GLAMOUR girl Jodie Marsh has been spotted shopping for a hen night outfit and a wedding dress in Leigh Broadway. For weeks, Jodie has been starring in a reality MTV show titled Totally Jodie Marsh in which she has been hunting for a husband. After she
AN ANGRY Leigh woman forced gas maintenance workers to fill in holes outside her home so she could get onto her driveway. The North London Gas Alliance has dug 30 holes in Highlands Boulevard, Leigh, while essential mains replacements are carried out
A NEW community hospital and Thameside marina are at the heart of a new masterplan for Grays, revealed by Thurrock planners. The Thames Gateway Development Corporation has urged the public to comment on its ambitious scheme to regenerate Grays and West
A MOTORCYCLIST was left unconscious and bleeding underneath a car following an accident. The collision between the 18-year-old motorcyclist and a car happened in Victoria Avenue, Southend, at 10am on Sunday. When paramedics arrived, the teenager regained
Hockley and District Horticultural Society is holding its autumn show on Saturday September 1 at Hawkwell Village Hall in Main Road between 2pm and 4.30pm. There will be a plant sale and refreshments.
The Southend district branch of the Parkinsons Disease Society will be holding its monthly meeting at Crowstone Christian Centre in Crowstone Road, Westcliff, between 2pm and 3pm on Thursday September 6.
A presentation called the East Anglian Portfolio will be shown to members of Southend Photographic Society on Friday September 7 at the Guild Hall in Hill Road, Prittlewell, at 7.30pm for 8pm.
HOUSE prices in Southend are poised to rise even higher as the new University of Essex campus in the town centre gets going. First time buyers are already being priced out of the market in the town and it looks likely the trend will rise. A recent survey
A TEENAGE war hero whose leg was blown off by a land mine in Afghanistan is to receive at least £160,000 in an insurance payout. Private Matthew Woollard, 18, of Mendip Crescent, Westcliff, was heading back to base from a mission to capture a Taleban
A GIANT mural unveiled on Friday has already been criticised by families living nearby as graffiti likely to harm the sale of their homes. The 200-foot-long artwork in Bardfield, Vange, was sponsored by South Anglia Housing and Hill Partnerships and
SAMURAI enthusiast Jonathan Bolt is offering free martial arts classes until the end of August. Mr Bolt, dressed here in Takeda Shingen style samurai armour to promote the free classes, wants to encourage people of all ages to learn about the fascinating
A CZECH national has appeared at court charged with the attempted murder of an elderly man in Southend. Peter Balog, 27, of no fixed address, appeared at Southend Magistrates' Court in connection with the incident which happened on Friday, August 17.
THE 130th anniversary of the birth of one of Southend's most famous sons recently slipped by unnoticed, unheralded, unremarked upon. Until now. George Warwick Deeping arrived in the summer of 1877 and would in time live at Prospect House, across from
THE Labour Party's new parliamentary spokesman for Castle Point has criticised the state of Canvey seafront. Julian Ware-Lane, 47, said he was "aghast" at the weeds and graffiti during a visit, and he accused councillors of neglecting a prime area for
THE number of new homes to be built in Rayleigh should be cut by at least 300, according to Essex County Council. Rochford District Council officers have said 1,800 homes need to be built in the town as part of a Government plan for 3,800 new properties
TWO pensioners are begging their neighbour to cut down trees they claim are ruining their lives. Grace Jones, 87, has lived in her bungalow on Roggel Road, Canvey, for 11 years. However, her insurance company warned her in 2001 the roots from poplar
IN SEVEN short days the Callowhill's from Southend transformed themselves from an average family into something so wholesome they could have given the Waltons a run for their money. How did they do it? simply by turning off their television set. When
ESSEX have signed Leicestershire paceman David Masters. The 29-year-old, who has enjoyed a career-best year at Grace Road, will move to the Ford County Ground on a three-year contract at the end of the current season. The former Kent bowler, who
OVERHEAD power problems caused disruption on the c2c rail line this morning. Services from Shoeburyness were cancelled and others were delayed this morning.
TWO pensioners are begging their neighbour to cut down trees they claim are ruining their lives. Grace Jones, 87, has lived in her bungalow on Roggel Road, Canvey, for 11 years. However, her insurance company warned her in 2001 the roots from poplar
FORMER Basildon and Thorpe Hall tournament golf pro Bill Longmuir picked up the sixth win of his four-year European Seniors Tour career when he won the Midas English Open at St Mellion, Cornwall, yesterday. Anglo-Scot Longmuir shot rounds of 70, 69
LAKESIDE produced a splendid performance to beat Elite League leaders Swindon 52-41 at the Arena-Essex Raceway. Without the injured Andreas Jonsson and Joonas Kylmakorpi, the home side were further weakened when reserve Lubos Tomicek became the third
THERE was only one incident on the lips of the players and managers following West Ham's opening Premier League win at Birmingham City. While there was nothing controversial about the way Mark Noble confidently converted his match-winning penalty,
SOUTHEND United centre back Adam Barrett is urging the Shrimpers not to panic - despite their 4-1 hammering at Leeds on Saturday. The Yorkshire side hammered in three goals in the final five minutes to hand Steve Tilson's side a second successive defeat
The tale of Taylor Turner must touch the hearts of all who read it - and hopefully, persuade them to spare a thought for that particular human organ. The life of the Pitsea seven-year-old was transformed by a heart transplant. The operation propelled
A FAMILY on Canvey are striving to make a difference to life on the island with a husband, wife and daughter all involved in local politics. Neville Watson, 52, wife Grace, 50, and daughter Natalie, 24, were all elected as Canvey Independent representatives
SOUTHEND'S leisure centres are close to becoming carbon neutral thanks to the hard work of staff. Creating Leisure, the company which runs the centres across the town, has achieved a Government environmental management standard, which recognises efforts
I'M very happy to answer the questions about Castle Point Borough Council's housing transfer plans posed by Pat and Barry Jefferson (August 13). I also need to put right some inaccuracies and misconceptions in the letter. The council has a legal
I was surprised to see the large photo in your paper of a letter sent to Alf Dove written by the new Prime Minister Gordon Brown, delivered to his home by Angela Smith MP. I feel that if any past Labour councillor should be honoured, it should be Joe
The Renaissance Southend plans for the Western Esplanade seem good, except for one important factor, namely that for any people who are unable to walk far or who do not possess a car, this area is completely inaccessible. I write as one of many who live
I agree with Jackie Gooding regarding jet skis and speedboats at Shoebury Common choking everyone with their fumes. Not only that, they leave slicks in the sea and who wants to swim in that? Also, they are potential accidents waiting to happen, as many
While I welcome the smoking ban inside pubs and restaurants, there is a downside to the ban - addicts now using the pavements to indulge their habit. I was recently forced to run the gauntlet of clouds of foul cigarette smoke as I walked on the footpath
Since being elected to Southend Council I have monitored the road chaos that is Greenways, Thorpe Bay, during the school run. This situation cannot be allowed to continue. The council provided a very good parking area in Southchurch Park East for parents
A TEENAGER has been grabbed by the throat and robbed by a thug. The 14-year-old boy was walking in Princess Margaret Road, Tilbury, when the attack happened. The robber put his hands around the boy's throat and ordered him to hand over his mobile phone
A CROWD of thousands lined Southend seafront for the town's annual carnival procession. Dozens of colourful floats made their way along the seafront. THE atmosphere was electric as thousands of excited families and friends lined up by the roadside
A MAN who bought cocaine for his friends to use at a housewarming party has been jailed for 18 months. Frankie Halfyard, 20, was caught out when police spotted him in the back of a Ford Orion in Tree Hill, Laindon, on October 27 last year. Halfyard,
A NATIONWIDE manhunt is being launched for 12 men involved in violent clashes with Essex police at an illegal party. Almost a year on from the incident, the BBC Crimewatch show will tonight appeal for information about the cuplrits. Dozens of officers
POLICE will be out in force this weekend, ahead of Saturday's potentially troublesome Southend United versus Millwall game at Roots Hall. Extra officers on horseback and dog handlers will be drafted in for the bank holiday weekend, while police carry
WHEN the sun does shine, there is nothing more enjoyable than kicking back and relaxing in the garden. For the residents of RNID Whitmore Way, Basildon, however, that hadn't been possible. Their garden was seriously neglected and in need of tender loving
A MOTORCYCLIST has been taken to hospital after his bike collided with a car. The blue Honda bike and the silver Fiat Punto were travelling on the London-bound track of Victoria Road in Southend when they were in collision with each other outside Roots
