CONCORD Rangers moved to within a point of the Skrill South play-offs with a 3-1 win at Maidenhead United. Danny Glozier put the Beachboys in front from the penalty spot in the 19th minute and Steve King netted in the 38th minute to give the visitors
A BROKEN down horsebox on the A127 has blocked one lane Westbound at the junction with the A128. There is queueing traffic at West Horndon before Halfway House. Police were called to the scene at 7.20pm and the road was cleared by 8.30pm.
A WARNING has been issued as Scarlet Fever cases reach their highest levels since 1989. Anglia and Essex has seen an increase of 40 cases year on year from 140 in 2012/13 to 180 in 2013/14. Public Health England (PHE) has reported significant
Local authorities need to do more to protect people from harmful air pollution, health officials have said after new estimates suggest that thousands die every year as a result of poor air quality. Long-term exposure to air pollution led to around
A BUS driver who helped a lost little girl to get home has been rewarded for being an “unsung hero”. Jacqueline Hastings was presented with an award at the Arriva Making a Difference Awards for helping the girl find her way home after she got on
AN overturned blocked Cambridge Road in both directions at the junction with Westcliff Avenue in Southend this evening. The car overturned at around 5pm this evening with a police recovery team sent to the scene. The ambulance service attended
FINDING your way about a busy hospital can be a daunting task, but for those with learning difficulties it can be twice as hard. Southend Hospital has worked with disability groups to overcome this problem by making a film, which premiered at the
A YOUNG woman who fractured her spine after falling victim to a drink-driver has been sentenced for driving over the limit herself. Candice Wood, 22, admitted drink-driving, driving without insurance and possession of cannabis when she appeared
A WOMAN was trapped in a lorry which tipped on its side. Fire fighters in two engines from Basildon rushed to Pitsea Hall Lane to release the woman at about 2.45pm. Meanwhile an ambulance and rapid response vehicle were also making their way
PUPILS from Glenwood special school attended an event to help shape their careers. Pupils in their final year at the Benfleet school visited Wat Tyler Country Park, in Pitsea, to talk to Essex County Council staff about life after secondary school
TWO fires crews were needed to rescue a man from his car after it collided with a cafe in South Street, Rochford. Fire crews from Rochford and Southend attended the scene at 2.43pm, using two sets of cutting equipment to release the casualty by
THIEVES puffed on cigars...while stealing 90 litres of used cooking oil from a pub in Rettendon. Two men broke into the Bell in Main Road before taking the oil and driving away in a white van at about 6.30am on Tuesday, February 25. CCTV images
BILLERICAY Rugby Club are already planning for next season in London Three North East. The Stock Road-based club have only just brought their Essex One title-winning campaign to an end. But their head coach Dave Hyett insists his thoughts are
THREE charities will benefit from an Armed Forces event just outside Billericay. Essex Military Support Association is holding a two-day Armed Forces Day event in June in aid of Scotty’s Little Soldiers, Help for Heroes and the Royal Air Force
A CAR hit a person in Basildon. Ambulances and police rushed to Nethermayne, near Basildon Hospital, to treat the person at around 1.25pm. The road was closed while paramedics worked before being reopened at 1.40pm. MORE SOON.
FOUR illegal workers have been arrested after a raid at a restaurant in Leigh yesterday. Home Office immigration enforcement officers raided Shima in The Broadway at 5.45pm. Their checks showed that four staff members were either breaching
TWO cars crashed in Westcliff earlier today. The smash took place on Prittlewell Chase near its junction with Westbourne Grove. Firefighters from Leigh and Southend rushed to assist at the scene around 11.40am. They waited with a man who
AN Essex County Council report may have effectively sunk plans for a huge new housing estate near the Blinking Owl cafe, off the A127. Borough councillors are pushing for the 313-acre site off the A127 to be included in Castle Point’s new Local
TWO women charged with offences relating to the treatment of children at a nursery have pleaded not guilty. Billericay’s Abacus Day Nursery manager Emma Panting, 49, and worker Rosie Dunn, 24, appeared at Basildon Magistrates Court this morning
Southend Swifts U16 girls 81 Stockport Lapwings 46 SOUTHEND Swifts have made early progress towards basketball’s biggest youth event - the Final Fours in Sheffield. Basketball has now reached its first round play-off stage where the cross-conference
BEATING the competition to become champions of a darts league is a big deal for anyone. But the achievement is even more impressive for two grandmothers, aged 91 and 88. Joan Burrows, 91, and Joan Dawson, 88, are both long-term members of the
WE’RE in good shape at the moment and those 13 matches we had without a win seem an awful long time ago now. At the start of the week I got together with Dave Penney, Graham Coughlan and our chief scout Bob Shaw to all have a chat about things
SOUTHEND United manager Phil Brown is refusing to give up on automatic promotion for his side. The Shrimpers are currently sixth in the League Two table, nine points behind third placed Chesterfield with five games to go. But Brown still feels
TONIGHT’S UB40 concert has been postponed after the lead singer lost his voice. A Southend Theatres spokesman said the organisation was trying to contact everyone who purchased tickets for the Cliffs gig after Duncan Campbell, who joined the reggae
The Vortex Lakeside Hammers speedway team will be aiming for a third consecutive home victory at the Arena Essex Raceway on Friday (April 11), and co promoter Jon Cook is calling on his riders to show consistency ahead of next week’s big Good Friday
A GREIVING wife will open a tea room as a legacy to her husband tragically killed in a plane crash in Cooksmill Green, near Chelmsford. Lizzie Chamberlain wants to open the shop at the North Weald Airfield Museum in memory of beloved Simon who
SOUTHEND Spartans Rugby League side will be fighting fit for the start of the new season after agreeing a new sponsorship deal. The Spartans, who kick off their East of England Premiership campaign next month, have teamed up with Rush Fitness’
SOUTHEND United have launched a “Three Game Mini Card” ahead of their final home games. The Shrimpers are keen to try to fill Roots Hall to ensure a strong finish to the season as they push for promotion out of League Two. And the club’s chief
LIVES are being put at risk because air ambulances can’t land right outside Basildon Hospital. Essex Air Ambulance officials are unhappywith the landing site at South Essex College’s Nethermayne campus, because it is five minutes’ drive from the
BENFLEET bike racer Mason Law has high hopes for his track season this year after linking up with Trik Moto Kawasaki. The 18-year-old will contest a second full season in the Pirelli National 600cc Superstock class. He had a memorable fourth
A WING at Chelmsford Prison is to reopen as bosses look to resolve an overcrowded cells. The Ministry of Justice has confirmed part of the building on Springfield Road which had been closed off will be used again to help create more space for prisoners
A SCHOOLS’ trust is set to benefit from more than £64,000 to run a research project on the First World War. Sixteen schools in Benfleet, Thundersley and Hadleigh – which together make up the BATIC Trust – have been awarded a Heritage Lottery grant
SOUTHEND Airport is well and truly on the up with ambitious plans to serve more than five million passengers by 2020. Since the Stobart Group took over the airport in 2008, the company has spent more than £120million renovating, expanding and modernising
A FORMER advocate of Southend’s hated spy car is campaigning for election... against the spy car. Until his retirement a few months ago, Derek Kenyon was in charge of Southend Council’s spy car as it handed out tickets to a man with a blue badge
A MAN suspected of carrying out a brutal attack on a teenager in a supermarket car park is wanted by police. Jamie Wernham, 21, whose last known address was in Southend, is believed to have chased a woman before she tripped over and he kicked her
SUNNY Shoebury was turned into a sodden beach scene on Tuesday as film crews working for Cadbury made it rain for a new advertisement. Shoebury Common was the setting for the ad, as water was pumped from a red tanker in the car park and sprayed
A MUSICIAN wants to transform schoolchildren into an orchestra for a new Channel 4 documentary. Classical pianist James Rhodes – dubbed the musical Jamie Oliver – is on a mission to give children across the country the chance to learn to play an
NEIGHBOURING boroughs may need to take on hundreds of new homes proposed for Billericay if its road network cannot cope. A report obtained by the Echo has revealed Essex County Council has significant concerns over plans to extend west Billericay
ALMOST half of homes on a newly built housing estate in Thundersley have been sold. The Ashcroft Place development, in Kiln Road, was launched by Castle Point mayor Maryse Isles during a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, March 27, and already
THE Government is undertaking a £750,000 study to determine whether a multimillion- pound third road could be built off Canvey. Veteran Canvey councillor Ray Howard and Castle Point Council leader Pam Challis seized the chance to lobby the Government
SOUTHEND Hospital had the worst record in the country last month for keeping patients waiting to be seen in its A&E department. The hospital scored the worst mark of 243 trusts in England for the percentage of patients being seen by A&E
