Archive
-
Date
Historic double for Southend High School girls
SOUTHEND High School for Girls’ talented cross-country team made history by winning their second English Schools Cross-Country Cup final. Liberty Good, Victoria Hiscock, Emma Jarvis, Abigail Uden, Olivia Tidd and Olivia Sofroniou won the intermediate
-
Date
Codling on the rise as temperatures plummet
THE colder weather may not be to everyone’s liking, but it will bring the codling up the water which is good news for anglers. * Thamesmead & Erith: Still large whiting being taken plus flounders and smelt. *Stanford: Still only flounders. * Gravesend
-
Date
Ray finally gets his £18m Howard’s Way
THE multi-million pound Roscommon Way extension has opened. Linking Northwick Road to Haven Road, it has cost £18.5 million and taken almost a year to complete. Council bosses hope the new road will create 1,700 new jobs for Canvey,
-
Date
Game of cricket, girls?
A BENFLEET sports club is hoping to bowl the maidens over with the game of cricket. Benfleet Cricket Club set up a ladies’ section last year and the team will be entering the Beuamont Seymour Essex League in 2012. The club has 18 regular players but
-
Date
Tumble drier fire in Wickford
FIRE crews were called out to a tumble drier fire in Wickford today (Wednesday, December 7). The Basildon crews went to the house in Windsor Gardens to put out the small fire just before 2pm. Nobody was hurt in the fire and the crews took the appliance
-
Date
London Calling...with Gianni Frankis
I’M training very hard at the moment but I’m really happy with the way things are going at this stage. Right now I'm doing double training sessions four times a week. On two days I just have the one training session but they’re all very intense and
-
Date
Air cadets save the day after festive lights cable is cut
QUICK-THINKING air cadets came to the rescue of Hadleigh town centre’s Christmas tree lights switch-on ceremony. Castle Point mayor Jackie Govier was preparing to turn on the lights for a giant Christmas tree outside St James the Less Church
-
Date
Royal Court demolition health fears
THE demolition of the Royal Court tower blocks could be affecting the health of neighbours and their pets, it has been claimed. Ron Blay, 80, of King Edwards Road, Laindon, said the grinding down of concrete from the demolished tower blocks
-
Date
Customer Account Collector Post No. VN53
Job Title: CUSTOMER ACCOUNT COLLECTOR Post No. VN53 The Role: You could be part of the newspaper sales home delivery team responsible for
-
Date
Customer Account Collector Post No. VN53
Job Title: Customer Account Collector Department: Newspaper Sales Responsible to: Newspaper Sales Manager Main Objectives: To be responsible for the payment
-
Date
Have your say on Rochford's 2012 budget
TIME is running out for Rochford residents to take part in a budget survey. The deadline is this Friday for answering a questionnaire which offers the chance to have a say in what Rochford District Council’s priorities should be when it decides its budget
-
Date
Auction has made £20,000 for Billericay player Nicky
AN auction has raised thousands of pounds for a footballer partly paralysed in an attack outside a nightclub. More than 800 people attended the event, organised by friends and relatives of Billericay Town goalkeeper Nicky Morgan, 25.
-
Date
Sturrock hopes to stay in side
BLUES striker Blair Sturrock hopes to have done enough to stay in the starting line-up for Saturday's clash at Cheltenham Town. Sturrock scored his first goal of the season in Tuesday night's Johnstone's Paint Trophy defeat against Swindon
-
Date
Canvey independents quit to form new group
THREE leading members of the Canvey Independent Party have left to form their own breakaway group on the town council. The rift was prompted by a controversial decision last month to expel county and borough councillor Brian Wood from the party
-
Date
Southend men double murder: Perverting the course of justice charge
A COMMUNITY champion charged in connection with the murder of two Southend men has had his case referred to crown court. Michael Clinton, 41, a driver, from Church Close, Beck Row, Mildenhall, is charged with perverting the course of justice
-
Date
Child knocked down in Southend
A BOY was knocked down by a car this morning. The youngster was hit by the vehicle in Hamstel Road, Southend, at 8.45am. An ambulance was called to the scene but was not needed as he only received minor injuries.
-
Date
Police warning as burglaries nearly double
A SPATE of break-ins saw the number of burglaries in Basildon almost double last month. Thieves targeted 108 homes across the borough in November, compared with 62 in October. Burglaries have continued into this month. A £2,900 haul of jewellery was
-
Date
Oikos plan for Canvey is approved
CONTROVERSIAL plans to store a wider variety of chemicals at a huge fuel plant have been approved by councillors. Oikos bosses first lodged the application for their site off Haven Road, Canvey, in January. The councillors’ hearing into the application
-
Date
Firefighters rescuing cow stuck in mud
Firefighters are trying to rescue a cow stuck up to its neck in mud. The animal is stuck on Canvey Way, Canvey. A specialist animal rescue unit from South Woodham Ferrers has been at the scene since 7.55am.
-
Date
Basildon Council urged: Donate strike savings to charity
A VOLUNTARY group has written to Basildon Council asking it to donate its savings from the recent strikes to community groups fighting poverty. Basildon, Billericay and Wickford Council for Voluntary Service said it got the idea from a similar scheme
-
Date
House prices are 11 times average wage
A GENERATION is being frozen out of owning a home as Essex property prices are £10,000 more than the regional average, a new report says. An annual National Housing Federation report says the average property price in Essex is more than £247,000. The
-
Date
Man assaulted in "racially-motivated" attack
A MAN was pelted with bricks and bottles by a gang during what police believe was a racially motivated attack. A group of up to seven men approached and attacked the victim, who is in his 30s, on the Five Links housing estate in Laindon.
-
Date
Work to start on £200m Craylands redevelopment
WORK is due to begin today to tear down old homes on the Craylands estate. The first part of the demolition is starting in the Norwich Walk area, where the maisonettes will be the first to be cleared. It is part of the £200million regeneration plan
-
Date
£870k bill to save trees
PROTECTING Southend’s historic trees has cost taxpayers more than £870,000. Councillors’ refusal to allow residents to cut down publicly-owned trees which have caused damage to their property has led to nearly 100 compensation claims over the past five
-
Date
Couple threatened at gunpoint in raid at home
A MAN and his partner were threatened at gunpoint in their home. The attack comes days after a similar attack in Vange, where a woman was threatened by gunmen in her own home in Luncies Road. The victims of the latest attack said they
-
Date
Essex residents could be hit with £70 council tax rise
TAXPAYERS across south Essex could face the biggest council tax hike in a generation to plug an £22million black hole. Council chiefs are warning bills may have to rise by up to £70 in two years’ time, largely because residents are enjoying
-
Date
Paramedic, cops and nurse save Blues fan's life
A FOOTBALL fan was brought back from the brink thanks to the quick thinking of police, paramedics and an off-duty nurse. The man, in his late sixties, had just left Roots Hall after watching Southend United play Oldham Athletic in the FA Cup, when he
-
Date
Blue badge fraudsters to be targeted in Southend
ANYONE who misused a disabled parking badge could soon have their collar felt by Southend Council’s fraud team. Blue Badge abusers will be targeted in a day-long operation in the town later this month in a bid to raise awareness of the growing
