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Half the pupils at a troubled Tilbury school to be moved out as academy deal is agreed
A TROUBLED Tilbury primary school is set to become an academy as part of a complicated arrangement that will see more than half of its pupils moved to the Gateway Learning Community. From April 2014, pupils in Years Three, Four, Five and Six at
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Loving dad organises bazaar in memory of daughter
A LOVING father has organised a Christmas bazaar to raise money for his daughter who died in 2008. Brian Johnson is holding the event at William Edwards School, Grays, on Saturday, December 7 and it will offer stalls, raffles and games with the
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Football club looking for special skills
FOOTBALL: A football club for players with special needs and disabilities is looking for new members. Soccability is for adults and children and training is held at the Basildon Lower Academy (formerly Barstable School) in Timberlog Close, Basildon
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Woman fined after repeated noise warnings
AN East Tilbury woman has been fined more than £2,000 for blasting out music and repeatedly breaching noise orders. Lolita Mbaki, 27, of Queen Elizabeth Avenue, was fined £400 each for three offences of breaching a noise abatement order and was
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Talented South Ockendon teen bound for the O2 Arena?
A TEENAGE girl is just one step away from performing at the much-coveted O2 Arena in London. Ragan Price, 13, from South Ockendon, is into the area final of Open Mic UK - one of the country’s biggest talent shows for unsigned singers. After
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Police launch operation Christmas Presence at Lakeside
POLICE have launched their annual campaign aimed at keeping crime and disorder down at Lakeside as Christmas shoppers begin flocking to the centre. Senior police officers in Thurrock joined colleagues from their dedicated Lakeside team to launch
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Rare framed butterflies seized in Corringham
A COLLECTION of framed rare butterflies have been seized after a couple attempted to sell them on eBay. A search warrant was issued at a house in Gardner Avenue, Corringham following concerns a man and a woman had been selling framed British Butterflies
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William Edwards Scho0ol just misses out on big sports award
ATHLETICS: In the county sports awards the school of the year award eluded William Edwards Secondary school. It went to Harwich’s Chase Lane Primary. William Edwards head of PE Deri Reid was awarded a runners-up certificate.
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Eagles and Sinclair key for C&K
WOMENS FOOTBALL: GOALS from Carly Eagles and Sara Sinclair were key for C&K Basildon Ladies, who maintained their two-point lead at the top of the Women’s South East Combination League with a 2-1 win over a resilient Enfield Town Ladies. After
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Tributes paid to much loved swimmin club coach
SWIMMING: TRIBUTES have been paid to the head coach of Thurrock Swimming Club Alan Mitchell who died of liver cancer last week. Club members remembered the popular coach at their club night on Friday and swimming club friends observed a minute’
