Sport

Ten-man Blues finish with a draw
Southend United 1-1 Torquay UnitedKevin Maher’s Shrimpers have ended their first season in the National League in the lower half
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Leisure

Up for the craic
Direct from the West End and having sold out venues worldwide, Seven Drunken Nights – The Story of the Dubliners
Columnist

We can’t walk on eggshells forever
With every passing week the threat of a third, and almost certainly final, world war seems to edge inexorably closer.
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Features

LOCAL ELECTIONS: Basildon’s only female Tory candidate on being a woman in politics
Women are under-represented in local politics and Basildon Borough Council is no exception. Ahead of the May 5 local elections, only