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Loved ones urge big turnout for June parade
5:00pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
LOVED ones of soldiers from the Royal Anglian Regiment are urging the people of Southend to support the regiment’s homecoming parade through the town in June.
Police allay drug fears
5:00pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
POLICE have moved to reassure the public there isn’t a drugs problem in an area of Southend.
Man has card stolen from cashpoint
5:05pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
A MAN had his debit card stolen from a Westcliff cashpoint machine, which was later used to steal cash from his bank account.
Come and see plans for transformation of Victoria Avenue in Southend
4:33pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
PLANS proposing the transformation of empty office blocks into new homes and shops are to be unveiled on Thursday.
Car park rowdies making lives of residents a misery
4:00pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
RESIDENTS living near a dilapidated multi-storey car park are being forced to call the police every night because of antisocial behaviour.
Accident in Great Wakering High Street
4:01pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
There has been an accident in Great Wakering High Street near to the junction with Twyford Avenue.
Online support for troops’ families
3:00pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
MORE than 70 years ago, the nation waved goodbye to its young men as they set off for the battlefields of the Second World War, leaving families nervously to await news from the front.
Burglaries at Westcliff High Schools
2:54pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
BURGLARS walked into both Westcliff High Schools to steal laptops over the half-term holiday.
Steve prepares for walk to North Pole
11:30am Tuesday 16th March 2010
IMAGINE walking in freezing temperatures for 35 days trying to pull 100kgs along with you.
Nicky: I’ll beat this cancer, too
9:50am Tuesday 16th March 2010
THE youngest man in the country to be diagnosed with breast cancer now faces another health issue – a third cancer diagnosis.
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