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HISTORICAL FACTS: Canvey island gpe - Caught on Camera

"I get choked singing that one. I lose the rhythm, lose the riff, and I think to myself: 'Oh, don't do that.' It's stupid." The story of the pub rock classic that journeyed from paradise to paradise lost

With cryptic lines only some were meant to decipher, Dr Feelgood's Paradise experienced new life after tragic death

Louder

The life of Stephen Linard — Blitz Kid fashion designer who made clothes David Bowie and Boy George sought after

A flamboyant Canvey Island boy who went on to shape the Blitz Kids silhouette in the 1980s — David Johnson recalls the life of fashion designer Stephen Linard

Evening Standard

Man arrested for ‘attempted murder of police officer’ in Canvey Island

Essex Police said one of its officers was taken to hospital after being attacked and suffering neck injuries.

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‘Screaming woman’ was pet parrot

Police responding to a report of a screaming woman discovered the source of the worrying noise was actually a pet parrot. Steve Wood, 54, said he was initially confused when police showed up at his home in Canvey Island, Essex. “I thought, ‘Oh my god, what have I done?’’” he…

The Week

Police say Iceland car park death 'was targeted attack' after man found late at night

A murder squad has launched a probe into a man's death after he was 'targeted' and attacked near a pub, before he later died in the car park in Canvey Island, Essex

Daily Mirror

Murder probe launched as man found dying in Iceland car park after being attacked

Essex Police suspect the victim, a man in his 40s, had been assaulted close to a nearby pub after being called to a car park in Canvey Island in the early hours of this morning

Daily Mirror

Man who survived UK's worst storm that killed 307 at just 10 'can still hear the wind'

Former Canvey Island Councillor Ray Howard, whose family lived a mile from the seafront, was just 10 when a violent storm tore through Britain in 1953 - but still remembers it vividly

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Wilko Johnson: Dr Feelgood guitarist and punk legend dies age 75

Canvey Island guitarist had been in music for more than 50 years before his death

Evening Standard

‘It’s a media war’: the UK’s top anti-oil campaigner fights on aged 80

In 50 years, Canvey Island’s George Whatley has won five victories against oil and gas firms trying to expand operations

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