SKY Sports pundit Peter Beagrie feels Southend United must play more direct football if they are to triumph against Crewe Alexandra on Wednesday. The former Everton and Bradford City winger was part of the television channel’s live coverage of the game
THERE were plenty of positives and negatives for Southend United to take from Saturday’s play-off defeat at Crewe Alexandra. The biggest disappointments were, of course, the result and the manner of the Blues’ below par performance. However, the biggest
COMMUTERS were stuck in long delays on the A127 following a crash between a van and a car. Traffic was forced through one lane after police blocked off part of the road at the East Mayne junction after the collision between a Ford transit van and a
MARK Phillips is a huge injury doubt for the second leg of Southend United’s play off clash with Crewe at Roots Hall on Wednesday. Phillips, who was voted Blues’ player of the year, was forced to come off with a shoulder problem midway through the second
A WOMAN was dragged into an alleyway and robbed in a terrifying attack. The attack happened when the 24-year-old local woman was walking along Chancellor Road at 2.30am on Saturday, May 12. She was approached by a man who dragged her into an alleyway
A CYCLIST was attacked and robbed in Westcliff. The man was cycling along North Road at 10pm when he was approached by a man at the junction with Tudor Road who pushed him off his bike, causing cuts and bruises to his arm. As the victim looked up
SOUTHEND United manager Paul Sturrock insisted his side were down but not despondent following their 1-0 defeat at Crewe in the first leg of the play-off semi-final on Saturday. Adam Dugdale converted the only goal of the game at Gresty Road. But Sturrock
MANAGERS of a social club were ousted by council chiefs amid fears they were allowing it to be used as a drinking den. Basildon Council refused to renew Laindon West Community Association’s lease on its social club, in Hoover Drive, Laindon. The council-owned
BASILDON Council workers are suffering sleepless nights following an announcement their salaries are to be overhauled – and in numerous cases slashed by up to £2,000 a year. Council employees have reacted with mixed feelings to plans to equalise pay
AN award-winning wheelchair dancer will perform his moves in front of millions at the Paralympic Games opening ceremony. James Ireland, 20, of Bloomfield Avenue, Leigh, was asked to audition by the organisers of the event after winning several
Massive scale run about shooting almost everything that moves, and pretty much everything that doesn’t. Until you shoot it that is, and then it generally explodes in a dazzling array of light and debris. This is Starhawk, pretty much a follow up
A SCHOOLBOY has been banned from his end of year school prom as punishment for his poor attendance. Staff at King Edmund School, Rochford, believe Oliver Wright, 15, has simply missed too many days and therefore is not allowed to attend tonight’s celebrations
A WOMAN is calling for residents to join forces to fight the proposed closure of a police station. Dorothy Dickinson claims a recent spate of burglaries in the area prove the need for Benfleet police station to stay open. Essex Police announced plans
TWO men have been left with broken bones after a vicious assault in Southend. The assault happened at about 11.20pm on Friday, May 11, at the junction of Eastern Esplanade and Burdette Avenue. One man, 38, from Westcliff, suffered a
A TEENAGE girl who suffered a life-threatening condition as a child has made a video explaining why she wants to raise money for the hospital which saved her. Amelia Venables, a pupil at the FitzWimarc School, Rayleigh, suffered from a rare hemangoima
THE sun shone on Southend as thousands of women clocked up the miles to beat cancer. More than 2,400 women took part in the town’s annual Cancer Research UK Race for Life yesterday, despite rain threatening to hamper the event.
A TALENTED teacher is celebrating after winning a prestigious award for her innovative approach to maths lessons, helping them come alive to music and dance. Sarah Imbush, head of maths at Southend High School for Girls, was given a £4,000
A HUGE embankment could be built through the middle of Shoebury Common to stop 500 homes being flooded every year. The Echo can reveal Southend Council is drawing up £2million plans to build a concrete and mud wall across the public green after
AN MP has launched a campaign to improve facilities for disabled passengers at a recently-refurbished railway station. John Baron, Tory MP for Basildon and Billericay, is calling for a lift to be installed on the Southend-bound platform at Billericay
A POLICE probe has been launched after claims a schoolboy was bullied and beaten in a playground. The year ten student from Futures College, Southend, was allegedly punched and kicked by a group of fellow students whilst on his lunch break.
