West Ham coach Gianfranco Zola is hopeful the Hammers can wrap up the transfer of Inter Milan midfielder Luis Jimenez in the near future. The Chilean winger is set to join the Hammers on a one-year loan deal with the option to make the transfer permanent
England Twenty20 wicketkeeper James Foster is the best gloveman in the world, according to Alec Stewart. The Essex star impressed in the World Twenty20, particularly with his stumping of Yuvraj Singh in the Super Eights match against India
Pakistan Test bowler Danish Kaneria claimed season's best figures of six for 92 to secure Essex a vital 122-run victory over promotion-chasing Kent at Tunbridge Wells. The 28-year-old wrist spinner recorded his fifth haul of five wickets or more for
POLICE are investigating after fire broke out in a flat in a sheltered housing block. Firefighters rushed to the ground floor flat in Felmore Court, Pitsea, at about 1.15pm today. Fire crews from Basildon wore four sets of breathing
PLANS to shut the top of Rayleigh High Street to traffic for a continental market have been given the go-ahead. But some councillors have expressed anger at the implications of closing the portion of road to traffic for several days at a time
FED-UP residents want action at a former football pitch which has been boarded off and become a magnet for graffiti-spraying yobs. The grassland, which used to be a play area for children, has been closed to the public since it was sold by
A CAMPAIGN group has revealed wide differences in how many people die from prostate cancer across south Essex. Research by Prostate Cancer Charter for Action shows death rates for men living in Rayleigh, Rochford and Southend is above the national
THE race is on to save a Hadleigh pub from its fast-food fate. Mysterious leaflets have been handed out and posted throughout the town bearing the headline “Don’t Let Hadleigh Be Destroyed” in response to plans to build a KFC on the Crown pub
A MAN is spearheading a campaign to stop the overnight switch-off of street lights across Essex. Charles March said the plans, currently being reviewed by Essex County Council, would be a nightmare and violent crime would inevitably rocket
SOUTHEND Airport will never be a major lorry depot or delivery centre for bulk freight, Alastair Welch told a gathering of the town’s business chiefs. Mr Welch, the managing director of the airport, moved to allay residents fears about the
