BBC NewsBasildon revamp: Views sought on £1bn plansBBC NewsAs part of Basildon Borough Council's plans for the next 20 years, an eight to 10-screen cinema would also be built along with a new hotel. The designs were approved to go out for a six-week public consultation by the council's cabinet on Thursday.

McLean bags second gold medal of championshipsBasildon RecorderRayleigh's Mitch Etheridge cleared 4.20m in the under-20 men's pole vault to claim his silver medal while Basildon AC's Archie Leeming, from Canvey, carried on from his fine 2011 season with a silver, personal best and equal club record in the under 17 ...Holloway shines as south of the county dominates at Essex SchoolsSouthend Standardall 6 news articles »