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FORMER Southend United boss Barry Fry has been charged with misconduct in relation to betting, the Football Association has announced.
MORE people were arrested last month for drug driving than drink driving for the first time ever.
A WOMAN has described her shock as a gunman opened fire near a Christmas market in France, killing three people.
A MAN has appeared in court accused of murdering his mother who is believed to have died after falling from a balcony.
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JONES John passed peacefully away on 2nd December, 2018 aged 80 years. John was a hairdresser in Leigh on Sea for 54 years. Funeral service to take place at Southend Crematorium at 14:40 on Tuesday 18th December, 2018. Donations for Fairhavens Hospice…
Tom HIBBS 1907 - 1990 Remembering a very special and loving Dad, Grandad, Great Grandad and Great Great Grandad on his Birthday 12th December. Always in our thoughts Dad. Tilly, Peter and Family.
TOMLINS Doreen Elizabeth known as Dolce Passed away peacefully at home on 2nd December 2018, aged 72 years. Much loved Wife, Mum & Nan. She will be greatly missed by all family and friends. Graveside service & burial to take place at Woodside…
WADSWORTH Martha Passed away on 7th December, 2018 aged 87 years. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her. Funeral service at Southend Crematorium at 12:00 on Tuesday 18th December, 2018 Flowers or Donations for Dementia UK may be made…
SOUTHEND United starlet Isaac Hutchinson is hoping for more first team minutes after another impressive showing for the under 23s.
A DRUG dealer caught with nearly £2,000 worth of heroin and crack cocaine in his underwear has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.
YOUNG people with special educational needs and disabilities are being failed by the authorities, a damning report has revealed.
JAMIE O'Hara has left Billericay Town.
A two-minute silence was held in the council chambers at Thurrock's civic centre last night in memory of Wickford backpacker Grace Millane.
SOUTHEND Council is spending more than than half a million pounds each year on emergency accommodation after failing to build enough homes.
SOUTHEND United defender Harry Lennon is ready to resume running this week.
EAST Thurrock United were unable to build on their derby victory over Chelmsford City as Oxford City recorded their fourth win on the spin.
Theresa May has vowed to fight an effort to oust her as Conservative leader and Prime Minister "with everything I've got".
I MUST say I find May's Brexit deal a tad short of 'Brexit means Brexit'.
SOUTHEND Hospital dealt with almost 200 cases of potentially life-threatening sepsis.
A LEISURE centre manager is set to compete in the European Triathlon Championships.
PLANS to turn a bungalow into a day centre to help elderly people with dementia have been unveiled.
One of Colchester Zoo's most loved residents has died at the grand old age of 50.
A busy junction has been cleared after an earlier crash caused delays.
A busy road has been cleared after a lorry dropped its load.
Enough Tory MPs have requested a vote of no confidence in Theresa May to trigger a contest, the chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee has announced.
A man will appear in court this morning charged with murder.
The body of British backpacker Grace Millane has been formally identified and returned to her family.
CRITICISM is mounting over the £250,000 cost to council tax payers for community policing in the wake of the latest stabbing in Southend.
THE family of a man who died from a single stab wound in a Basildon park will never know what happened to him.
HOSPITAL staff are said to be scrambling for parking spaces after visiting managers from other hospitals were given priority.
A WOMAN who lost her leg in a crash has had her mobility car taken away... despite not being able to walk more than a few metres.
A COUPLE being investigated following an alleged £390million Caribbean property have been declared bankrupt.
