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ADDRESSING sexual violence against women has to be a major priority for whoever forms the next government says the region's crime commissioner.

AHEAD of Learning Disability Week which starts on Monday (17 June) staff across Essex hospitals have been shortlisted for a clutch of four national awards for their outstanding work helping improve the lives of patients with learning disabilities and autism.

ARMED Forces Day, which takes place on the last Saturday each June, will be commemorated in Basildon with a town centre march starting at 12noon on Saturday, 29 June.

THURROCK councillors have been consulted about proposals to install an electronic message board for drivers on part the A13 in the borough which has been designated as an accident blackspot.

A FOUNDER director of Basildon-based community radio station Gateway 97.8 which serves the town and wider East Thurrock has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the King's Birthday Honours list for services to radio broadcasting.