By Luke Baker STUART Bingham’s 20-year professional snooker career has been a rollercoaster but he is adamant that becoming world champion makes all the downs worthwhile. Despite turning pro in 1995, it took Bingham until 2011 to win his first
WORLD snooker champion Stuart Bingham said winning the crown for the first time meant 'everything' to him. The 38-year-old from Basildon beat Shaun Murphy 18-15 in a nail-biting final to finally win the sport's top prize 15 years after making his
BARRY Hearn believes the "beautiful ordinariness" of Stuart Bingham made the Betfred World Championship winner a sure-fire Crucible hit. Hearn said the 38-year-old from Basildon had reaped the rewards for hard graft. Hearn told Press Association
STUART Bingham completed an astonishing transition from journeyman to king of the Crucible as he brilliantly beat Shaun Murphy to take the Betfred World Championship title. The 38-year-old from Basildon defied expectations to see off Ronnie O'Sullivan
MIDWAY through the second half at Morecambe on Saturday, a beach ball thrown onto the pitch by a Southend United supporter was stamped on and burst by Shrimps winger Kevin Ellison. And that one moment was pretty much indicative of Blues’ day as
CURLY-TOPPED folk singer Fraser A. Gorman performs at South Records, in Southend, on Wednesday. The gig is at 1.30pm, so if you work near the store in Queen’s Road, or have a day off, swap your sandwiches for some musical food for the soul.
LIAM Norwell made a telling impact in the second innings against Essex to leave Gloucestershire on top in their County Championship Division Two match at Chelmsford. Essex started their second innings trailing by 86 runs after the visitors had
NEPAL may be thousands of miles away, but Essex has responded to the terrible earthquake there as if it was a next door neighbour. On the same day British survivors landed at Stansted, a team of 20 doctors from across the county, was preparing
A MURAL which has brightened up people’s lives has been removed after complaints to Southend Council. The brightly-coloured mural outside Spice Boat, on the corner of London Road and Elmsleigh Drive, Leigh, depicted a number of brightly-coloured
A BASILDON firefighter who took his own life had been suffering from depression for several months before his death, his brother said. Joe Keighley, 42, who died last July, had worked as a firefighter for 16 years. His twin brother, Jeff, said
A MOTHER-OF-FIVE who almost forced a driver off the road in a drunken road rage incident has been warned to sober up or go to prison. Margaret Allgood, 35, admitted using her van to force a people carrier into the oncoming lane of Somnes Avenue
SOUTHEND United manager Phil Brown has urged his players to use the pain of missing out on automatic promotion to inspire their play-off push. The Shrimpers missed out on a top three finish and a return to League One after suffering a painful 3
THE Royal Naval Association had a collection outside Roots Hall to take advantage of football fans’ goodwill. The group collected outside Southend United’s stadium last Saturday for the Blues, when they played Luton. They managed to collect
THE air ambulance has landed at Hadleigh mountain biking course. An ambulance and a rapid response car were seen at the course at 4.15pm this afternoon. It is believed a cyclist has been injured.
A BANK holiday rush is causing severe delays in Southend town centre. Congestion is building on Western Esplanade between Pier Hill and The Leas in both directions, as well as well as the eastbound carriageway of the A127 between the B1013 Nestuda
A CYCLIST has died despite desperate attempts to save him after he suffered a heart attack while riding on a busy road. The manager of a fast food restaurant and three off-duty nurses tried to save the life of the man, believed to be in his thirties
A MAN was left for dead after being injured by a hit and run driver. The 20-year-old, from Laindon, was knocked down in front of his girlfriend as he crossed London Road, Wickford. Margaret Goodchild, a retired Essex Police special constable
THE ECHO is publishing an eight-page pullout supplement to commemorate the 70th anniversary of VE Day. Friday, 8 May 2015 is the anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe Day), marking 70 years since the end of the second world war in Europe.
NEARLY £30,000 has been awarded to a council for a festival to celebrate the many glories of the River Crouch. Arts Council England is giving the money to Rochford District Council to fund a programme of activities on both sides of the river this
THE M25 in Essex is blocked after a tanker broke down. One lane of the M25 anticlockwise is closed between junction 30 for the A13 and Lakeside and junction 29 for the A127 after a tanker broke down before 8am today. A recovery operation is
DESPERATE thieves resorted to the old fashioned method of jacking cars up on bricks to steal sought-after Ford cars and parts. Essex Police has launched a new operation after the Basildon district was subjected to more than 70 car crimes in the
A FATHER believes he is on the verge of being reunited with his long-lost daughter as a result of an Echo appeal to trace her. Simon Mayne, 54, reached out to the daughter he didn’t know he had until he found out about her on Facebook. Mr Mayne
THE OWNER of a long-established family business has been left £500 out of pocket after crooks smashed in her front door and stole her till. Julie, owner of Exclusive Fabrics, in Canvey Road, Canvey, arrived at her shop to find the front door smashed
TWO police officers went undercover to catch a prolific thief who stole hundreds of pounds worth of goods in just six weeks. Daniel Teelan has 79 convictions dating back to 1991 and was caught red handed stealing from the BP garage in Wickford
DAVID HOLLINGSWORTH, TAXI DRIVER, OF CHANTRY WAY, BILLERICAY “Of course they need a new road, but the issue is where can they put one? “It’s not just the A127, the A13 is jam-packed going up to Sadlers Farm at peak hours. They have previously
A SOUTHEND doctor is heading to Nepal armed with lifesaving medical equipment to help with the rescue mission. The Nepal earthquake has killed more than 5,000 people after hitting the area of Kathmandu, the capital, with devastating impact on Saturday
