Basildon, England News

FIREFIGHTERS were called when a boiler triggered a fire in an airing cupboard. Crews from Basildon and Billericay stations were called to the blaze, which spread to the whole kitchen, about 6.20pm today in The Chase, Billericay.

POLICE officers from six forces flooded south Essex yesterday in a huge operation to snare crooks coming into the county.

POLICE have charged a man with burglary following a break-in in Basildon . Patrick Burke, 20, was arrested in South Crockerford, Basildon, on Friday, December 11, and later charged with burglary relating to the offence at a house in Clayburn End, Basildon.

A man is currently in hospital after being stabbed in Tilbury. A 47-year-old man was taken to Basildon Hospital suffering from stab wounds after being assaulted last night .

A MAN has been charged with drink driving and failing to stop after his car flipped over and burst into flames.

A SCHOOLBOY is accused of threatening a woman with a meat cleaver during a house burglary.

CORPORATE jargon is to be cut out by a council in its next advice booklet for residents.

ONE of South Essex's biggest firms has been fined A 95,000 for breaking safety regulations which put lives at risk.

THE headteacher of Basildon's new academies is nursing a black eye - " after being punched in the face by a 16-year-old pupil.

The UK has some of the worst cancer and heart attack survival rates in the developed world, a survey has revealed.

A MAN had a knife held to his throat while he was robbed in the street. The 28-year-old victim was set upon as he walked along Whitmore Way, Basildon .

FURTHER education colleges in Southend, Basildon and Grays are likely to merge into a huge new super-college with nearly 20,000 students and 1,200 staff.

FUNDRAISERS at St Luke's Hospice are hoping the Christmas spirit will see their fundraising coffers being given a much-needed boost, because they are A 75,000 down this year.

ADVANCED medical treatment means living with HIV is no longer a death sentence, but the number of people being diagnosed late is worrying health bosses.

FIRE Basildon Hosp-ital bosses must cut a whopping A 3.2million from their spending budget next year.

FIREFIGHTERS put out a car fire in a Pitsea car park. A crew from Basildon were called to the flaming Peugeot 406, which was parked in Widgeons, Pitsea, at about 1.30pm today.

THE death rate at Basingstoke hospital is among the highest in England, according to an influential healthcare monitor.

High streets in East Anglia have been given a share of Government grants totalling A 2.6 million to spruce themselves up in time for Christmas.

HUNDREDS of people packed into the Eastgate Centre in Basildon to support the launch of St Lukea s Hospicea s annual Light up a Life appeal.

Following recent media coverage of concerns raised about standards at Basildon and Thurrock Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the annual Dr Foster hospital guide, NMC has today announced the three actions it will be taking.