IT was a fantastic afternoon for Benfleet Running Club as two of their young talents claimed victories in the final Essex League Cross-Country race of the season. Sinead Clark (under-13 girls) and Victoria Hiscock (under-15 girls) were the two
AFTER a long wait since the end of the outdoor season, a whole clutch of athletes got their new campaigns under way at the Southern Indoors Championships. It was a case of blowing off the cobwebs for most of the athletes, but despite it being so
ESSEX Leopards will look to continue the form that saw them sweep into the National Trophy semi-finals when they travel to Division One leaders Reading Rockets on Sunday. After a surprisingly poor National Trophy campaign, the Berkshire club have
ANDREW McClintock insists Southend Rugby Club remain confident of avoiding relegation this season, despite their poor run of results. The Seasiders, whose home game against Clifton tomorrow had been called off due to a frozen pitch, are second
SOUTHEND United's home clash with Plymouth Argyle, which had been due to be played on Saturday, has been called off due to a frozen pitch. Areas of the pitch, especially the goal mouth in front of the South Stand, have been left rock solid due
CONCERNS have been raised about the stability of the staff at the Basildon Academies after another top teacher quit the struggling school. The school’s sixth form director Ginny Parry, who was drafted in by former headteacher Dr Rory Fox, quit
MICHAEL Spillane wants to breathe life back into Southend United’s stuttering push for promotion. The 23-year-old midfielder has now completed a switch from Dagenham & Redbridge. And he is keen to help the club clinch promotion back into
ST LUKE’S Hospice could be forced to close its Nethermayne site if controversial plans to build 725 homes at Dry Street do not get the go ahead. Proposals to build a village across the wildlife haven plus neighbouring South Essex College site are
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DELIGHTED residents have welcomed the “remarkable improvement” at their tower blocks after a successful Echo campaign for change. CCTV was installed at the four Queensway high-rises – Malvern, Chiltern, Pennine and Quantock - late last year following
A TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD woman was found dead in her bed with no apparent cause, an inquest heard. Funda Ndlwana suffered from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SAD) and simply failed to wake up. The fashion journalism student was found by her grandmother
A fishing festival, which is one of a town’s major yearly events, has been axed this year ahead of a relaunch in 2014 - but businesses claim they have been left in the dark. The Leigh Fishing Festival, which attracts thousands, has been postponed
A FREE Handyvan scheme is on offer to help people beat the burglars. The service is available to the over 60s and involves home safety checks. They will then install door locks, door chains and viewers and window locks free if charge. As
A THUNDERSLEY secondary school has been chosen to fly the flag for the UK and build links with Africa as part of a major twinning project. The King John School, in Shipwrights Drive, will develop international links with Kenya and Ethiopia as part
A MAN who hit his wife and smashed her caravan window at the Dale Farm traveller site has avoided a prison stretch. Jimmy Egan, 44, received two years community service and was ordered to pay one hundred pounds compensation to wife Nora 43 on December
A MAN was found dead in a van at Festival Lesiure Park on Thursday evening. Police, Fire and Ambulance services were called to the scene on Cranes Farm Road at 8.05pm following reports of concern for a 50-year-old man. Paramedics subsequently
THE devastated owner of a bungalow destroyed in a raging fire has relived the terrifying moment he helped his family escape from the flames. Brave Tom Grant, 64, didn’t have a second to think when his boiler exploded and a fire ripped through his
BOOT camp instructors and personal trainers could be charged to use public parks for their classes. Chiefs at Southend Council have proposed introducing a £150 annual fee for businesses which run fitness sessions for members of the public who want
A RUNNER is attempting to complete two marathons on consecutive weekends for a mental health charity. Southend Mencap general manager Marc McOwens will be running the Brighton Marathon on Sunday April 14 and then the London Marathon on Sunday April
