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The brilliant Essex school with 'exceptional' students and country's best attendance
The school also has some very famous alumni
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The Essex area where 'spy cameras' are set to be rolled out to catch flytippers red handed
Seven new cameras will be rolled out in flytipping hotspots in the city to catch people red handed
Large solar farm set to power more than 4,000 homes get go ahead
Facility set to save the equivalent to the emissions of around 1,139 cars per year
Kara's Kitchen: The popular Essex railway cafe that was once an old horsebox
Kara's business was in the running to win the 'World Cup of Stations' for the UK
Essex man transformed van into portable DJ booth with fold down bed and shower
It even has a fold down bed and a shower
Michael Akadiri: The Essex doctor who saves people by day and makes them laugh by night
Essex-based Michael Akadiri says you need a "brilliant poker face" to work in hospitals
Plans to use mushrooms to clean up Southend's contaminated water
Southend will become the first place to try using fungi to improve local water quality
6 Bonfire night events in Essex with fireworks, fun and sparklers galore
Some are even free to visit
Plans to use cameras to stop fly-tipping plague in Southend
Cameras will be set up in fly-tipping hotspots across the city
Massive block of 557 flats to be built in Southend - but each flat will only get half a parking space
Planners deemed 0.5 parking spaces per flat as 'adequate'
Woman and two men accused of 'driving car at man' in Basildon are named
The man was left with serious injuries
Essex councils to receive £3.5m to build 200 new homes on brownfield land
It will allow hundreds of new homes to be built in Essex
The Essex area where people spoil their pets the most
Pets are spoiled by sleeping in beds to eating at the dinner table
The Busted hit song that was created after a night out in an Essex club
The song launched the iconic noughties band to fame
QEII bridge among closures at the Dartford Crossing this week
The QEII Bridge at the Dartford Crossing is set to close this weekend.
PHOTOS: American-style chicken chain to open new Basildon restaurant next month
Slim Chickens is bringing its mouth-watering flavours to Basildon as it opens its 59th UK location in just six weeks at Festival Leisure Park
Firms vying for roles in major regeneration as Basildon Council launches its vision
Firms are competing to play their part in ambitious plans to redevelop Basildon as the council launches its revived masterplan
The tiny Essex village where the name's spelling is constantly debated
No one seems able to agree on it
Family pay heartfelt tribute to Essex carer with 'joyful spirit' after fatal crash
THE family of a carer who tragically died after a crash in Essex have paid tribute to the mother-of-one who whose “joyful spirit touched the lives of all who met her”
HMRC to crackdown on parents who've 'gifted' children money in past 7 years
Families could be hit hard if they've gifted children cash or assets in the past seven years.