MAX Whitlock had a fine week at the European Championship as he helped Britain win their first ever major championship team gold and made the individual pommel final he targeted. The 19-year-old, who trains at the Basildon Sporting Village,
HE had audiences on their feet night after night in the West End – now singing superstar Alfie Boe is coming to the Cliffs Pavilion. The tenor – famous for his role as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables as well as a successful opera and recording career
THE hidden world tucked behind the glittering facade of Hatton Garden has been lovingly explored by Leigh author Rachel Lichtenstein for her latest book. “My grandfather was a watchmaker. He had a shop in Brick Lane and another shop in Whitechapel
AN AIR ambulance was called to Benfleet after an accident. Essex Way was closed off by police from about 10.30am on Sunday (May 26) after the incident. A man in this twenties is believed to have fallen off a pushbike and hit his head.
POLICE were called after an assault on a train at Benfleet on Saturday (May 26). Officers from British Transport Police and Essex Police attended the incident at 10.50pm after reports of a passenger being assaulted. Were you on the train or saw what
A MAN was cut free from his car after a three vehicle crash in Billericay. Two fire crews went to the scene in Noak Hill Road just after 2pm on Saturday (May 26). The man was trapped by his injuries and the crews used cutting equipment to get him
IT WAS a disappointing weekend for our sides in division one as Hadleigh & Thundersley were soundly beaten by Hainault & Clayhill, while Southend & EMT were smashed by Chingford. Hadleigh won the toss at John Burrows Park and set Hainault
A NEW celebrity superstar has been added to the Essex firmament, and this one could be the biggest of them all. He is more cuddly than Helen “the Queen” Mirren, has better hair than Russell Brand, and his mid-air athletics feats would give
ANGRY residents are determined to fight plans to install a mobile phone mast in their road. Vodafone wants to install a 12.5m mast on a grass verge opposite 270 Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff. A similar proposal for an 02 mast was turned down two years
A POLICE campaign will aim to stop youths smoking cannabis on the streets of Shoebury. Residents claim they regularly see the drug being used and dealing going on outside their homes. Police have now pledged to take action and clamp down on drugs
MORE unemployed people in Southend have been out of work for at least six months than anywhere else in Eastern England, figures have shown. Statistics gathered by trade union GMB have shown 49.2 per cent of people claiming unemployment benefit have been
