Southend councillor calls for review of gender-neutral pledge
An independent councillor is calling for Southend’s council leaders to rethink a promise to use ‘gender-neutral’ language over fears it
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Human rights group renews attack on Southend Council over PSPO plans
A leading human rights group has branded a policy that will allow fines to handed out to the homeless “cruel”
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Basildon Council plots ‘radical changes’ to bin collections, as Government orders 20,000 new homes but slashes budget
MORE than 60 per cent of waste thrown away in black bags by Basildon residents could actually have been recycled,
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Emergency winter shelter for Basildon homeless will open tonight
BASILDON’S emergency night shelter will officially open tonight, to offer the homeless refuge from freezing cold weather this winter. Temperatures
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Archaeologists searching Rochford for remains of Darwin’s ship
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have been searching in Rochford for the remains of a legendary ship. Historians are looking for the remains of
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Basildon planning committee to meet over Billericay shop sign row
BASILDON councillors will decide tonight whether to take legal action against a Billericay business over ‘illegal advertising’. Council documents claim
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Brentwood club Sugar Hut withdraws 7am licence bid
The Sugar Hut will still reopen on November 30 following a £4million upgrade – despite the withdrawal of an application
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Spectacular switch on for Romford Christmas lights
Thousands of Havering residents flocked to Romford Market Place on Thursday November 14 to celebrate the Christmas lights switch on,
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Environment Agency flood works deadline to ‘focus their attention’
A deadline could be set for the implementation of a scheme designed to protect hundreds of homes in Chelmsford from
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Thurrock second worst in South Essex for fly-tipping but fines are falling
Thurrock has the second highest rate of fly-tipping in all south Essex yet the number of fines being handed out
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