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Man from Essex jailed for attacking police with petrol
28-year-old Justin Jackson has been sent to prison after throwing petrol over eight police officers in Basildon, leaving two hospitalised.
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Police say someone is helping teenager Archy to stay missing
Police say a 13-year-old boy in Essex is being "helped to stay missing by people he should not be with".
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High Court judge sends Twitter plea to mum on run with her son
A High Court judge has used Twitter to send a plea to a woman who has gone missing with her three-year-old son to return home.
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Police confirm body in lake is missing Jack
Police have confirmed that the body pulled from a fishing lake in Basildon is that of missing 28-year-old Jack Morrad.
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Police searching for missing Jack Morrad find body in lake
Police hunting for a man who went missing in Basildon after a night out befre Christmas have found a body in a lake they were searching.
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Lake drained in search for man who went missing before Christmas
A lake in Basildon is being drained in the hunt for Jack Morrad who went missing after a night out two days before Christmas.
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Divers search lake for missing Basildon man
Police divers have been searching a lake in Basildon in the hunt for Jack Morrad who went missing after a night out 2 days before Christmas
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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meet sports coaches of the future
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been finding out how a project in Essex is helping more people get into sport.
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The slump of UKIP support in Basildon has handed the Conservatives victory there with an overall majority for the first time since 2014.
UKIP saw its share of the vote fall to 7% compared to 39% in 2014. The Tories improved their share by 16 percentage points and Labour was up 2 points.
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Newborn puppies dumped on bin in Basildon
Three puppies, believed to be a day old, died after being dumped on top of a bin outside shops in Basildon, Essex.
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