News in Basildon

POLICE have closed a Basildon road as they investigate a serious collision that happened in the early hours of this morning.

A statement from the force says: "We were called to Pound Lane shortly after 2.30am today, Saturday, 13 November.

MOTORISTS who use the a13 who thought they might be spared a weekend of closures along the A13 as Thurrock Council decided not to sanction any for Remembrance weekend will be disappointed to learn that a chunk of the busy road will still be shut off.

As reported on Nub News a section of eastbound A13 near the Five Bells roundabout has been subject to lane narrowing because of a fault on the carriageway.

A FOOTBALL match in Basildon last night (Friday, 5 November) was abandoned after a player was hit by a firework, while others rained down on the pitch.

The game was being played at Bowers & Pitsea's Len Salmon Stadium where tenants Hashtag United were playing a reserves game against Concord Rangers.

A 75-year-old Basildon woman found herself in court after a clash with a neighbour ended with her hurling abuse - and rubbish - onto an adjacent property.

Victoria Devonport of Tanswell Avenue, denied three charges of harassment, using threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour and breaching a previous community protection notice.

BASILDON Borough Twinning Association has decided to collect food items to donate to a local food bank in the Basildon Borough to help bring families some festive cheer.

If you would like to donate – either food or cash, so the association can buy food or items such as Christmas biscuits, chocolates, puddings cakes, crackers etc….

FUTURE cancer patients in the region could get their diagnosis more quickly thanks to a new test which could help detect more than 50 types of cancer being trialled at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust which includes Basildon Hospital among its hospitals.

More than 700 patients from south and mid Essex have already taken part in the nationwide SYMPLIFY study, supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), will investigate a new multi-cancer early detection test in the NHS, known as Galleri, for patients with non-specific symptoms that could be a result of undiagnosed cancer.

Lincoln City 1, Bowers & Pitsea 0

BRAVE Bowers and Pitsea put on a tremendous performance in the FA Cup first round at League One Lincoln City on Saturday – just running out of steam in the second half after going so close to scoring in the first half when there was little difference between the sides separated by 99 places in the football pyramid.

THE Crimestoppers charity has offered a £10,000 reward for information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for the murder of Basildon man Terry Leeks.

Mr Leeks, 46, died after being stabbed in Northlands Park in Pitsea in the early hours of July 11.

A BASILDON man has been spared jail after magistrates who convicted him of making threatening phone calls showed leniency because of his family commitments.

Jamie Clark, 34, of Cattawade Link, made the calls to a woman and Essex Police on 8 June with the intention of causing anxiety or distress to the recipients.

DETECTIVES are no longer treating the death of a woman in Dewsgreen, Vange, as murder.

Police were called to concerns for the welfare of the woman shortly after 6.40am yesterday morning (Thursday, 4 November). They arrived and found the woman, aged in her 60s, had died.