Basildon Hospital ward evacuated after fire in toilet
8:25pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012
PART of Basildon Hospital had to be evacuated on Wednesday morning after a small fire broke out in a toilet.
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Quick thinking helps man trapped under forklift
8:29pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012
A MAN had a lucky escape thanks to the quick thinking of his colleagues after a forklift fell on him in Canvey this morning.
Computer scam hits Southend
4:43pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012
A COMPUTER scam has taken in people from across Southend.
Hospital rubbish converted into energy
4:45pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012
RUBBISH thrown out by Southend Hospital is now turned into energy and nothing is buried in landfill sites.
Three Peacocks stores in south Essex shutting down
4:16pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Three Peacocks stores in south Essex are shutting down with the loss of 45 jobs.
Updated: Taxi driver stabbing - Two further arrests
3:55pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012
TWO more people have been arrested in connection with the stabbing and robbery of a taxi driver. The two men, one aged 20 and one aged 31, were arrested this week.
Volunteer couple clocks up 50 years of giving
1:00pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012
A COUPLE who have volunteered at Basildon Hospital since before it was even built are celebrating 50 years of dedicated service, helping to raise more than £1million.
750 Basildon pupils set to get iPad-style computers
1:00pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012
EVERY pupil at a school set to get an £8.7million makeover will be given touch-screen computer tablets to use in lessons.