A CANVEY teenager is travelling across the globe to fly the flag for Castle Point Scouts. Samuel Tudor, 13, is taking part in the 23rdWorld Scout Jamboree, an event held every four years, after he was chosen from hundreds of hopefuls in the county
ENGLAND Test captain Alastair Cook scored an unbeaten 139 as Essex took control of their County Championship Division Two match against Derbyshire at a sun-baked Chelmsford. The home side, though, were also indebted to some superb early bowling
FORMER Southend MP Sir Teddy Taylor opened the first Discovering Business in Southend exhibition. The exhibition, at the University of Essex’s campus in Southend, was organised by Networking on Sea, Essex Chambers of Commerce and the university
THE gold watch which finally made the Trotter family millionaires in the TV sitcom Only Fools and Horses is to go on show on Southend Pier. The watch is one of many items which will be seen when a film prop, set and costume exhibition returns for
A PUBLISHER is distraught after his classic car – worth £50,000 – was stolen from an underground car park. Stephen Habermel, 55, had left his Mercedes parked at a relative’s flat in Hamilton Grange, Crowstone Avenue, Westcliff. The bright red
TWO Benfleet homes were broken into over the weekend with more than 40 items stolen including a large screen TV. One family returned from their holiday to find their home in Falbro Crescent had been broken into. Burglars stole a 40 inch Samsung
A SOUTHEND couple have admitted causing unnecessary suffering to their two dogs. Max and Lola, two American bulldogs, were kept in barren cages in a garage with no bedding or water and very little food. They were found by the RSPCA in such
A MUM-OF-TWO is celebrating after reaching the final stages of a coveted awards scheme after being nominated by parents of her Hadleigh toddler group. Claire Ostermeyer, 33, originally from Benfleet, was shocked when parents of the Safari Tots
RYAN Leonard has urged Southend United not to dwell on their disappointing 1-0 defeat to AFC Wimbledon at Roots Hall on Saturday. The Shrimpers were unable to secure a fourth successive win as Jack Midson’s penalty secured the Dons all three points
SOUTHEND United manager Phil Brown was left feeling bitterly disappointed and aggrieved following his side’s shock 1-0 defeat to struggling AFC Wimbledon at Roots Hall. A second half penalty from ex Shrimpers loanee Jack Midson handed the visitors
A CORONER has hit out at the East of England Ambulance Service for a series of failures in the care of Trudy Glenister. The coroner, Caroline Beasley-Murray, recorded a narrative verdict at the inquest into Mrs Glenister, 38, of Lee Lotts, Great
CAROL Compton, laughs as she recalls her reaction to the news she was to be made an MBE for services to children and families She says: “Every year, when the honours list was announced, we would joke in my family and complain, saying, ‘oh, we’re not
OUTRAGED residents have hit out at Essex County Council for allowing a developer to cut down an 80-year-old tree. The lime tree on the corner of St Andrew’s Road and Hall Road, Rochford, was chopped down before workmen started to install a new
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new Lidl supermarket in Eastwood have been thrown out by councillors – by a single vote. Southend Council’s development control committee turned down the proposal, for a large store on the corner of Progress Road and Rayleigh
PRIMARY headteachers should not work in Southend if they oppose grammar schools on ideological grounds, a senior Tory councillor has said. James Courtenay spoke out at a Southend Council meeting and urged heads to teach elsewhere if they did not
Bin Collections over Easter Bin Collections across the Rochford District will remain unchanged over Easter. Despite the bank holidays, residents who have their bins collected on Mondays and Fridays will receive a normal service. The same will apply
SUPPORT is mounting for the Echo’s campaign to save the county’s lollipop men and women. The joint campaign with sister paper the Colchester Gazette has now reached more than 1,000 signatures from the online and paper petition, and we are preparing
A MAN told how he didn’t murder his mum – but was forced to kill her by a ruthless gang. Emmanuel Kalejaiye, 21, claims he was ordered to stab her at the home they shared in Wethersfield Way, Wickford. Kalejaiye told Chelmsford Crown Court
COUNTY Hall is planning to map every drain on Canvey as a way to deal more effectively with flooding. The news comes after water had to be pumped from scores of roads which were submerged when the island’s storm drains failed to cope with torrential
A MAN has started a petition in an attempt to persuade the county council to fix a dangerous footpath in Hadleigh. Alexander George Bull, 86, who uses an electric wheelchair, says he faces danger every time he travels along the uneven pavement
A TANK descended on Benfleet as scores of incensed campaigners rallied against plans for hundreds of homes in their neighbourhood. Controversial proposals for 265 homes on green belt land south of Jotmans Lane will be decided by Government planning
SEALIFE Adventure has been told to redesign a planned large-scale extension to the Southend seafront attraction. Southend Council has told owner the Stockvale Group it won’t allow a building resembling a warehouse right opposite some of the seafront
A HISTORIAN has called for a Benfleet soldier who died in the First World War to have a road named after him. Sapper Stanley Ellison, 21, of the Royal Engineers, was the first man from the town to fall. He died on the second day of British
