SOUTHEND United cruised to a comfortable 5-0 triumph at Needham Market tonight. Trialist strikers Wilko Risser and Vincent Pericard were both on target along with Harry Crawford, Luke Prosser and George Smith as Blues easily brushed aside their
DETECIVES from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate have charged a Southend man with murder. Martin Bunch, 43, from Southchurch Road has been charged with the murder of Jeanette Goodwin, 47. She was found seriously injured in
A MAN died of sudden adult death syndrome hours after setting off on a clubbing holiday in Ibiza, an inquest heard. Martin Cranmer, 40, of Eastwood Old Road, Leigh, arrived on the Spanish party island for his best friend’s 40th birthday party
AN angry father blew his top with boy racers in his street, and threw a rock through a car windscreen. Jamie Owens, 39, had become sick of young men tearing around the one-way loop outside his house in Eldertree Road, Canvey. Drivers had even lost control
THIS man is suspected of stealing two bottles of wine from a supermarket. It is alleged to have happened at the Londis store in Southchurch Road, Southend, when £20 worth of booze was stolen from the display. It happened at about 9.10pm on May
A MAN was threatened with a gun in Chalkwell Park before being robbed. The robber walked straight up to his 25-year-old victim and showed him the handle of a pistol which was tucked into his waistband. He made demands for the victim's
POLICE stations are set to close as part of the cost-cutting measures. Essex Police could not reveal which stations will go – but they will be announced in the next few months. Some stations are set to be sold off, but that is on hold
A DAD who underwent an operation to repair a heart problem has thanked the medics who saved his life by raising £1,500 for lifesaving equipment. Two years ago, doctors at Southend Hospital diagnosed Dave Rowe with an aortic aneurysm, a collapsed valve
POLICE probing a cannabis factory, which was exposed by ram-raiders, have seized £45,000 in cash. The drugs den, in Paycocke Road, Basildon, was unearthed in February when it was hit by ramraiders. PC Alan Ratnage, of Pitsea police, has been investigating
PLANS for a new primary school in Leigh have been put back a year to allow the group behind the bid to get more feedback. A ten-strong group of parents and teachers had announced they wanted to create a community free-school in the town, offering
SOUTHEND United club chiefs insist there have been no bids placed for midfielder Anthony Grant. The former Chelsea trainee is being linked with a move away from Roots Hall but no official offers have yet been made. However, the Echo
DEMONSTRATORS stopped the traffic along Southend seafront to protest about the dangers of crossing a new shared space meant for cars and pedestrians. Campaigners laid a temporary zebra crossing in Marine Parade. Police stopped the traffic
NEIL Harris was full of smiles after bagging his first Southend United goal at Roots Hall in Friday night’s 1-1 draw with Ipswich Town. The 34-year-old striker headed home a Sean Clohessy cross to cancel out Lee Martin’s opener for the Tractor
JEAN Paul Kalala is keen on a switch to Southend United. The 29-year-old defensive midfielder started Blues’ 1-1 draw against Ipswich Town on Friday night having previously also played for Blues against Braintree Town. And he now has
A COUPLE who faced an agonising quest to find out if they might pass on a debilitating genetic disease to their children have been spared the ordeal thanks to a pioneering form of fertility treatment. When Tina and Mike Nevill decided to
THE FAMILY of murdered Jeanette Goodwin have released a photograph of her taken in happier times. The body of Mrs Goodwin, 47, was discovered by police at a house in Quebec Avenue, Southend, at about 7.40pm last Sunday. The mother-of-three
A POLICEMAN is in a critical condition after a squad car was involved in a crash. Two officers had to be cut free from the wreckage of their patrol car, following a crash on Broadmayne, Basildon. The officers had been attending an emergency
A DRIVER was given a parking ticket when he pulled into a bus stop layby because he had a flat tyre. Aaron Hogg, 22, of Woolshots Road, Wickford, heard the passenger side front tyre of his green Ford Fiesta burst as he drove around the roundabout
A GRATEFUL family have thanked a heroic firefighter for rescuing their dog from Britain’s highest mountain after it fell ill. Pat Everitt, wife, Sue, and sons, Danny and Jamie, from Shoebury, were trekking up Ben Nevis in Scotland when their
