SOUTHEND United manager Phil Brown hit out at referee Gavin Ward following his side’s exit from the Capital One Cup against Walsall on Tuesday night. The Shrimpers were beaten 2-1 by the Saddlers at Roots Hall. But Brown was left fuming after
SOUTHEND United suffered a fourth successive first round exit in the Capital One Cup tonight, losing 2-1 against League One Walsall at Roots Hall. Ryan Leonard’s stunning long range shot cancelled out Mal Benning’s opener for the Saddlers.
CANVEY Island’s rotten run at Rookery Hill continued as they lost there for the fourth successive season, going down 1-0 to a plucky East Thurrock United. David Bryant netted the winner on the stroke of halftime to send the home fans home happy
RESIDENTS have until October to apply for a council tax discount following flooding. Councillors will discuss the scheme to help residents whose homes were flooded out by the exceptional rainfall last month at Cabinet on Wednesday August 20.
A charity that helps vulnerable young people on the streets of Southend will be on television tonight. Southend YMCA will feature on the Channel 4 show Undercover Boss at 9pm tonight. Bims Alalade, a personnel director from the charity’s national
SOUTHEND United manager Phil Brown had made seven changes to his starting line-up for tonight’s Capital One Cup clash against Walsall at Roots Hall. Goalkeeper Paul Smith comes in for Daniel Bentley between the sticks while Adam Thompson and Mads
FOUR accidents have caused chaos for commuters. An accident on the A130 Rayleigh northbound between A1245 Chelmsford Road and A132 Burnham Road has closed one lane causing queues on the A130 between the A1245 Chelmsford Road junction and Rettendon
FLYTIPPERS dumped piles of rubbish, spanning the length of four houses, in an alleyway. They were left in an alleyway between Hildaville Drive and Fairmead Avenue, Westcliff. Members of the Residents’ Association of Westborough cleared up half the
THE firm collecting rubbish off the streets of Southend for the past 20 years has been binned over concerns it won't recycle enough waste. Southend Council has dumped Cory Environmental and is seeking a new firm to clean streets and collect bins from
STAFF at a steak restaurant which closed unexpectedly claim they are owed thousands of pounds in unpaid wages. The Rare Cow, in High Road, Earls Colne, ceased trading last month after it emerged a cruise sales company run by its boss, Richard Lester
RESIDENTS in a sheltered housing complex claim their health is being put at risk. People living in Creasy Court, in The Nazeing, Vange, have been complaining about poor living conditions for the past five years, but still find themselves surrounded
ESSEX Fire Service is being forced to use all of its £15million savings to pay off a debt it did not know it owed. An investigation has been launched after the service discovered it had to pay the huge bill to the Governement for firefighters’
DIVISION THREE: OLD Southendian & Southchurch reignited their promotion push with an eight-wicket win over Old Brentwoods. The Old Boys were defeated by Stanford le Hope the weekend before but bounced back by bowling out Old Brentwoods
A CAR and lorry have crashed on the A127. Emergency services have been called to Nestuda Way at the roundabout with Tesco. The incident was reported to have happened at about 3.40pm.
DEAN Waller sang Leigh-on-Sea’s praises after they recorded their “most complete performance of the season”. Leigh recorded their third win in as many matches against rivals Fives & Heronians to keep them in the promotion hunt and have shown
DIVISION ONE: HADLEIGH & Thundersley returned to winning ways with a narrow one-wicket win against local rivals Wickford. Hadleigh went into the game on the back of four successive defeats. But they were able to get their promotion
BASILDON taxpayers will have to fork out £700 after “mindless yobs” ripped down fencing at a country park to have a barbecue. The vandals broke in to Wick Country Park, off Tresco Way, in Wickford, and then set about causing the damage. They
CONCORD Rangers are hoping to build on a tremendous opening day win against Bath City and put in a repeat performance at Ebbsfleet United tonight. Beachboys boss Danny Cowley said he was approaching the first two games of the season as “free games
A FORMER social worker found guilty of having extreme pornographic images has had his suspension extended. Stewart Ford, from Little Wakering in Essex, was convicted in 2012 for having 50 videos and images on his home computer. In 2013, the former Essex
ESSEX SENIOR LEAGUE: Bowers & Pitsea will come up against some familiar faces when they host Hullbridge Sports tonight. Ex-Bowers men Jamie Buffin, Dale Gladen and Michael Doyle will line up for Sports at the Len Salmon Stadium and Bowers boss
WORKS on the Olympic legacy at Hadleigh Farm have reached the halfway stage, two years on from the Games. Today marks two years since Hadleigh Farm hosted the London 2012 Olympic Mountain Bike events In 2012 over 40,000 spectators flocked to the
CANVEY Island centurion Jay Curran said he was “over the moon” at surpassing the 100-goal mark on the day he was made club captain. When Curran, 29, equalised after 36 minutes against Bognor Regis Town on Saturday it was the 100th time he had wheeled
A POST office is shutting for a revamp and will reopen next month. The post office, in the convenience store, at 23 Eastwood Boulevard, Westcliff, will open at 1pm on Monday, September 1, and will offer an improved service. Customers can access
A GIRL has had her family holiday ruined after breaking her ankle at Chalkwell Fair. Tiegan Jackson, seven, landed badly on a ball while bouncing on the trampoline in one of the enclosures on the first day of the fair, at Chalkwell Park. In
Curt Ellis, 28, of Harridge Road, Leigh, admitted a public order offence. He used threatening or abusive words or behaviour on June 30. He was given a conditional discharge for 12 months and ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge and £85 costs.
FORMER Essex and Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria has once again had an application to appeal his life ban from cricket dismissed, the England and Wales Cricket Board has announced. Kaneria was banned by an ECB disciplinary council in June 2012
JACK Payne is desperate to prove he is worth a regular slot in Southend United’s starting line-up when Walsall visit Roots Hall tonight. The 19-year-old midfielder looks set to be handed just the third start of his Shrimpers career and his first
SOUTHEND United manager Phil Brown will shake up his side for tonight’s Capital One Cup clash against Walsall at Roots Hall. The Shrimpers made a successful start to their League Two season on Saturday, winning 1-0 at Accrington Stanley. But
FAMILY and friends are banding together to raise awareness and cash to help a sixyear- old boy battling a rare condition. Harry Beardsell, six, suffers from a rare genetic illness, cystinosis, which causes crystals to form in his eyes. These
YOU don’t need a movie deal to be famous these days. The internet gives us all a pedestal to perform on, regardless of whether anyone is watching. In terms of its social relevance the internet is still in its infancy and we are all working out how
I'm musing life in bed. It's without exception where all my best stuff gets done. And it's just occurred to me that Edinburgh is a strange mix of wanting to be seen and wanting to not be seen... AN EXAMPLE OF NOT WANTING TO BE SEEN: Backstage
A COMMUNITY joined together to knit 100 poppies to mark 100 years since the start of the First World War. Rochford Hundred Historical Society set itself the task of knitting a poppy for each year since Britain's entry into the war on August 4,
VAMPIRES have taken over south Essex...but residents don’t need to get out the garlic. Camera crews have set up at Basildon’s Holiday Inn to film Night of the Vampire. The movie has already taken over Billericay’s Shepherd and Dog pub, in London
A VILLAGE has become the first area in Rochford to have every road covered by Neighbourhood Watch. Every street in Stambridge has signed up to the scheme as part of the parish’s community building programme, which aims to bring residents and businesses
A PLUSH new housing development was officially unveiled by gold medal winning gymnast Max Whitlock. The sporting star, who trains at Basildon Sporting Village, cut the ribbon to open the final phase of the Morello Quarter complex, based on the
ANOTHER pensioner has been targeted in a telephone scam that has swindled Essex residents out of nearly half a million pounds. Shirley Murray, 77, of Scratton Road, Southend, received an “intimidating” late-night call from a fraudster pretending to be
ANGRY residents have been told Billericay’s green belt could be sacrificed for hundreds of homes despite preelection promises it would be saved. Basildon Council’s Tory administration said earlier this year the town could not cope with 1,400 new
THE man who threatened to jump from a roof during a police stand-off claims the force wasted time and money in trying to arrest him. Sam Walker, 25, said police were only after him because of a clerical error and says he is innocent after charges
A DEDICATED mum has been inspired to set up her own charity after her daughter had a stroke when she was just 12 years old. Lauren Pinder, now 16, is one of just eight people in the country to have a rare condition which stops her blood flowing
FOR hundreds of years, lords could only lose their title if the monarchy rubber-stamped an Act of Parliament. It comes as no surprise then to find the last time the long and lengthy process was implemented was almost 100 years ago. During the
A CANCER survivor who set up an unlicensed radio station to raise awareness of the condition has been fined and had his equipment confiscated. Brian Barfoot, 69, set up Monster FM, in 2010, to promote cancer charities and play music patients would
THE full extent of the pumping station failures on Canvey during the devastating floods have finally been revealed. Two pumping stations were out of action on Canvey for more than two hours despite repeated claims from the Environment Agency only
A SUSPECTED drink-driver has been arrested after smashing into six cars and leaving a trail of destruction. The 24-year-old man, from Leigh, is accused of ploughing into a Vauxhall Corsa parked in Hamlet Court Road, Westcliff, with such force it pushed
