THOUSANDS of spectators flocked to see Billericay's magical firework display. The display at Lake Meadows, Billericay, was organised by the Billericay Round Table and raised more than £35,000 for local charities. Richard Leahy, Round Table fireworks
A MAN and a woman were cut free from the wreckage of their Ford Focus estate car after an accident. Their vehicle collided with a people carrier on a roundabout at the A130 turn-off at Benfleet at lunchtime today, Sunday. The man was taken to hospital
THOUSANDS of people were thrilled by spectacular fireworks displays on Southend seafront. The sky was lit up across town, with displays at Shoebury East Beach and Jubilee Beach, on Southend's Golden Mile. The Big Beach Bang at Shoebury was organised
A MOTHER and her two children escaped safely from a burning house. The blaze broke out in a first floor bedroom at the house in Winstree, Basildon, at around 3pm yesterday. The woman living there, her eight year-old daughter, and three year-old son,
RECYCLING is finally set to be introduced for flats across Basildon. About 140 flats on the Castles estate, in Carlisle Way, Edinburgh Way, Dover Way, Caister Drive, and Pevensey Close, will be added to the pink sack and glass recycling collection schemes
CASTLE Point Mayor Beverley Egan returned to her duties this week following major surgery for suspected cancer. The St Peter's ward councillor attended the Phoenix Club's annual Halloween party, despite undergoing an operation at Southend Hospital last
THE lives of troubled youngsters has been changed by a £600,000 project aimed at getting them interested in the arts. Now a book, entitled Turning the Tide, has been published detailing the success of the Being Here project which targeted young people
