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Gateway 97.8: Our Local Radio
Welcome to our website! We're Gateway 97.8 - your local radio station for Basildon and East Thurrock. We've been serving this community since 2007; covering local elections, local news, local events and holding local politicians to account. You can rely on Gateway 97.8 to keep you informed and entertained!
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Basildon News
Heatwave!
James McMurdock congratulates BOSP on “exceptional” Ofsted Judgement
Essex hospice partners with BBC MasterChef UK finalist Anurag Aggarwal to launch innovative community bistro
Billericay Soapbox Derby 2026 highlights
BOSP is awarded ‘Exceptional’ by Ofsted in every category!
Community invited to St. Luke’s Hospice Garden Party
St. Luke’s Hospice launches ‘Caring Together’ campaign to unite community behind local hospice care
St Luke’s Garden Party
Rare Productions holding auditions for We Will Rock You
Latest Show Blogs
The summer guilt trip with TV vet Steve Leonard
Kate Hardcastle MBE on trusting tax
New Foundation targets care leavers & young carers as NEET crisis hits decade high
Lazydays Festival
New mockumentary is being filmed in our local area
Brits declined a wedding invite because they simply couldn’t afford it
More than half of Brits have gut problems
Heatwave!
Surge in GPs treating patients for fake weight-loss jabs searching for ‘summer body’
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BBC Essex News: Posh sign keeper Andeng Ndi from Southend
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Entertainment
Sky News: Harvey Weinstein will not face fourth New York rape trial
Sky News: Australia’s highest-paid TV presenter faces backlash over Tommy Robinson interview
Sky News: Actor Iain Robertson found guilty of rape
Sky News: Artwork blaming Churchill for mass starvation taken down
Sky News: Note sent to media outlets claims Nancy Guthrie has died
Sky News: Clive Davis, legendary music mogul behind Whitney Houston, dies aged 94
BBC Essex News
BBC Essex News: Posh sign keeper Andeng Ndi from Southend
BBC Essex News: Colchester to start season away at Accrington Stanley
BBC Essex News: Police arrest repeat drug-driver twice in one day
BBC Essex News: Everything you need to know about the hot weather in Essex
BBC Essex News: Thieves jailed for stealing 25 cars worth £600k
BBC Essex News: Sports reporter sickened as prized notepads stolen