SOUTHEND United’s first home pre-season friendly of the summer ended in defeat as Championship side Ipswich Town triumphed 2-1 at Roots Hall tonight. Kevin Bru opened the scoring for the visitors before Myles Weston made it 1-1 with his first touch
AMIR Williamson finished a creditable sixth in the Commonwealth Games hammer final tonight and is now determined to sample more major championships. The 27-year-old from Linford, near Stanford le Hope, had a best of 69.38 metres which he threw
A MAN was airlifted to hospital after he fell from a dumper truck this afternoon. The man, fell around seven feet onto the ground whilst working on a dumper truck in Ramsden Park Road, Billericay at around 12.30pm. An ambulance spokesman said
A WOMAN has paid tribute to her brother, who died after falling from the Pier Hill lift platform in Southend. Julie Liversidge, 44, from Cambridge, said Michael Liversidge ended his own life, leaving his family devastated. The unemployed 41
STANFORD le Hope went joint top of the table after beating previous leaders Harlow Town. Lee Knight’s team share top spot with Old Southendian & Southchurch, who notched up their sixth consecutive win. It sets up a thrilling clash this
MAX Whitlock has bagged his first gold of the Commonwealth Games and is confident it will not be his last. Whitlock was outstanding as he helped England win the team event at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow. The 21-year-old, who trains at the South
SEVERE flooding on Canvey was discussed at an emergency meeting. MP Rebecca Harris and councillors met with the Environment Agency, Anglian Water and Essex County Council’s Emergency Planning team to talk about the problems. The equivalent
THE centenary of the First World War will be marked at Rayleigh Windmill with a new exhibition. Organised by local charity, Rayleigh Through the Looking Glass, in conjunction with the district council, the exhibition will display historical photographs
DIVISION TWO BILLERICAY piled more misery on rivals Westcliff-on-Sea as they eased to victory thanks to some terrific batting. Billericay travelled to Chalkwell Park to take on the bottom-of-the-table side but lost the toss. Westcliff,
STANFORD-LE-HOPE'S Hayley McLean suffered disappointment on her debut appearance at the Commonwealth Games. The 19-year-old 400m hurdler was knocked out in the heats in Glasgow after finishing fourth in 57.80s – a time will down on her personal
A MAN was taken to hospital after crashing his car into a set of traffic lights. The crash at Sadlers Farm roundabout, Bowers Gifford blocked the A130 southbound from 1.50pm. The man, thought to be in his 50s, was taken to Southend Hospital
A THREE car crash left a woman in hospital. The crash on Canvey Road near Benfleet Station took place shortly before 1pm on Tuesday and closed the road for the afternoon. Firefighters rescued a woman, thought to be in her 70s, from a silver
A WOMAN has completed the seventh of a dozen challenges she is undertaking to raise money and awareness for a diabetes charity. Kerry Gough, 36, from Billericay, raised more than £2,500 by completing the London to Southend bike ride, cheered on
DIVISION ONE WICKFORD gave their battle against the drop a massive boost by thrashing relegation rivals Woodford Wells. Andy Baker’s side thumped their visitors by 179 runs and move up to eighth, one place above the drop zone. The hosts
CASTLE Point has been named the worst place for people to get on the first rung of the housing ladder. Homeless charity Shelter said almost 45 per cent of 20 to 34-year-olds in the borough were unable to get on the property ladder. The charity's
FREDDY Eastwood will say farewell to Southend United tonight, but has yet to decide whether or not he will play in the Shrimpers’ pre-season friendly with Ipswich Town. Eastwood, who enjoyed two separate spells at Roots Hall, was released by Blues
FIREFIGHTER Amir Williamson cannot wait to sample a red-hot Hampden Park atmosphere in tonight’s Commonwealth Games hammer final. The 27-year-old from Linford, near Stanford-le-Hope, made it into the final with his second-round throw of 68.42 metres
A YOUNG man whose family is being forced to raise £2,000 a week for life-prolonging drugs said the NHS has put a price on his life. Reece Hawley, 21, who was diagnosed with two brain tumours, is now on his third and final round of chemotherapy.
IT’S been dubbed the Mary Rose of the Thames Estuary and now a major project is under way to find out what really happened to the London and salvage its treasures. The London, a 64-gun, second- rate ship, was built in 1656 for the English Navy
BOWERS & Pitsea are hoping this will be the season they emulate their success of yesteryear... and have the kit to prove it. The Essex Senior League side will don red and white stripes this season for the first time in 15 years, replacing the
SO are the Commonwealth Games a home event for England? Some say yes, some say no. But I was given a definite answer when watching the rugby sevens at the Ibrox Stadium when Scotland faced England. The boys in blue were given a rapturous reception
A GANG beat up a man before robbing him of his phone. The 34-year-old local man was in Flemming Avenue, Leigh when three men approached him from behind. They assaulted him while demanding he hand over his phone. While he was on the ground
SENTIMENTAL jewellery and valuable cutlery were stolen when burglars ransacked a house. Local residents could hold the answers to tracking down the crooks who forced open the front door of a house in Colbert Avenue in Thorpe Bay in a daylight break-in
No one expects to get cancer. No one expects to get cancer when they are 41 and relatively healthy. No one expects it but it happens. It happened to me. One in three people will be diagnosed with some form of cancer at some time in their life.
THE Environment Secretary made a surprise visit to Canvey’s pumping stations in the wake of the storms. Elizabeth Truss, the new Environment Secretary, and Paul Leinster, head of the Environment Agency, visited Canvey on Friday afternoon. They
SOUTHEND’S most effective headteachers and school governors have lauded at a special conference in the town. Southend Council organised the event for heads and governors at the Holiday Inn, near Southend Airport. The evening, focused on governance
BILLERICAY Town have bolstered their strike force with the signing of Rowan Liburd. The 21-year-old Liburd impressed on trial for Billericay earlier in pre-season, where he netted five goals for the Ryman Premier league side, and has already signed
A PUB has shut for a £120,000 four-week revamp. The Spread Eagle, in Victoria Avenue, Southend, is being transformed by new tenant Kamil Augele and owners Punch Taverns. Eight jobs will be created. Mr Augele said: “There will be major work
TEENAGE hurdler Hayley McLean will walk on to the Hampden Park track this lunchtime still pinching herself she’s competing at the Commonwealth Games. But the 19-year-old from Stanford-le-Hope doesn’t intend to let the emotions overcome her today
The gentle dawn rain pattered as I lay in the rising light of the new day. Birds scattered their songs like ribbons between the brittle creaks of the trees, who were stretching, shaking off the night. The dew-dropped grass stooped like great boughs
NATIONAL Express train operator c2c is providing more than 120,000 extra seats to help families make the most of the summer holidays. From now until the end of August, 16 of c2c’s most popular off-peak trains every day will be doubled in length
ANGRY residents have told the Environment Agency to come clean over how many Canvey pumping stations were out of action during last Sunday’s storm. As many as 200 homes were hit by flooding, which turned roads into rivers and caused thousands of
HUNDREDS of tonnes of scrap metal went up in flames in Basildon. Firefighters were called to the recycling plant at Hovefield Avenue at 1.21am with the flames ten metres high. Crews used an aerial ladder to fight the blaze, which affected almost
THE OWNERS of a restaurant are lobbying the council to install parking signs in a nearby car park. Shah Ali, 39, director of the Tandoori Parlour, in Hart Road, Thundersley, claims he is losing customers because they are unaware they can park for
DREARY derelict buildings have been transformed by an artist with a penchant for gangsters and hard nuts. Michael Caine in his famous role as Jack Carter, Bob Hoskins as the nutty gangster in the Long Good Friday, and the notorious Kray twins now
