HE’S had live and television audiences spellbound, baffled and in some cases, totally spooked, by his mindbending trickery. Fans of Derren Brown will be delighted after the master of illusion announced the Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff, would
FORMER Drifters singer Roy G Hemmings will bring an evening of nostalgia to the Cliffs Pavilion with his show the Sounds of Philadelphia. “I’m excited about it,” says Roy, who’s last show Reach out to Motown was a hit with audiences.
AS an adult, John Mickleburgh (1930 – 1992) stood just 4ft tall. His body was stunted, but his mind and spirit were XL size. In 1962, a profile in the Echo’s predecessor, the Southend Pictorial, summed up John in a headline. “Courageous John, 4 feet
A SHOP will be closed for more than a week while it undergoes a £280,000 refurbishment. The Somerfield store in London Road, Westcliff, will be transformed into a Co-operative creating six new jobs. The conversion follows the Co-operative Group’s £1.56billion
RESIDENTS have two weeks left to tell Southend Council how they would like to see next year's budget spent. A consultation to give people the chance to tell the council what is important to them has already gathered almost 800 responses, but will close
A BROTHER and sister will be getting covered in mud to raise money for a little girl with a rare illness after reading about her plight in the Echo. Sarah Gleeson, 37, of Sherwood Close, Langdon Hills, and Alex Gleeson, 35, of Long Riding,
A TEACHER has been disciplined after a group of sixth-form students submitted identical exam work. Thomas Mulcair, former head of information technology studies and e-learning co-ordinator at Bromfords School, Wickford, was branded dishonest by the General
PLANS to recontour Basildon Golf Course with up to 500,000 tonnes of building spoil were branded a “planning scam” at the Court of Appeal. Campaign group Friends of Basildon Golf Course is challenging Basildon Council’s decision to grant planning permission
A MAN has suffered a serious eye injury after he was attacked in a Leigh pub. The assault happened at The Elms, in London Road, where the 38-year-old victim was hit in the face with a glass. He was found collapsed outside at about 8.40pm last night,before
A GROUP of owls swooped by a support group for people with breathing difficulties. Phil Eckett, from Owl Wise in Canvey brought eight owls to a meeting of the Wickford Breathe Easy Group at the Catholic Church Hall, in London Road. He gave a talk about
HEALTH chiefs at a cash-strapped primary care trust have launched a 90-day consultation period with staff over plans to axe 224 posts. Bosses from NHS South West Essex will spend the next three months consulting with employees and unions over controversial
FORMER Southend United manager Steve Tilson has been named as the new boss of Lincoln City. The 44-year-old, who was placed on gardening leave by Blues during the summer, has signed a two and a half year deal with the Imps. He will be
ANDY Holloway is urging his Southend side to keep their discipline when they take on bottom of the table Newbury Blues tomorrow. The Seasiders have been shown eight yellow cards in their last three games. And Holloway is keen to keep 15 men on the
A WHOLE host of former Southend United stars will be in action at Great Wakering Rovers’ Burroughs Park ground on Sunday in memory of Blues fanatic Martin Cranmer. Martin suffered a fatal heart attack back in August while on holiday and now a group
IT was great that we bounced back to winning ways at the first possible opportunity when we went to Worthing last weekend. We were all desperately disappointed to have lost at home to Taunton the week before and were determined to bounce back
A POLICE roadblock was set up in an effort to find witnesses to an attack. Officers stopped cars in Paglesham and asked the drivers if they remember spotting anything suspicious in the area two weeks ago. It comes after a dog walker was punched by a
TOM Woods believes the Essex Pirates are beginning to come together as a team despite their indifferent start to the season. Pirates, who host Leicester Riders in the BBL Cup tomorrow night at the Southend Leisure and Tennis Centre, have been beaten
MICHAEL Timlin completes his month loan long spell at Southend United with tomorrow’s home clash against Crewe Alexandra. But the midfielder does not want it to be his last game for Blues. The 27-year-old has made five appearances since
SOUTHEND United manager Paul Sturrock wants to stop Crewe Alexandra’s run of high-scoring matches at Roots Hall tomorrow. Crewe’s last three matches have produced a combined total of 22 goals. And Sturrock knows his back four must therefore
WESTCLIFF will be looking to continue their fine start to the season when they travel to Eton Manor in London One North tomorrow. Westcliff currently top of the table after winning five of their six matches in the current campaign. And they will
A PETITION calling for the restoration of £800,000 funding to re-build a pre-school has been handed to Essex County Council. The petition, signed by more than 100 people, was submitted by Canvey councillor Ray Howard at a full council meeting, where
A MAN has been jailed for sexually assaulting a drunken 14-year-old girl. Mark Nicholson, 40, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault on the teenager when he appeared at Basildon Crown Court. The court heard Nicholson, of Barrington Gardens,
A CAR dealer could face prison if he fails to clear £2,515 of unpaid court fines relating to his business. Ashley Bloomfield, 50, who runs Ashley’s Campers in Station Road, Westcliff, appeared at Southend Magistrates’ Court yesterday. He pleaded guilty
A MAN has been arrested after a crash on the M25 in which a woman died. The 24-year-old man from Basildon has been questioned by police on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving following the crash at 5.40am Friday on the clockwise
THE care being provided to terminally ill patients at a south Essex hospice is going some way to relieve the suffering of prisoners in Africa. A group from Havens Hospices visited Uganda to give advice to the African Prisons Project on ways to improve
AN elderly man was knocked to the floor by two burglars who forced their way into his home and ransacked it in a 45-minute long ordeal. The cowardly attack took place in a property off High Street, Canewdon, shortly after 1pm on Wednesday,
