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1 week ago | 
bbc.com | Jodie Halford
Jodie HalfordBBC News, EssexReporting fromAshingdonAdventures of Kevin the PeacockThe owner of a lovelorn peacock who has gone off looking for a mate and then failed to come home says the amount of local support to find him has been "overwhelming". Kevin left his home in Ashingdon, Essex, on 30 March. The javan peacock has been spotted in multiple locations since then, including on sun loungers, pub roofs and crossing a busy dual carriageway.
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Elliot Deady |Jodie Halford
Image source, Gemma AllenImage caption, Gemma Allen used Bobs Skips for her garden clearance in February, although the skip delivered bore the name "Pryme Skip Hire"Hundreds of people have reportedly been left with uncollected skips after the company that provided them stopped responding to calls. Customers of Bobs Skips, based in Basildon, Essex, told the BBC they had tried for weeks to contact the firm but never received a response.
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Jodie Halford
Jodie HalfordBBC News, EssexHundreds of people have reportedly been left with uncollected skips after the company that provided them stopped responding to calls. Customers of Bobs Skips, based in Basildon, Essex, told the BBC they had tried for weeks to contact the firm but never received a response.
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3 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Jodie Halford
Illegal trap found on missing pet cat's legJodie HalfordGemma HodgeThree-year-old Loki jumped up a 6ft-high (183cm) fence with the trap on his leg to get home to his familyA cat owner said it was "sickening" to find her missing cat return home with an illegal metal trap on his leg. Three-year-old Loki from Kelvedon, Essex, went missing on 28 March and returned home on Tuesday with the rusted gin trap on his front right leg.
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3 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Jodie Halford
Snail ice cream gimmick mistaken for April FoolJodie HalfordJodie Halford/BBCThe 'escargot' ice cream was part of a promotional event to mark Easyjet's new base at London Southend AirportAn airline's publicity stunt involving snail ice cream has been mistaken for an April Fool's Day joke. It was among five flavours representing different destinations the airline is now flying to from the Essex terminal.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Jodie Halford
Newborn baby 'failed' by hospital staff - parentsJodie HalfordFamily photoEmmy Russo's parents said they believed her death was "so avoidable and so preventable"A couple whose newborn baby was starved of oxygen during labour have told a coroner's court she was "failed by those looking after her". An inquest is being held into the death of Emmy Russo, who was born at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, in January 2024 and died at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge three days later.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Jodie Halford
Public urged to 'do their bit' over stowawaysJodie HalfordJoanne FentonJoanne and Adrian Fenton found a young man zipped inside the cover of their bike rack when they returned home from a trip to FranceAdrian and Joanne Fenton, from Heybridge, Essex, have lodged an objection with the Home Office about the "unfair" penalty, issued weeks after they called police upon finding the stowaway under the cover of their bike rack.
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2 months ago | 
bbc.com | Jodie Halford
Award for boy after charity card in dad's memoryJodie HalfordJohn Fairhall/BBCLeif Emanuel-Francis was given a special award at the school by the RSPCA's Derrick YappA primary school pupil who raised hundreds of pounds for charity by designing a card inspired by his late father has received a special recognition award. Leif Emanuel-Francis, nine, from Billericay, Essex, created and sold more than 120 Christmas cards with all profits going to the local RSPCA.
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2 months ago | 
bbc.com | Jodie Halford |Kris Holland
Cat joins police patrol after escaping rainy weatherJodie Halford & Kris HollandEssex PoliceCleo hopped in an Essex Police car to escape from rainy weather in HalsteadThere was a new face on the beat after a cat jumped into a police response vehicle in a bid to escape rainy weather. Cleo, a Maine Coon, hopped into the Essex Police patrol car in Halstead, with officers stating she "made herself right at home" by "sharpening her claws on the seats" and "grooming herself on the parcel shelf".
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2 months ago | 
bbc.com | Jodie Halford
Family's heart screening mission in memory of teenJodie HalfordJude Harvey FoundationThe Jude Harvey Foundation ran its first screening events last AugustA foundation set up in the name of a 19-year-old man who died from an undiagnosed heart condition is offering screening to young people. Jude Harvey, a trainee hairdresser from Southend-on-Sea, died while on holiday in Ibiza in July 2023.
