A MIRACLE toddler was just seconds away from being put into a coma when he opened his eyes, punched the doctor in the face and yelled out “No!”. Today, the parents of little Ted Drummond talk for the first time about their son’s remarkable
TRY a new sport this weekend by taking part in a free diving session at a Southend pool. Creating Leisure, which manages Southend Council’s leisure centres, is hosting Southend Diving Academy’s "Come and Try" sessions on Saturday. Children
SOUTHEND United chairman Ron Martin has accused the tax authorities of "flaunting the rules" in their attempts to wind up the club over alleged debts. He rejected the accusation made in the High Court that the club was "a habitual defaulter
A TEEN is in hospital with an injured leg and hip after a bike ccrash. The boy was riding his scrambler bike on Feenan Highway, Tilbury at 6.50pm on Thursday when it crashed. Witnesses can contact Pc Rob Brettell at Rayleigh Road Policing Unit on 0300
LESSONS on economical driving techniques will take place outside the Odeon Cinema in Southend High Street on February 24 and 25 between 9am and 3.30pm. Southend Council offering free smarter driving lessons to local businesses. Pre-booked
HEALTH bosses are urging people to get help to stop smoking as part of an ambitious new drive to halve the number of smokers in south Essex by 2020. NHS South East Essex has backed new Government plans to improve people’s health, and protect children
My estimate of 14 trees to be felled for the Cuckoo Corner scheme was wrong. Sorry, but the official figure is 16. The first four on the north side of Priory Crescent and all 12 between the roundabout and the bus lay-by on the south will all
I could not believe the money being spent on the seafront. I believe it was only last year Southend Council re-marked the parking bays along the seafront from Chalkwell to the pier. The council even spent ages putting numbers on each bay – 700
It seems a shame First have ditched the X40 route without really considering a few imaginative marketing options. The X40 Basildon to Stansted service wasn’t launched with any great fervour and has gone out with a whimper. The cost of a return
In reply to a letter “What price waiting limits” (January 27), I make the following points. To the accusation I have been flip-flopping on my opinions, I have checked my records and I advocated in my winter newsletter 2007 a two-pronged approach
Mobility scooters are an invaluable means of transport for many of the elderly and those of us who have difficulty walking. I have, however, noticed it has become a common practice for drivers to be accompanied by their pet dogs. Please be aware
Basildon MP Angela Smith tried to rubbish the Conservatives’ claim violent crime is on the increase. Hardly a day goes by without the Echo reporting on at least one mugging or robbery with violence. To state the increase is due to the way crimes
SOUTHEND United look set to head into tomorrow’s crucial clash with Tranmere Rovers without being paid. Various sources from inside and outside of the club have told the Echo that the Shrimpers players, who were due to pick up their wages a
SIMON Francis may have been surprised to see Les Parry turn from physiotherapist to manager at Tranmere Rovers. But he is not shocked that Parry has turned around the team’s fortunes. Back in November, the Merseysiders were rooted to
RANDY George will face his former team for the first time since leaving tomorrow night as Essex Pirates host Worcester Wolves. George left the Wolves pack in December along with five other players following a controversial team meeting which
SOUTHEND Rugby Club’s Mike Stanley will be hoping to cut his way through the Richmond defence on his return to action tomorrow. The influential former Saracens centre was forced to miss last weekend’s win over Henley with a dead leg.
A HOUSING provider has built no new affordable homes in Rochford district despite promising to build 50 a year since 2007. Members of Rochford District Council’s review committee heard the revelations at a meeting on Tuesday evening. Councillors expressed
WITNESSES to an assault which left a 17-year-old boy in hospital with a serious head injury are being sought by police. Detectives have renewed their appeal for information over the assault, which took place at 12.55pm on Monday, February 8, in Luker
AN armed robber burst into a fish and chip shop brandishing a gun. The man entered Perry's fish and chip shop, in The Broadway, Thorpe Bay, at around 8.30pm last night, Thursday. Brandishing a hand gun, he demanded money from the till
THE Lamb and Lion, in Westcliff has been crowned south east Essex pub of the year by the Campaign for Real Ale. More than 800 members from the south east Essex branch of the campaign group were asked to cast their votes and the pub, in Station Road,
A MOURNING mother felt a mixture of great pride and sadness after learning her daughter had died just days before qualifying as a nurse. Nicola Devaliant, 27, had a rare heart condition, but was “full of life” and managed to train as a nurse
COMMUTERS will benefit from longer trains, better station parking and more CCTV when the franchise for the c2c line is awarded next year, a rail watchdog says. A new operator will be appointed to run the Shoebury to London Fenchurch Street route in
