Your Echo
Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting ECHONEWS to 80360, or email us Click here for details »
Newsagent chases robbers
5:10pm Friday 18th July 2008
TWO robbers who threatened a newsagent with a spanner and a baseball bat fled after being surprised by a second employee. The thugs demanded cash from the shopkeeper at Shanta newsagents in Woodgrange Drive, Southend. But the crooks were surprised by a second man who chased them out of the shop.
Comments (0)Rubbish blaze in Southend
8:40pm Friday 18th July 2008
A BIG pile of rubbish and tyres caught ablaze near a playground.
Boy's wheelchair stolen
6:21pm Friday 18th July 2008
THIEVES have stolen a disabled schoolboy’s wheelchair.
Family pay tribute to Benfleet biker
1:10pm Friday 18th July 2008
THE FAMILY of a motorcyclist killed after a horror crash on the A13 have paid a moving tribute to his “warm” and “loving” nature. Richard Amos, 47, from Benfleet, died from his injuries after crashing on the London-bound carriageway near Fobbing on Monday, June 30. Pedestrian Daniel Missons, 44, from Dickens Avenue, Tilbury, was killed at the scene.
Tanya the face and body of Wonderbra
4:20pm Friday 18th July 2008
THE new face and body of lingerie giants Wonderbra is a Southend girl.
Hundreds queue to see Jordan
5:10pm Friday 18th July 2008
FOUR hundred people queued to see glamour model Jordan in Southend.
Head: Traveller kids not bullied at school
9:00am Friday 18th July 2008
A HEADTEACHER says an exodus of traveller children from his school is not down to bullying.
National Sport News
Hamilton sets Hockenheim pace
Updated 8:08pm Friday 18th July 2008
Lewis Hamilton blitzed Hockenheim to tee himself up for back-to-back grand prix victories.
Essential Links
Your Say YourEcho
Click on the headline to have your say
Editor's Choice
Schools still waiting for Sats results
THOUSANDS of primary school pupils across south Essex are still awaiting test results more than a week after the scores were due.
Updated: £50,000 reward to trace kidnappers
£50,000 reward offered for information following a bungled robbery and abduction in Southend.
Strikers 'used' children at special school
STRIKING staff at a special school have been accused of using vulnerable children to further their pay claim. As public sector union Unison’s pay strike entered its second day, support staff at Lancaster Special School, Westcliff, picketed outside the school yesterday.
Essex crime figures down
POLICE claim they are winning the war on crime -– as new figures show the number of offences has fallen in the year. The Home Office statistics show recorded crime across Essex has dropped by 6 per cent during 2007/08 compared to the year before – the equivalent of 8,000 fewer victims of crime.
Family pay tribute to Benfleet biker
THE FAMILY of a motorcyclist killed after a horror crash on the A13 have paid a moving tribute to his “warm” and “loving” nature. Richard Amos, 47, from Benfleet, died from his injuries after crashing on the London-bound carriageway near Fobbing on Monday, June 30. Pedestrian Daniel Missons, 44, from Dickens Avenue, Tilbury, was killed at the scene.
c2c commuters call for Benfleet station cafe to reopen
AN ONGOING row over a lease has left a platform cafe at Benfleet station boarded up – and some commuters unhappy they can no longer get breakfast.
Celebrities sign up for TV dog show
Actor Brian Blessed and Strictly Come Dancing star Camilla Dallerup have signed up to appear in a new series of a show that searches for homes for rescue dogs.
BB housemates enjoy muck-spreading
Some of the Big Brother housemates received an unwelcome distraction from Friday's eviction as they held their noses and put their backs into a filthy task - shovelling manure.
It's the homeless couch generation
WHAT does the word homelessness mean to you? For most people, the image of a rough-looking person in a sleeping bag begging for change on the streets springs to mind. Yet the vast majority of homeless people are actually sleeping on friends or relatives’ couches without a permanent home to call their own.
What's On Live Travel YourEcho
Last updated 20.54 with 2 incidents
- M25 Greater London » Accident cleared, all lanes re-opened
- A1169 Elizabeth Way Harlow » Incident and restrictions
Hot Jobs
- Cooks SOUTH WOODHAM FERRERS
- Administrative / Finance Assistant SOUTHEND ON SEA
- Technical Team Leader, Technical Analysts x2
- Multi-Drop Drivers Basildon
- Chief Officer SOUTHEND
- Relief Shop Manager, Assistant Shop Manager
Local Information
Enter your postcode, town or place name
