STAFF are working together to raise awareness of learning disabilities at a special information event at Southend Hospital during this year’s national Learning Disability Week. This year’s event will focus on employment and highlight the benefits of employing
POLICE arrested a man after an incident in a supermarket. The incident happened in Asda in North Shoebury Road, Shoebury, at about 4.30pm on Saturday. A man was detained and arrested on suspicion shoplifting and assaulting two PCSOs. Jodie
Thundersley Town Team are hosting a community picnic on Sunday July 2 free of charge. The event will be held at Thundersley Common with access via Common Lane and will start at 2pm. Councillor Colin MacLean said: "The idea is very simple, we
A TEENAGE boy was taken to hospital with head and leg injuries after car crashed into a bicycle. The incident happened in Lodge Lane, Grays, at about 2.20am on Saturday. The cyclist, a teenage boy, suffered head and leg injuries. He was
A QUIZ night helped raise £224.50 towards equipment for an Army Cadet troop. The Basildon Army Cadet held the quiz night at their hall in Cherry Down, Basildon. There were also other activities and a raffle with prizes donated by Basildon businesses including
A fourth person has been arrested in connection with a serious crash that left a woman with life-changing injuries. Two motorbikes were in collision in Manorway, Corringham, at about 9.15pm on Wednesday, June 14. One of the riders, a woman in her
SCHOOLCHILDREN and air cadets will have the chance to engage with engineering at a Robotic Games championships. The event, which will be held at aerospace engineering company Leonardo, in Christopher Martin Road, Basildon, is expected to be attended
For the first time, pupils at Westcliff High School for Boys have entered the Biology Challenge.Aimed at 13 to 15-year-old pupils, it rewards students whose knowledge of the subject has been increased by reading books and having a general awareness of
THE Southend Alternative City of Culture celebrations will be holding a fashion and design event at Prittlewell Priory in Southend on Sunday 2 July, . The event, in Piory Park, Victoria Avenue, Southend will be from 12noon to 6pm and is being organised
SOUTHEND United duo Ben Coker and Mark Oxley will both be fit for the start of pre-season training in Spain. Left-back Coker missed the final six games of last season with a knee problem while goalkeeper Oxley has yet to figure in 2017 after suffering
MOST people may be enjoying fun in the sun during what is the hottest week of the year so far — but it is never too early to be thinking about Christmas. And today to help people do just that, Argos has released what it thinks will be top of children's
PET owners are being warned about a flea epidemic in south Essex. Vets have been inundated with concerned cat and dog owners whose animals have been infested. The hot weather is the perfect condition for fleas and ticks and is causing an explosion
