Calls to fight Burstead homes plan

Billericay and Burstead Residents’ Group campaigners Mike Kennedy and Alan Last are leading calls for a petition against plans by the owner of Burstead Golf Club to build on part of the course, extend the grounds on to neighbouring fields, provide a new base for Billericay Town Football Club and build extra facilities for St Luke’s Hospice. To find out more, visit www.bbrg.moonfruit.com.

Charities to share £33,000 8:52am Wed 23 Jul 08 DOZENS of charities will receive a share of £33,000 raised by walkers.

Council snoops on your rubbish 7:00am Tue 15 Jul 08 BASILDON'S new wheelie bins have been microchipped so the council can check how often residents recycle green waste.Reader comments (14)

Mum's anger at 7/7 bombing

2:50pm Monday 14th July 2008

THE mother of 7/7 Tube bomb victim Carrie Taylor has reacted angrily to news of delays in compensating victims or the terror outrage.

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No grounds to reject coffee shop

9:51pm Friday 11th July 2008

A COFFEE Republic coffee shop is to replace the Woolwich Building Society's Billericay High Street offices.

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Two Billericay teens cut free from car smash

2:10am Friday 11th July 2008

FIREFIGHTERS rescued two teenage girls after they got trapped in a car during a smash.

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Widower’s joy at docs’ vote

2:05pm Thursday 10th July 2008

A WIDOWER who has been fighting to change the law surrounding controversial top-up payments with NHS treatment says he is "delighted" doctors have called for a thorough and independent review of the issue.

Plan for flats thrown out

4:50pm Wednesday 9th July 2008

CONTROVERSIAL plans to replace a house with six flats have been thrown out by Basildon Council.

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School's Olympic visitor 3:53pm Wed 9 Jul 08 A VETERAN Essex Olympic hero has shown Billericay schoolchildren footage of his bronze medal run at the 1956 Games.

Green belt farmhouse row

3:50pm Wednesday 9th July 2008

PLANS to build a new farmhouse on green belt land have been refused by Basildon Council.

Museum dig unearths Victorian treasures 1:48am Wed 9 Jul 08 MUSEUM volunteers unearthed 19th Century artefacts when refurbishing a garden wall.Reader comments (3)

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