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  • Rampaging drug-driver killed a beloved aunt

    A WOMAN has spoken of her torment after a drug-driver who killed her sister was jailed for five years. Barbara Murray died in October last year, having been in a coma since May, after a crash in East Tilbury. The 65-year-old had been walking

  • Danielle Jones’s killer could walk free in 3 years

    THE killer of schoolgirl Danielle Jones could be out on parole within three years if a new law is not passed. Stuart Campbell abducted and murdered his 15-year-old niece 18 years ago, but has never revealed where he hid her body. Danielle’s family

  • ‘Uber news is boost for taxis’

    Thurrock taxi drivers are hoping Transport for London’s decision not to grant Uber a new licence will not lead to Uber drivers looking for trade outside of the capital. The decision has been welcomed by the Thurrock Taxi Drivers Association which

  • Inspirational Billy proves he can (literally) do anything!

    AN inspirational student living with disabilities and learning difficulties has won a national award. Billy Gibbons who studies public services at the South Essex College Southend Campus, picked up the top gong when he was named the Association

  • Dealer ‘died after taking drugs in cell’

    A MAN who was arrested and held in a police cell died after taking an overdose of drugs which should have been taken from him, a police watchdog has found. The Independent Office for Police Conduct published a lengthy report into the death of Raymond