A MOTHER has thanked a passing paramedic who saved her daughter’s life after she was knocked down by a car in Wickford. Danielle Dresou, 19, had just popped out to meet her friend and go out to buy a takeaway when she was hit by a Fiat 500 in Cranfield
Firefighters tackled a blaze on the A127 after a car caught light during rush hour. Both directions of the busy dual carriageway were affected after the yellow Renault Megane convertible caught light at about 5.20pm. The vehicle was in the
RESIDENTS can remain at a Southend care home after it was saved from closure. Jewish Care has agreed to sell Raymond House to a family who currently operate two care homes in the town. The charity announced in May it would close the home in
PHOEBE Malone is a miracle baby for her parents who after eight long years of trying for a baby and then rounds of unsuccessful IVF treatment are finally experiencing the joys of parenthood. Paula and Kevin Malone are excited for their first Christmas
POLICE in Basildon are believed to be the first in Essex, and possibly the country, to prosecute a scrap dealer using a new law. As of Monday this week it is now illegal for dealers to pay cash in exchange for metal. The move aims to
ROBOTS are taking over a college - as part of a new animation. Jake Wallis, a BA (Hons) Digital Animation student at South Essex college in Southend created a design which is now being used on every student’s computer as a screensaver. Jake
SOUTHEND United manager Paul Sturrock is sweating on the fitness of Mark Phillips and Gavin Tomlin for Saturday's trip to Fleetwood Town. The influential duo both missed Tuesday night's Johnstone's Paint Trophy win against Brentford through injury
Celebrities tucked into grub prepared by chef Jamie Oliver on Southend Pier as part of a new TV show set to start tomorrow. Jamie and Jimmy's Fight Club, much of which was filmed in the former pierhead cafe on Southend Pier over the past few months
A MAN has been found guilty of a murder in a Westcliff flat following a trial at the Old Bailey. Vincent Harty, 39, from Wakering Avenue in Shoebury, tortured and killed Roy Sly at a flat in Station Road, Westcliff. The body of Mr Sly, 53,
GEORGE Osborne delivers his autumn statement and verdict on the UK's economy.
A TOP teaching union representative has urged education minister Michael Gove to intervene at Basildon Academies and put the school back under local authority control. Gerry Glazier, general secretary of the Essex and Southend National Union of
HALF of the tickets dished out by Southend’s spy cars over the last year have been issued in just 34 streets. Figures released by Southend Council show 11,880 penalties were handed out in 683 locations across the borough between July 2011 and August
PRISONERS are being kept in jail after their sentences have finished because of mounting paperwork. An independent watchdog has revealed dozens of inmates at Bullwood Hall, in Hockley, have been locked up beyond the point when they should have
SCHOOLS in South Essex have closed for the day as snow continues to fall and cause road and traffic disruption. South Benfleet Primary School and Jotmans Hall Primary School have both closed, together with Seevic College and Eastwood Academy in
A TOUCH of Christmas sparkle was bought to Castle Point as new Christmas trees were planted across the borough. Seven new twinkling trees have been installed in Benfleet, Hadleigh, Thundersley and Canvey in a bid to get residents in the festive
Snow and slippery roads has caused mayhem on the roads in South Essex this morning. There have been delays on the A13 including queueing traffic eastbound from Stanford-Le-Hope to Sadlers Farm Roundabout, because of an accident involving four vehicles
AN EMERGENCY health service on Canvey has been scrapped despite calls for it to be spared. Controversial plans to axe the Saturday service at the Oaklands Surgery in the Central Canvey Primary Care Centre, in Long Road, emerged in September after
A YOUNG family has been left distraught after an Alsatian and a pit bull-type dog savaged their four-month-old puppy to death. Dad Chris Gordan suffered bites to his hands as he battled to pull off the dogs after they set upon his King Charles
A CROOK with a penchant for snacks is being hunted by police. Detectives trying to trace the man, who struck at three separate Aldi stores, have released CCTV images in a bid to reveal his identity. In each incident a man selected a Pot Noodle
A BUNGLING crook was sent to jail after attempting to grow cannabis, only to be foiled when he flooded his neighbour's flat. Paul Kelly, 41, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after police found him cultivating the plants when the neighbour raised
