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Basildon Council officially launches its much-loved annual Christmas Gift Drive

Basildon Council is once again running its Christmas Gift Drive, encouraging people to donate presents.

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One of the cheapest homes on the market in Basildon up for auction at £130k

Located in Bartlow End, the three-bed terraced house is up for auction at a guide price of £130,000.

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Trial set for man accused of stalking Basildon woman and threatening her family

Damian Bundock, from Tilbury, pleaded not guilty at Basildon Crown Court to stalking a woman and threatening her family.

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Thug who 'terrorised' wife and broke her nose walks free from Basildon court

Myat Htwe walked free with a suspended sentence after punching his wife in the head and face and breaking her nose.

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'Game changer': First fully electric buses in Essex go into service in Basildon

The first fully electric buses in Essex have taken to the roads in Basildon this week, marking the start of a £30 million investment

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Councillors react as pedestrian in life-threatening condition after being hit by car

A PEDESTRIAN is in a “life-threatening condition” after being hit by a car in a residential road in Basildon and councillors have thanked the emergency services for responding.

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Police put two day dispersal order in place over horse and trap racing on A127

The order was put in place at 11am today (Sunday September 28) and will run until 11am on Tuesday (September 30)

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Pedestrian in 'life-threatening condition' after being hit by car in Basildon

A PEDESTRIAN is in a “life-threatening condition” after being hit by a car in a residential road in Basildon.

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Crying Basildon dad spared prison over cocaine, ketamine and MDMA dealing

Samuel Sanham, from Langdon Hills, was caught in Shenfield with cocaine, ketamine and MDMA in his Dacia

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Serial south Essex abuser knocked girlfriend unconscious during 'savage' attack

Nicholas Bright kicked and stamped on his girlfriend's head in a prolonged domestic violence incident in Basildon.

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Bathrooms in 'state of disrepair' as Basildon care home remains 'inadequate'

Herondale, in Basildon, which is provided and run by Choice Support, was inspected by the Care Quality Commission

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Former south Essex primary school teacher faces retrial on child abuse charges

Mark Yeldham, a former teacher at Lee Chapel Primary School, faces retrial next year over two child abuse charges.

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Basildon man held knife to partner's throat and threatened to kill her

Jamie Vaughan, from Basildon, has been jailed after holding a knife to his partner's throat and threatening to kill her, whilst high on cocaine.

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Basildon Council leader defends almost £10k paid to Labour councillor's husband

Basildon Council's Labour leader Gavin Callaghan has defended payments of almost £10,000 to a councillor's husband, to help with online streaming

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Basildon Council confirms future of housing repairs service with Morgan Sindall

Basildon Council will now bring the service in-house, establishing an internal Direct Labour Organisation (DLO)

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Man accused of raping unconscious woman in Basildon street is refused bail

Daniel Ryan, 38, of Goldhanger Cross, Basildon, has been remanded into custody, accused of raping an unconscious woman.

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Basildon couple ran £30k cocaine op around kids and spent cash on takeaways

Basildon parents Matthew Devers and Demi Schofield ran a cocaine dealing operation from home, around their five children.

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Serial domestic abuser jailed for hitting girlfriend during incident in Basildon

Christian Clarke, 38, returned home at 6am after a night out with his girlfriend and was angry about a confrontation he had with another man in a bar.

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Racist Basildon stalker threatened to 'feed razor blades to victim's baby'

Lewis Calvert, from Basildon, was sentenced at Southend Crown Court for harassment of three women in 2022 and 2023.

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Burglar stole dead woman's jewels as disabled widower listened in horror in Basildon

Homeless drug addict Darren Pugh, who burgled three Basildon homes, had 137 previous convictions, his sentencing judge was told.