CANVEY completed their Ryman Division One North friendly campaign with a 3-1 home win over a Slough Town side who were relegated from the Premier at the end of last season. Goals from summer signing Gabriel Fanibuyan and Ian Luck gave Gulls a 2-0 lead
TEMPERS soared to as high as the scorching summer heat at Roots Hall on Saturday as a controversial red card to Southend United midfielder Alan McCormack helped Leyton Orient heap more misery on the Shrimpers. The tough-tackling Irishman was dismissed
A MAN admitted headbutting a fellow clubber in Southend because he bumped into him and spilt his drink. Alexander Slater, 20, of Station Road, Westcliff, pleaded guilty to assaulting Charlie Savage on July 29 this year. Southend Magistrates' Court
ARSONISTS are believed to have set fire to large hay bales. Firefighters were called to the blaze at the top of Oak Lane in Crays Hill, near Billericay, close to the travellers site. The two half-tonne bales of hay were well alight when crews from Billericay
SOUTHEND United have been drawn at home to Dagengham and Redbridge in the first round of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy. The match will take place at Roots Hall during the week of September 3.
PRIME Minister Gordon Brown penned a special note to a former Basildon councillor. The letter thanked Alf Dove, 88, for 55 years of loyal service to the Labour Party - and it was hand-delivered to his front door in the Fryth, Basildon, by local MP Angela
A floral demonstration by Patricia Bolton will take place on Wednesday (15) will a raffle of the bouquet. Admission is £3 and it is being organised by the Southend Floral Group at the United Reformed Church Hall in Central Avenue. It starts at 7.30pm
A table with bric-a-brac, books, videos and more is being held on Thursday (16) in Southend Hospital's outpatients department. It is in aid of the StrokeBusters campaign and will be open from 7.30am to 3.30pm. For more information call 01702 586697.
MUMS with premature babies can now seek the support of experts and parents in the same situation thanks to two new help clubs. A group has started meeting every Tuesday at the Kaleidoscope Centre, in Riverview Court, Vange. A second group is starting
A STUDENT admitted slapping a police officer after she was arrested for public disorder. Francesca Ellis, 20, of Crowstone Road, Westcliff, was celebrating the end of term with friends from hairdressing college, at the Cliff Pub in Southend, on July
SOUTHEND: A nearly new sale is being held at St Mary's Hall in Victoria Avenue on Thursday. It will be held from 9.30am to noon and there will be bargain stalls and refreshments. Admission is free and all proceeds go to St Mary's Church in Prittlewell
A MULTI-MILLION pound scheme to develop new health centres across south Essex has been rubber stamped. The South East Essex Primary Care Trust has signed contracts with Partnerships for Health - part of the Department for Health - and Primarycare, a
THE Tories are the first party to announce their candidate for the forthcoming Shoebury by-election which is expected to take place at the end of September. It follows the death of Allan Cole, the long-serving Conservative councillor for the ward.
CHARITY cyclists from the Chelmsford Star co-op, paused for refreshment at the Cock Inn, Hall Road, Rochford, as they raised cash for the Essex Air Ambulance. The employees and former employees had covered 182 miles across the county visiting every store
RESIDENTS descended on Billericay's Cater Museum with unusual items they had found in their lofts and gardens. Laura McClean, a finds liaison officer, spent time at the two-day discovery event analysing the weird and wonderful things visitors brought
POLICE searching for missing Essex teenager Natasha Coombs have found a body. The discovery was made at about 7.30pm, Friday, in the undergrowth near the railway line about a mile from Manningtree Railway Station heading towards Colchester. Police
BASILDON snooker professional Stuart Bingham saw his hopes of reaching the semi-final stages of a ranking tournament for the first time in his career ended in China today. He was whitewashed 5-0 by this year's losing World Championship finalist Mark
