The fire started on Saturday, but crews are still working to make the site safe.

Drivers warned as smoke from recycling centre fire continues to cause problems

Essex Fire and Rescue Service tackling the large fire at a recycling centre on Hovefields Avenue in Basildon, Essex, in the early hours of 14 September.
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Ten emergency crews were sent to the large fire at the Basildon recycling centre.

Large fire breaks out at recycling centre

Don Sheppard, a dispatch rider, landed on Juno beach on 6 June 1944 in a landing ship tank.

D-Day veteran who helped liberate Bergen-Belsen dies, aged 104

Callum Taylor, 19, who stabbed to death Terry Leeks, 46, in Basildon.
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Callum Taylor, 19, can now be named as the killer of Terry Leeks, who was stabbed to death in a park in July 2021.

Teenage killer behind park stabbing is revealed for first time

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Two children, aged two and four, were hit by a white Citroen panel van at around 8am on Friday. 

Child, 4, suffers serious head injury in crossing crash

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A man has been charged with making threats to kill and controlling or coercive behaviour.

Tributes paid to mother-of-four who died after being found unconscious at home

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Police say inquiries suggest the woman, who was found unconscious, had been the victim of an assault.

Murder probe launched as police say woman's death will 'shock community'

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Police said the attack was so ferocious that the victim could easily have died.

Jail for pair who left stab victim fighting for life in street

The Care Quality Commission inspected maternity services at the hospital in June.

An inquiry found hospital bosses took too long to address the issue of high levels of gas in its maternity unit.

NHS Trust apologises after staff were exposed to dangerous levels of gas

The man sent unsolicited photos of his erect penis to a 15-year-old girl and a woman last week.

Man who flashed girl on WhatsApp first to be convicted under new law

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Basildon house fire Pitseaville Grove, Basildon.

Essex Fire and Rescue Service said crews worked hard to get the fire under control.

Locals told to keep windows shut after fire spreads through terraced houses

Specialists were able to extract fingerprints from a Valentine's Day letter dating from 2008 that Gary Hobbs had sent to his victim.

The 15-year-old fingerprint on a Valentine's card that caught paedophile

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Two people died after using heroin laced with a deadly synthetic opioid.

Drug dealer who sold deadly heroin mix that killed two people is jailed

The coffin of Noah Cox-Lee, decorated with Disney cartoons is carried into his Disney-themed funeral at Basildon Crematorium. Noah, who was born with a genetic mutation and spent most of his life in and out of hospital with the rare neurological condition FOXG1 syndrome, died on May 17.
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Mourners dressed as Noah's favourite cartoon characters to remember the five-year-old, who was born with a genetic mutation.

Disney-themed funeral celebrates life of 'boy who never stopped smiling'

While bosses admitted the report was "disappointing", a local care home revealed the extra steps it takes to keep residents safe when they visit hospital.

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