MORE than half the medication prescribed to patients in a Basildon mental health unit was wrong, research has revealed. The Basildon Assessment Unit in Nethermayne was used as a guinea pig for nationwide research into howmany errors could potentially
FIREFIGHTERS were called to assist paramedics following a three vehicle collision in Bowers Gifford. Three crews, from Rayleigh and Basildon, attended the scene at Sadlers Farm Roundabout after receiving a call at 2.34pm. Two people at the
SOUTHEND United made it three wins in succession, beating Exeter City 2-0 at St James Park this afternoon. Goals from Cauley Woodrow and Kevan Hurst saw the Shrimpers move up in to the play-off places. And the triumph was also their first in
FIRE crews were called to a kitchen blaze in Southend at 1.20pm today. The fire, at a detached bungalow on Walsingham Road, was believed to have been triggered by a chip pan overheating. Paramedics were called to the scene to treat an elderly
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze in a bedroom in Chafford Hundred this afternoon. Two fire crews, from Grays and Orsett, were called to the fire on Gilbert Road at 1.05pm today. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used a hose reel to extinguish
SOUTHEND United manager Phil Brown has made one enforced change to his starting line-up for this afternoon’s clash at Exeter City with Cauley Woodrow coming in for the unwell Barry Corr. However Corr has still been selected among the substitutes
FIREFIGHTERS were called to London Road in Benfleet following a head-on collision between two cars. Two fire crews from Rayleigh Weir station attended the scene, on Bread and Cheese Hill, just after 7am. The road was temporarily closed after
THREE Blockbuster Video stores in south Essex are under threat of closure after the rental chain entered administration for the second time this year. The stores in Basildon, Westcliff and Stanford-le- Hope could be included in the 72 of the firm
APRIMARY school which has won its ten-year battle for expansion has ambitious new plans to become a community leisure centre. A new assembly and sports hall in the grounds of Lee Chapel Primary School, in The Knares, Basildon, will be home to two
