more...

Southend: Police hunt sex attacker

Detectives are hunting a sex attacker who targeted a 17-year-old girl near the Royals shopping centre in Southend. more...

Southend: Courts customers will receive goods

Disgruntled Southend customers who feared they would lose money when furniture giant Courts collapsed will now receive their orders. more...

Echo,Essex,Southend Sport

Football: Newman answers Cambridge SOS

Former Southend United boss Rob Newman is helping out at League Two crisis club Cambridge United. more...

Football: Maher hails current crop of Blues stars

Southend United skipper Kevin Maher today labelled the current Shrimpers squad the strongest he has played in since joining the club. more...

Football: Drewe wanders off on loan

Southend United striker Drewe Broughton has joined Wycombe Wanderers on a month long loan. more...

Football: Delancey consider Ron's buyout bid

Delancey's deputy chairman Colin Wagman today confirmed he had received an approach from Shrimpers supremo Ron Martin for the company's 50 percent of shares in Southend United. more...

Golf: Close call in Rochford medals

All three of the sections in Rochford Hundred's Saturday December medal were so close they had to be decided on countback. more...

Essex Business

Essex: Company offers a 'White Christmas'

An Essex firm has been set up to offer residents the chance of a White Christmas in Lapland. more...

Coggeshall: Liz receives BPMA sword of honour

A Coggeshall woman has been made a fellow of a National Trade Association. more...

Essex Essexroots

Nicolette-Hermione Benians

Looking for Nicolette, last known location was Earl's Court near London in 1978. more...

Heather and Dave

I would like to get in touch with Heather from Colchester and Dave from Witham more...

Carrington descendants of Great Clacton

I am building my family tree of CARRINGTON. more...

Golding

My name is Les Golding and I am researching my Family History. more...

Rene O'Driscoll

Rene O'Driscoll was the mother of a friend of mine, Jan Griffin.... more...

doris edith childs - relatives in Southend Essex

I am tracing my Mum's family, Mum was born in Rochford, Southend-on-Sea in 1918. more...

Westgate Family

I would like to locate the descendants of William Westgate (1900-1965)and Winifred Dorothy Westgate (1908-1989). more...

Essex Sport

Swimming: Alex star at Forest gala

Alex Delicata was the pick of Runnymede's swimmers at the Waltham Forest winter open, dominating the 200m events in the 9/10 years age group. more...

Thai boxing: Woodham enjoys triumph

Jason Woodham secured an impressive and comprehensive triumph in Thailand last week - beating his more experienced opponent courtesy of a technical knock out. more...

Essex Tilburyfc

Caretaker team in charge

FOLLOWING the dismissal of manager Paul Joynes, Tilbury have given charge of the team on a caretaker basis to widely travelled defender Garry Kimble who will work with the club's commercial manager Neil Speight. more...

Essex Xmas

Christmas around Chelmsford

Christmas events around Chelmsford include: more...

Christmas around Colchester

Christmas events around Colchester include: more...

Eveninggazette News

Braintree: Resident in lather over car valeting

A scheme to allow car washes to operate in public car parks has left some people angry. more...

HOLD - Mid-Essex: Plan for 7pc hike in car park prices

Parking charges in a mid-Essex town are set to rise by nearly seven per cent. more...

Mid Essex: Police 'among worst' for solving robberies

Chelmsford police division is one of the worst in the country when it comes to solving robberies, according to figures. more...

St Osyth: Village uncovers fascinating facts

St Osyth will turn back the centuries in February. more...

Colchester: £140k to help the homeless

Colchester is being given £140,000 to reduce homelessness. more...

Colchester: Teenager slashed with broken glass

A teenager needed stitches to his face after he was slashed with a piece of broken glass. more...

Asda shoppers fume over car park hold-ups

Bosses at Asda superstore in Colchester are looking into ways of improving the traffic flow from its car park after fuming shoppers were trapped for more than an hour. more...

Dovercourt: Secure your home to save presents

Residents are being urged to secure their homes in the lead-up to the Christmas period. more...

Danbury: Open bus door hits pupil

A schoolgirl was left with head injuries after she was struck by a bus's open luggage compartment as it passed her on the road. more...

Countywide: Three killed in road accidents

Three people have died on Essex roads, taking this year's tragic total to 101. more...

HOLD - Witham: Kind pupils buy new bike for Kye

Kind-hearted pupils have given their pocket money towards a new bike for a fellow student. more...

Little Braxted: Woman cut from car

Firefighters took more than an hour to cut a woman out of a car following an accident. more...

North Essex: Murder sentence: woman appeals

One of the murderers of north Essex teenager Debra Carne was due to appeal against her sentence today. more...

Maldon: Sports revamp gets approval

Major improvements are to be made to sports facilities at Promenade Park in Maldon. more...

Mid-Essex: Plan for 7pc hike in car park prices

Parking charges in a mid-Essex town are set to rise by nearly seven per cent. more...

Halstead: Workers evacuated in canteen fire

Firefighters in Halstead dealt with a blaze which broke out at a packaging firm, causing a canteen to fill with smoke. more...

Colchester: Power supplies are hit

A fallen tree and damage to underground cables caused two power cuts in Colchester. more...

Essex: Girl, 13, taken into care

A woman, believed to be from Essex, has been arrested after allegedly trying to sell her 13-year old daughter's virginity. more...

North Essex: Police drop GP probe

Police have dropped an investigation into a north-Essex GP following the death of a patient. more...

Dovercourt: Pensioners win recycling fight

Campaigning pensioners have won a battle for better recycling facilities in their road. more...

Eveninggazette Sport

Soccer: U's suffer third straight loss

Colchester United boss Phil Parkinson is determined not to be beaten by the recent poor run suffered by the U's. more...

Soccer: Senk's wait nearly over

Chris Senk is desperate to make up for lost time in his quest to explode back on the first-team scene at Clacton Town. more...

Soccer: Brentford boss a step closer

Victory over Colchester United means Brentford boss Martin Allen is one step closer to completing his first goal of the season. more...