CANVEY Island’s sea water swimming pool could be saved.
Castle Point Council wants to close down the pool but may now transfer its operation to the town council. Read more
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Free swimming in Castle Point has been scrapped after government funding for the scheme was withdrawn last month. Read more
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Police are appealing for information after a man exposed himself to a school girl in Leigh. Read more
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Plans for an Olympic mountain biking site that could see 40,000 spectators flock to Hadleigh in 2012 have been approved by Castle Point Borough Council. Read more
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DAYTIME television viewers have been given a glimpse behind the scenes at Little Havens Children’s Hospice thanks to one of its brave children. Read more
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FORMER Castle Point MP Bob Spink has announced he is to take a break from politics. Read more
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THE Conservatives' Rebecca Harris has held Castle Point - holding off a challenge from former Tory MP Bob Spink. Read more
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A second man has been arrested in connection with a series of attempted accostings in the Canvey and Benfleet areas. Read more
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WITNESSES are being sought after a collision left a 9-year-old boy with serious fractures to his ankle. Read more
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POLICE are appealing for information about an armed robbery in Point Road, Canvey, yesterday evening (Saturday April 10) at about 9 15 pm. Read more
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A COUNCILLOR has been suspended for six months for bringing his office into disrepute by bullying a council officer, making comments in the press and seeking secure a personal advantage for himself or others concerning planning permissions.
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A MAN was stabbed while driving his car on the A130 and a woman charged with attempted murder in what police are treating as a domestic incident. Read more
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A GUNMAN escaped with hundreds of pounds after a raid on a supermarket on Canvey Island on Friday evening. Read more
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POLICE have appealed for witnesses after an early morning crash that left two people in hospital after a car hit a lamppost and garden wall. Read more
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A VOLUNTEER who gives “life saving” support to young addiction sufferers has been shortlisted for Drug Worker of the Year.
Roger Esgrove, from Benfleet has been named as a finalist in the Home Office Tackling Drugs Changing Lives Awards for helping to transform services at Canvey Island Youth Project. He is one of just 28 winners short-listed for the award nationally. Read more
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DETECTIVES have released the name and picture of a man they wish to speak to in connection with a domestic-related stabbing on Canvey Island. Read more
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A CASTLE Point councillor has been suspended by the council’s Standards Committee. Read more
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FIREFIGHTERS from Hadleigh and Canvey tackled a blaze in the bedroom of a two storey house in Canvey thought to have been caused by a cigarette. Read more
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AN Essex school has shut after it was announced that two more of its pupils may have contracted swine flu. Read more
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A YEAR Eight pupil at a Canvey Island school is being treated at home for suspected swine flu. Read more
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