Essex | Archive | 2006 | November


Stories for 6 November 2006

Billericay Weekly News Sport

Blues at home in Trophy

BILLERICAY have been drawn at home to Southern Premier League Mangotsfield United in the third round qualifying of the FA Trophy.   more...

Echo News

Miss GB's boob may win crown for Louise

Miss Basildon looks set to be named as the new Miss Great Britain - after the original winner was sacked for "bringing the pageant into disrepute".   more...

My 650-mile drive for big match tickets

A Blues supporter was so keen to get his hands on tickets for the Manchester United game he drove for more than 23 hours from his home in Scotland.   more...

Palace Theatre's do fit for royalty

A lavish gala event will mark the reopening of Southend's historic Palace Theatre in London Road, Westcliff, later this month.   more...

£1.1m George store opens in Southend

Fashion followers had the chance to revel in guilt-free glamour when a new £1.1million George store opened in Southend High Street.   more...

Crack dealer gets five years in prison

A crack and heroin dealer nicknamed The General has been jailed after one of Southend's biggest ever drugs crackdowns.   more...

Mugged poppy seller vows to carry on

A war veteran vowed to carry on selling poppies despite being violently mug-ged of his collection tin, containing just £100.   more...

Recycle or we'll fine you says Basildon Council

A group of residents are to be used as guinea pigs for a new recycling scheme - and those who don't could face fines.   more...

Husband's plea to runaway wife

A worried husband has made an emotional appeal to his missing wife to come home to their six-year-old daughter.   more...

Ashley, 14, burned in trick or treat disaster

A mum has thanked strangers who helped her teenage son after he set himself on fire during Halloween.   more...

Dame Helen hails Palace revival

Film and television star Dame Helen Mirren took a trip down memory lane when she returned to Southend to revisit her favourite childhood haunts.   more...

Council considers housewarming gifts

Grants could be given to help owners of draughty homes keep warm this winter.   more...

Car smash delays family holiday

A couple had their holiday delayed after they were involved in a two-car smash on the way to the airport.   more...

Safety call as train hits car

A train ploughed into a car and dragged it 100 yards along the rail line just minutes after two teenagers fled uninjured.   more...

Man robbed of birth certificate

A man had his birth certificate and £180 stolen by knife-wielding robbers in Gloucester Park.   more...

Echo Sport

Disputed free-kick ends Rovers' hope

Great Wakering boss Iain O'Connell was a disappointed man after seeing his side's best ever FA Trophy campaign ended by illustrious Welsh visitors Merthyr on Saturday.   more...

Boylan gives new look Grays a point

Grays began a new era of sorts on Saturday with an encouraging draw with Cambridge United.   more...

Marlon's sparkler

Like all the best firework displays, the biggest bangs are saved until the end.   more...

Pardew ecstatic as tactics reap rich rewards

Alan Pardew was a proud man after Marlon Harewood's 89th minute winner lifted his West Ham side out of the Premiership's relegation zone.   more...

Matt hopes to change Southend record soon

Striker Matt Harrold is fed up of sounding like a broken record after Southend United crashed to a 3-1 defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday.   more...

Irons face FA probe over coin incident

West Ham's climb up the Barclays Premiership table could be dramatically halted by a points deduction after the Football Association launched an investigation into Sunday's dramatic 1-0 win over Arsenal.   more...

Managers' Association "concerned" by Pardew/Wenger row

League Managers' Association chief executive John Barnwell has called for managers' technical areas to be "at least 20 metres apart" following Sunday's spat between West Ham boss Alan Pardew and Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger.   more...

Pardew plays down "Tevez to Barcelona" talk

West Ham striker Carlos Tevez will not be heading to Spanish giants Barcelona during the mid-season transfer window, according to Irons boss Alan Pardew.   more...

Gazette News

Colchester: Woman flees blaze

A fireworks party ended in panic when the host woke up to find a candle had set her bedroom on fire.   more...

Harwich: Santa's giant helper

Hundreds of people gathered at Harwich to see Christmas coming on the largest container ship in the world.   more...

Colchester: Night goes off with a bang!

Thousands of people ooohed and ahhhed as the sky above Colchester's Castle Park was lit up with colour on Saturday night.   more...

Alresford: Bravery award for have-a-go pensioners

Two brave pensioners who tackled a young burglar are to be honoured.   more...

Harwich: Police find haul of stolen bikes

Officers in Harwich are celebrating after uncovering a haul of suspected stolen bikes and parts.   more...

Clacton: 5-turbine wind farm in spotlight

Residents got the chance to see what it would be like if plans for an inland wind farm went ahead.   more...

Colchester: Racism ordeal for boy

A distraught mother has spoken of her heartache after her five-year-old son set fire to his bedroom following months of racist abuse.   more...

Colchester: Police crackdown on motorists

More than 200 motorists were caught flouting the law during a 20-hour crackdown in Colchester.   more...

Colchester: Police baffled by attack on man, 18

A teenager was today recovering in hospital after a vicious street assault left him with serious head injuries.   more...

Thurrock Gazette Sport

Away tie in Trophy

THURROCK have been paired at Ryman Premier League side Ashford Town from Middlesex in the third qualifying round of the FA Trophy.   more...

  
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