STAY Safe Southend event cancelled due to Manchester bomb attack.

Essex Community Messaging has announced that the event which was due to take place on June 1 in Southend High Street has been postponed.

It have not been cancelled due to any potential threats but are due to the ongoing impact for agencies around the contingencies of the raised threat level.

As a result some agencies and emergency services may not be able to support to this event and the decision has therefore been made to postpone them to a later date.

A new date will be circulated as soon as it is decided.