TWO cultures will come together as folk act the Famous Potatoes join forces with the Zimbabwean community to host a charity night of music, dancing and food. They are holding a barn dance on June 16 in the Mazenod hall, St Peter’s Catholic Church
THEY never seem to sell any antiques, but by gum do they do a roaring trade in old jokes. Acorn Antiques, Victoria Wood’s hilarious send-up of cheap regional soap operas, is set in an antiques shop where everyone is too busy meeting their long-lost father
A woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted in Rayleigh has admitted the allegations were false. On April 22, the female in her 30s said she had been assaulted at the junction of Lancaster Road and Warwick Road by an unknown man.
BRADLEY Johnson – one fifth of X Factor boyband Nu Vibe – is coming to Basildon’s Festival Leisure Park. Since appearing on the TV show, Bradley has launched his solo career and will perform at Chicago’s Bar, on Sunday, June 10. Go to chicagos bars.co.uk
A small fire broke out at the Ford Research Centre in Dunton on Saturday morning. Firefighters from Basildon, Brentwood and Grays were called out at 11am to reports of a blaze in a testing pod at the site, just off West Mayne. A sprinkler
Two people cut off by the tide near the coast of Shoebury were able to get back to dry land. At about 10.25am on Friday, Southend Coastguard received a call saying the pair had been spotted out in the sea and had appeared to have drifted out too far
A windsurfer who was spotted in choppy waters off the Chalkwell coast made it back to shore safely. Southend Coastguard received a call from a concerned member of the public at about 1.30pm on Friday who believed the surfer was struggling in the conditions
A MANHUNT was launched across south Essex after two teenagers were seen clowning around with toy guns. Firearms officers were dispatched to Long Road, Canvey, following reports of a man with a gun in a silver car. When they arrived there
WORKERS are reeling from the news their jobs are to go as a supermarket shuts. The Somerfield store, in High Street, Billericay, will close next month with the loss of 34 jobs. The store was taken over by the Co-op in March 2009, but its closure means
A NUDE scene has led to a Southend-born actress nominated for a top television award in the USA. Lara Pulver, who was born in Rochford Hospital and lived in Eastwood Road, Leigh, has made the shortlist for best actress in a TV movie or mini-series at
