Essex Eagles continued to flounder in the Vitality Blast South Group as rain halted their bid at Cheltenham this evening. Aided and abetted by a Varun Chopra half century, Essex reached 172/7 in 18.2 overs before the heavens opened, leaving umpires
SOUTHEND United have revealed their squad numbers for the forthcoming League One season. Young right-back Elvis Bwomono will wear number two while summer signing Luke Hyam will be number four. Fellow new boy Timothee Dieng will be number eight
BASILDON Athletics Club chairman Steve Reynolds was full of praise for his club’s members after enjoying success at regional and national level. Some of Basildon’s leading athletes played a key role while representing their county as Essex were
BILLERICAY Town have denied signing former Arsenal and England youth international Jay Emmanuel-Thomas. The 27-year-old played for Billericay against Maidstone United in a pre-season friendly tonight and had appeared to be the club's latest recruit
THE number of legally held guns in Essex has increased by 20 per cent over the last decade. Latest figures from the Home Office show there were 20,201 licensed firearms in the county, up from 15,780 in 2009. It means there are 1,121 firearms
AN important wildlife site has been given the strongest environmental protections possible. Brandy Hole, on the River Crouch in Hullbridge, provides special winter habitat for winter watering birds such as brent geese, lapwing and shoveler.
ANGRY residents want Southend Council to fine hospital staff for dropping cigarette butts near their homes. Trevor Murray, of Hillborough Road, said he has watched the litter build up over the years - and enough’s enough. He said: “It’s not
ESCAPE rooms are taking the nation, and south Essex, by storm. Room Escape Southend has had a fantastic start, growing in popularity - and now Basildon is set to get its own escape room too. Sloyd Saun-Leas, owner of Room Escape Southend, said
A FORMER footballer has swapped the changing room for the classroom. Daniel Pitts was once a promising footballer for Southend United before spending time in the semi professional leagues. But after a combined career with the asbestos clear
STEVE King insists he is far from finished after stepping away from football to focus on other commitments.The defender has been at Concord Rangers for 10 years but will not start the season at the Aspect Arena this time around.Having recently moved house
I'M sitting in the morning sunshine, breakfasting on a hunk of slightly melted chocolate cake (thanks to the current heatwave), washed down with a cup of black coffee while listening to recorded talks given by a batch of artists, authors and gardening
SOUTHEND United’s kits will be showing support for Prostate Cancer UK during the forthcoming League One season. Shrimpers boss Chris Powell has been a longstanding ambassador for the charity. And Powell, who ran the London Marathon for Prostate
One of music’s most distinctive voices has been brought to life by the return of hit musical Jersey Boys to the Cliffs Pavilion. Tracing the story of iconic showman Frankie Valli and his band The Four Seasons, the audience were led through decades
PROTESTORS complaining about a cul-de-sac being used by lines of lorries have erected their own sign to warn them. County councillor Kerry Smith led the campaign to try and cut down on lorry traffic along Lee Chapel Lane. Residents claim it
COMPLETION of Canvey’s infamous road to nowhere could now be in jeopardy...as a crucial funding bid was rejected. Efforts to get cash from the Government’s Department for Transport for funding to complete the third and final stage of Roscommon Way has
PLANS for the new college campus in Basildon town centre have been shrunk in half.South Essex College’s new campus in Basildon’s Market Square will be reduced in size, according to newly submitted plans. Initial plans were for a floor space of 8,050 square
A CARNIVAL is at risk of shutting down just one year from its 100th anniversary with others also struggling for volunteers. With organisers fearful of the end of Wickford Town Carnival in Nevendon Park, the people behind the carnivals and fairs
Police want to speak to 46-year-old Darren Laugeard about a report of voyeurism. Laugeard has links to North Benfleet and Folkestone and Gravesend in Kent. He goes by the aliases of Quays, Keys, and Shaw and also has connections with East Sussex
HARRY Lennon is relishing his Roots Hall debut with Southend United on Sunday. The summer signing will face Championship club Leeds United this weekend. And Lennon is looking forward to the clash. “I’ve enjoyed playing at Roots Hall in
A TRIO of triathletes will be gunning for glory at the European Age-Group Championships in Estonia this weekend.David Pennington, Jennie Page and Louise Young - who are all members of the Rochford-based JBR Run and Tri Club - have earned international
THERE is still time to get your nominations in for this year’s Hospital Heroes Patients’ Choice awards. Southend Hospital has once again joined forces with the Echo and Southend Standard to help find three shortlisted nominees deserving of the
SOUTHEND United manager Chris Powell will be aiming for more progress when the Shrimpers face Leeds United in a ‘bonus’ pre-season friendly on Sunday. Leeds, who will again be lining up in the Championship this season, have not visited Blues’ home
SOUTHEND United’s under-23 team completed a successful spell in the Netherlands with a 4-0 win against Avanti Wilskaracht. Isaac Hutchinson, Lewis Gard, Norman Wabo and 16-year-old Charlie Kelman were all on target for Blues. And Shrimpers
ESSEX’S trip to Gloucestershire tonight is likely to bring back powerful memories in every sense for the returning Matt Quinn.The Kiwi recorded his best bowling figures (7-76 and 11-163) in the Championship match at Cheltenham exactly two years ago.But
DOZENS of shop workers are set to lose their jobs as closing dates were announced for two Poundworld stores in the area.The chain is set to close its final stores on August 10 unless a last minute rescue package is agreed.Some stores, including Grays,
While we out enjoying this unusually hot heatwave, our garden Hedgehogs are struggling. The harder soil and the lack of water has meant our prickly friends are having to travel further and further to find vital food and water sources. And with
CANVEY may miss out on funding for plans to revamp and revitalise the seafront - after it emerged they are up against hundreds of other coastal areas. Castle Point Council is expecting a decision by the end of this month on funding for the huge
A PREGNANT mother-of-two who miscarried and later died from sepsis was not treated as an urgent case because a handover to medics was not thorough enough, an inquest has heard. The inquest into Reeta Saidha’s death, at Chelmsford Coroner’s Court
Police are posting leaflets to addresses around Shoebury as part of the ongoing missing person investigation into the whereabouts of Southend mother Patricia Finnie. Patricia, 64, has been missing from her home in Southend since May last year.
A woman was left trapped in her car after an accident in Watery Lane last night. Two fire crews, one from Hawkwell and one from Rayleigh Weir were called after reports of the incident at 11pm.The vehicle had left the road and was on its side in a ditch
FAMILIES are scared to leave their homes and claim their lives are being made hell due to antisocial behaviour on their doorsteps. Residents claim not enough is being done to combat the problems in York Road, Southend, and their lives are being
Reports of another knife attack in Southend have caused alarm amongst Southchurch residents. A social media warning, shared more than three hundred times, shows a man being arrested, allegedly after slashing a man in the face with a knife and threatening
DOG walkers are frustrated after their animal waste bins were removed from a Rochford housing estate. The Paddocks Estate off Brays Lane lost the four bins after the development’s bosses, Bellway Homes said the bins were costing almost £7,000 a
A MAN has been forced to wash in his sink for two weeks after a housing association did not repair his broken shower. David Carr, 74, of Shannon Close, Leigh’s wet room shower broke at the beginning of this month and he is still waiting for South
