TRADERS claim they are looked in a battle with a road owner over repairs to a Benfleet industrial estate. Firms on the Manor Trading Estate have called for huge potholes and cracks to be repaired on the access road to the site. The repair works
CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating that plans are in place to ensure people on Canvey would be safe if a major emergency hit the island’s two power plants. The report about being prepared for incidents at either Oikos or Calor Gas on the island has been
A DOUBLE parking problem has just moved to another road after restrictions were put in. Vehicles are parking the length of Festival Way in Basildon after they had to move on from Endeavour Drive which has been painted with yellow lines by Essex
A DESPERATE man told how his life has been left in tatters because of the new stringent santions on claiming jobs seekers’ allowance. Nicky Cooke, 34, has been left homeless after his benefits were stopped and fears many others could be in the
A GROUP of travellers could be kicked out of the site it has called home for more than five years. Families living on the The Pear Tree site, in New Park Road, Hockley, face an uphill battle to save their homes after planning officers recommended
GREG Hernandez led the way as Essex Leopards won the National Trophy in thrilling fashion, beating Tees Valley Mohawks 99-91 in over-time. Hernandez was named MVP after top scoring for the Big Cats with 26 points. But he was keen to play down
A SCHOOLBOY who went off the rails after learning he would never see his siblings again has been shown mercy by magistrates. The 16-year-old lost it after his brother and sister were adopted by another family. The youngster went out, got drunk
A SOUTH Essex businessman accused of bribing the Prime Minister of St Vincent in order to gain citizenship has vehmently denied the claims. Dave Ames, 60, of Brock Hill, Wickford, hit out at accusations he had offered PM Dr Ralph Gonsalves a “suitcase
SOUTHEND’S director of rugby Chris Green was a satisfied man after his side’s crucial 48-24 win against Clifton at Warners Bridge on Saturday. The victory pushed the second from bottom Seasiders to within three points of safety. And that delighted
THE battle to redevelop a disused hotel is back on. Sinclair Brown, who owns the Balmoral Hotel, in Valkyrie Road, Westcliff, wants permission to turn it into a block of 25 flats. The plans are the fourth idea suggested for the building, which
AS her daughter Hannah snuggled up to her on the sofa one summer evening in 2011, Debbie Cambrey felt a pain in her right breast. She had a fleeting thought something wasn’t quite right, but put it out of her head. “I had a feeling something
CHRIS Barker will miss tonight’s trip to Barnet with an Achilles injury, but the Southend United skipper is not facing an extended spell on the sidelines. The Blues left-back was forced to hobble off in the first half against Wycombe Wanderers
THERE will be a collection bucket at Concord’s home match with Lowestoft tonight to raise money for Harry Elmes, who suffered a broken leg in their match with Thurrock on Saturday. A red-card challenge on the 19-goal striker by Fleet’s Ben Walster
A FOOLHARDY crook tried to smash his way into a jewellers but nearly got trapped behind the shutters. The wannabe robber took a hammer to the window in the entrance of Andrews jewellers, in Southchurch Road, Southend. But the quick-thinking
MORE than 1,400 former staff who lost their pension rights when Visteon will have thier cases considered at London’s High Court. Ex-workers have been fighting Visteon’s parent company Ford for compensation since 2009 when Visteon went bust.
SOUTHEND United manager Paul Sturrock expects Ben Reeves to extend his loan spell with the club. Reeves’ initial month long stint from Southampton expires after tonight’s game at Barnet. But Sturrock expects the midfielder, who fired Blues
A THIEF has been jailed for stealing three poppy collection tins on Remembrance Sunday. Iulia Olteanu, 31, who was finally caught following an appeal in the Echo, has been sentenced to 84 days in prison. She had been operating with another
CASTLE Point Council has joined forces with the Echo to fight to keep non-urgent blood testing services in south Essex. A motion backing the Echo’s campaign, tabled by borough and Essex county councillor Bill Dick, was supported unanimously by
POPULAR post office which shut down could be reborn nearby. Post Office bosses have revealed they hope to restore the closed branch at the junction of Queen Anne’s Drive and Prince Avenue, Westcliff, by moving it to a new location. The post
A HAPPY couple have made history at the weekend by being the first people to get married on Southend’s iconic pier. Even a bitterly cold wind on Saturday afternoon couldn’t spoil the romance as Ian and Emma Barnes, from Southend, got married
