Updated: Travellers can stay...for now
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	BASILDON Council has been ordered to reconsider the case of travellers facing eviction from Dale Farm at Crays Hill.
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	Child rapist could be out in three years
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	A PAEDOPHILE who filmed himself raping and sexually abusing two schoolgirls, then shared the images online has been jailed.

	I'll sell my farm to travellers
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	A SCRAP boss has warned a huge traveller site could be built in a beauty spot if councillors continue to try and close his business.
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Tortoise rescued...from deckchair

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A FIREFIGHTER came to the rescue when a giant tortoise got trapped under a garden chair.

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	Updated: Man killed in explosion is named
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	THE MAN who died in a fire after an electricity sub-station exploded has been named.
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	Firemen called in to save Millie
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	THIS mischievous mog-gy had to be rescued by firefighters after getting stuck behind a cupboard.
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No new roads in superport revamp

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INSIGHTS into the planned £100million south Essex road revamp can be revealed today.

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Kitesurfer rescued

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A KITESURFER was ferried to safety after getting into difficulties off the Shoebury coast.

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Man rescued from capsized boat

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A 64-year-old man was rescued from a capsized dinghy off Thorpe Bay.

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Two escape from sinking dinghy

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TWO teenagers swim to safety from a sinking dinghy.

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