A WOMAN was left with severe burns to her face, arms and chest after she attempted to tackle a chip pan fire. The woman, of Gideons Way, Stanford le Hope, threw water on the blaze instead of waiting for firefighters to arrive. Once crews from
SOUTHEND United centre-back Luke Prosser urged his team-mates to hold their heads high despite suffering a 2-0 defeat at Plymouth Argyle on Saturday. The Shrimpers were forced to play 75 minutes of the match with only 10 men after Cian Bolger was
A DRIVER ran away after ploughing his car into a roundabout. Police are looking for witnesses to the crash in Canvey Road, Canvey, where a blue Audi A4 collided with the roundabout at the junction of Northwick Road. The incident happened at
A GROUP of travellers have left Canvey following a weekend of chaos. Police moved the travellers on at about 5pm and were seen following the caravans off the island and down Canvey Way. The group then descended on the Toby Carvery, on the A127
A HELPING hand is being offered by the Echo to help community groups and good causes. The Echo’s owners, Gannett, are looking to help communities through their charitable arm, the Gannett Foundation. In the past ten years, the foundation has
OPPOSITION Tories on Southend Council claim they would have grilled a waste firm instead of just dumping them. The Independent, Labour, and Lib Dem administration in charge of Southend Council announced it was binning Cory Environmental, which
CANVEY Island’s Billy Knott fired himself into the national spotlight this week with a stunning goal to help his Bradford City side shock Yorkshire rivals Leeds United in the Capital One Cup. Knott, who moved to the Bantams from Sunderland this
DRUNKEN yobs causing problems in Billericaywill be banned from all the town’s pubs. Fifteen Billericay bars and pubs have launched a Behave or be Banned pub watch scheme. It comes after thug Wayne Earl, 30, was handed an antisocial behaviour
