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SOUTHEND Rugby Club triumphed 26-18 at Clifton this afternoon. Mike Stanley and Mark Billings both scored tries while Andrew Frost kicked two conversions and four penalties. More to follow.

West Ham hauled themselves out of the Barclays Premier League drop zone today as Stoke pressed the self-destruct button at Upton Park. The Hammers made it back-to-back league wins for the first time in more than a year to stay on course to complete

A DEPRESSING week for Southend United ended in a 2-1 defeat at Morecambe this afternoon. Just three days after their star winger Ryan Hall was sentenced to jail before being released on bail pending an appeal, Blues were undone from two set

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a Conservative Club after a microwave caught light. There was a small kitchen fire at the Conservative Club in Long Road, Canvey, at 12.30pm this afternoon. Two fire crews were called and the smoking microwave had already

RYAN Hall has been named in Southend United's starting line-up for today's clash at Morecambe after being released from jail and granted bail. Hall was imprisoned on Thursday for 20 weeks following a conviction of affray. However, he

Tributes have been paid to an Olympian and pioneering boatbuilder who helped put Canvey on the map. Francis Prout, 89, died on February 23 following a short illness. Mr Prout, along with his brother Roland, worked building folding canoes

THE maximum estimated cost of evicting travellers from Dale Farm in Crays Hill has risen to £18 million, the Echo can reveal. Basildon Council is set to vote on March 14 to reserve £8 million for the large-scale clearance of 96 families.

A MAN arrested in Basildon has been charged with three burglaries. Nathan Odley, 30, of no fixed address, was arrested at Whitmore Way, Basildon, yesterday. He was later charged with three counts of burglary after thefts at Church Road, Billericay

A GANG which carried out a string of SAS-style robberies, including an attempted robbery on Canvey, have been sentenced. Six of seven convicted men were sentenced yesterday to a total of more than 90 years. It was for carrying out robberies

AN off-duty firefighter rescued a family from a burning building. The Essex firefighter managed to get everyone out of the first floor of a house in Prince Avenue, Southend, after a blaze took hold and ended up leaving two families homeless

GLENWOOD School is not fit for purpose, say staff. The special needs school in Rushbottom Lane, Benfleet, has been on the same site for 40 years. The building was never intended to be a school. It is cramped, the classrooms are too small and

MORE than 6,100 people are estimated to be living with undiagnosed dementia in south east and south west Essex. Only a third of local people who suffer from the disease are aware they have it and diagnosis rates for the two areas are among

A STUNTMAN left paralysed after breaking his neck while working on a Harry Potter film has had his hopes of a new home dashed by unhappy neighbours and councillors. David Holmes, 27, was injured while standing in for Daniel Radcliffe in Harry

A CAMPAIGN group opposed to plans for a new hospice on greenbelt land is stepping up calls for the scheme to be abandoned. Havens Hospices, which runs Fair Havens adult hospice, Westcliff, and Little Havens children’s hospice, Thundersley,