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Basildon

a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop.: 99 876 (2001)
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THE Swan at Streatley - the four-star Berkshire hotel where Keira Knightley and Donald Sutherland stayed while filming Pride and Prejudice at nearby Basildon Park - has launched two great value short breaks for Jane Austen fans.
Mr Redgrave, brother of actresses Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave, collapsed during a council meeting called to discuss the future of an illegal travellers' camp in Crays Hill near Basildon.
The party had high hopes in Basildon after finishing third behind the Conservatives and Labour in the June council elections.
Barry Spanjar, defending, yesterday made an application to have Giddings released on bail at Basildon Crown Court.
Basildon Hospital is in special measures over high death rates.
Moss suffered a shoulder injury and, after being stabilised by paramedics, was flown by the Essex air ambulance to Basildon Hospital, where she was later discharged.
Before he died Mr Davis told police he was attacked in the car park of the Barge pub, in the Vange area of Basildon, at about 8pm on Saturday.
About 200 protesters barricaded themselves inside Dale Farm, in Basildon, Essex, as the local council prepared to remove them forcibly from the former scrapyard.
Ms Turnbull's newborn baby girl died last year at Basildon Hospital in Essex - which a report last week revealed had been the location of at least 70 needless deaths.
Ann David, consultant anaesthetist at Basildon Hospital in Essex, has been suspended from work since August after a colleague raised concerns about her alleged use of high doses of painkillers.
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