LAKESIDE Hammers collected another two Elite League points when they thrashed Peterborough 56-37 at the bitterly cold Arena-Essex raceway on Friday night to warm the spirits of the crowd. The return of Andreas Jonsson after five meetings on the sidelines
WELL, there is not much to get the blood pumping through the veins down at the beloved Boleyn at the moment. Yes, I know many football fans (Hammers included), will be saying I should be happy we are comfortably mid-table and not embroiled in a relegation
Essex beat North-amptonshire by nine wickets to open their County Championship campaign in style and with the full haul of 22 points at Chelmsford. The visitors were dismissed for 237 in their second innings leaving their hosts to knock off the 15
DETECTIVES are appealing for witnesses to a robbery in which a teenage boy was threatened with a Stanley knife. The 16-year-old was targeted by the thief who got off a bus at the same stop as him in Civic Square, Tilbury at 11.30pm on Friday. The
THE phrase there can only be one winner, certainly doesn't apply to the finalists on talent search Any Dream Will Do. While our very own Lee Mead took the crown, or should that be loin cloth, his competitors have done pretty well for themselves too
SOUTHEND Rugby Club moved upto sixth in National League Two with a tremendous 24-11 win at Blaydon on Saturday. Centre Mark Billings scored two tries, while scrum half Rhys Powell and skipper Andrew McClintock also went over. Andrew Frost added
A MOTORCYCLIST is in a serious condition in hospital following a crash on the A13, which caused traffic to grind to a half for several hours. The biker was badly wounded after his black yamaha motorcycle was involved in a collision with a white artic
A MAN has been charged with the murder of a homeless man whose dead body was found inside a derelict scout hut. Murder squad detectives charged 38-year-old Paul Tobin on Saturday evening at Basildon Police Station. Unemployed Tobin, of Witchards,
A MAN has been charged with causing the death of a heavily pregnant young woman who died following a tragic road collision in Southend. Detectives today (Sunday) charged the 20-year-old man with causing the death of 21 year old Keeley Hartnett by dangerous
