Pair jailed over bungled Leyton kidnap plot
TWO men have been jailed for a combined 17 years after kidnapping a man in Leyton and blackmailing his family.
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Basildon Council announces plan to build 1,000 new homes in five years
BASILDON Council has announced plans to build 1,000 new homes in five years. The bulk of the properties will be
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Councillors approve flats in Langdon Hills, despite car parking concerns
BASILDON councillors have approved plans to bulldoze a Langdon Hills bungalow and replace it with a block of flats. Roughly
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Castle Point approves 5,000-home Local Plan by majority to avoid Government intervention
CASTLE Point Council has passed its Local Plan by a majority vote and will now hold one final consultation before
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Hundreds of families trapped in temporary housing across Essex
Hundreds of families across south Essex are living in temporary accommodation despite the introduction of a policy that was supposed
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Unbearable, melodramatic snobbery
Downton Abbey (PG) 122 mins A lot seems to happen at Downton Abbey, or at least that’s what the popularity
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Basildon Council approves road through washland and more houses on green land at Dry Street
COUNCILLORS have approved the building of a road through a 60-year-old washland, so more houses can be built on green
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