Downey Close News Today

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RESIDENTS have been left feeling hopeless as their garages continue to be broken into time and time again, with 27 targeted in one night.

RESIDENTS have been left feeling helpless as their garages continue to be broken into time and time again, with 27 targeted in one night.

Police say three young people with a brightly coloured bicycle were seen in the area.

Firefighters were called to a house fire in Downey Close, Basildon at 9:34pm last night. 

Essex Police believe these two incidents in Basildon may be linked.

THE Coroner for Dorset is seeking the assistance of the public to find the next of kin for a man who died in Bournemouth.

SIXTEEN people were handed fines during a single day at court for offences related to train travel.

THE coroner for Dorset is seeking help from the public to find the next of kin of a man who lived in Bournemouth.

Dorset Police are investigating the incident, which took place at Turbary Common on Monday, January 18. At around 12.45pm, the victim, a man aged in his 30s, was running on Turbary Common when he noticed a woman walking from the Downey Close entrance with a dog off the lead. It is reported that the dog approached the victim and bit the top of his leg, causing it to bruise. Following an appeal by Dorset Police, a woman aged in her 40s has come forward and is assisting officers with thei...