ONE lucky Gunner from Stanford-le-Hope got to play with his footballing heroes at a recent Arsenal open day. Seven-year-old Mayode Onaderu is a member of the club’s Junior Gunner young supporters scheme which gives youngsters the opportunity to
A GROUP which is bringing back a derelict tram stop into community use has asked why it can’t get any council money to help with the upkeep of the council-owned building. Volunteers are helping to bring Thorpe Bay’s Tram Stop Shelter back to life
RYAN ten Doeschate's first Championship century of the summer and a fighting 95 from skipper James Foster enabled Essex to win back some credibility from the final day of their LV=County Championship Division Two match against Northamptonshire at Colchester
A CARE home could be shut down or fined because it is repeatedly failing to meet basic standards of care. Government regulator the Care Quality Commission has issued enforcement notices against Chaplin Lodge care home, in Nevendon Road, Wickford
A PENSIONER has been left too terrified to go home after a gang of five thieves broke in and ransacked her home. The 88-year-old woman is understood to have been left extremely shaken after the raid at her home in Rokells, Basildon. They got
A CONTRACTOR has apologised after chopping back trees planted in memory of loved ones on Canvey. Dozens of trees were planted along Canvey Way more than a decade ago as part of a campaign to transform the busy trunk road into an Avenue of Remembrance
A WOMAN is critically ill in hospital and a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a violent confrontation. Police were called to Osier Drive, Basildon at around 7.10pm on Thursday following concerns for a woman's welfare
A COUNCILLOR is calling for urgent action to repair damaged and “dangerous” cycle tracks along a busy dual carriageway inBenfleet. Conservative councillor Clive Walter has criticised the cycle tracks and pavements along the A13, between Clare Road
Police would like to speak with this man about the theft of household products from a shop in Rochford. A man walked into Sainsbury’s Local, in West Street, at just before 8.15am on Sunday, August 4 and selected some detergent and dishwasher tablets
THE deadline is looming for someone to come forward and save the hot meals service at Basildon’s day centres for the over-50s. Basildon Council is looking for a contractor, or even a charity, to run the catering at its George Hurd, Laindon and
A WOMAN who posed as an undercover police officer after a row at a petrol station said she would not be able to comply with her sentence. Janette Bentley, 63, of MacGregor Drive, Wickford, said she might not be able to pay £705 court costs as part
AFTER a summer of touring festivals across the country, this weekend the mighty Dingus Khan are back on home turf. And what a homecoming gig to play – headlining the town’s biggest musical event of the year, the Colchester Free Festival tomorrow
SIX of the poorest wards in Southend are to receive funding to help struggling families. The Pre-School Learning Alliance has received £199,260 from the Big Lottery Fund to develop a centre of excellence in in Southend to integrate mother and baby
THE Mercury Theatre is looking for people to contribute to a new exhibition about what is right and wrong. The Only Way is Ethics, celebrating the written word, will be running alongside the Colchester theatre’s productions of Bertolt Brecht’s
SOUTHEND United’s Conor Clifford wants to show Chesterfield what they missed out on when the two teams do battle at the Proact Stadium tomorrow. The Irish midfielder, who is favourite to replace the injured Marc Laird in the Shrimpers’ midfield
DON’T be alarmed if an astroturf garden, patio set and Mediterranean sun terrace pop up in your local supermarket car park. It’s just part of an elaborate new campaign to inspire us to take our eating habits into the great outdoors. A roadshow
IT is feared burglars who stole tens of thousands of pounds of gold jewellery from two Westcliff homes could be targetting the Asian community. Expensive jewellery, tablet computers and cash were stolen from the properties in West Road and Colemans
I’LL be having another late fitness test ahead of tomorrow’s game at Chesterfield and it’s obviously been a frustrating time for me. I picked up the problem during training last week when I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my groin muscle. I stopped
SOUTHEND United striker Freddy Eastwood wants to continue his impressive start to the season with another strong showing at Chesterfield tomorrow. The in-form has scored in his last two games to move up to seventh in the club’s all time list of
PART of a bowling alley and snooker club in Leigh will soon be demolished to make way for eight new houses. But bosses at Rileys – which ran both the attractions at the Broadway Superbowl in Leigh Road – said they are confident the snooker club
DOG mess will get the Essex spray-tan treatment in Rochford...in a bid to shame irresponsible owners. Council officers will patrol areas where dog fouling is a particular problem and spray-paint any poo they see orange – and leave it like that
A GYM he been set up to put babies as young as six weeks old through their paces in an effort to tackle childhood obesity. My Gym is the first of its kind in the country and offers babies the chance to have a go at baby boxing, sliding down a zip
POLICE were called to a Canvey street to round up a bull after yobs set it free. Officers were called to Northwick Road, Canvey, after the white bull was spotted making its way towards Morrisons superstore at 5.30am on Tuesday morning after escaping
