A SOUTH BENFLEET cafe has been recognised as national leader in supporting breastfeeding mums.
The East of England Ambulance Service was ranked as the worst in the country for delayed responses - with one patient waiting 24 hours and 54 minutes for a vehicle in the past year.
A newsletter, featuring the headline “Engine Failure” with an image of an aeroplane flying into dark clouds, has caused controversy in Leigh and parts of Southend.
A plus-sized dance teacher from Laindon is leading the way to help fuller-figured people get into dance.
A work of art featuring a rocket made entirely of Southend litter picked from the town and beach has been created on the seafront.
A much-loved toy shop is celebrating their 25th summer of trading this year.
SUMMER activities have been suspended at Hadleigh Country Park's reservoir after a poisonous form of algae was found in the water.
Police have today searched a lake in Shoebury in connection with the disappearance of Patricia Finnie.
AN ARMED brawl between gangs with machetes and other weapons broke out on the streets.
A man has been arrested after a fight involving weapons broke out in Southend last night.
