POLICE were mystified by a dead badger stuck on a railway bridge in Southend on Saturday. Hundreds of weekend shoppers were horrified when they spotted the carcass on the bridge across the High Street. Many gasped in horror and one woman
TWO men were hit round the head with a baseball bat as they drank in a Billericay pub. The attack happened at The Crown, in the High Street, when it was full of revellers on Friday night. Two men burst in brandishing the bat at about 9.30pm and picked
BLUES midfielder Alan McCormack suffered a suspected broken nose towards the end of yesterday's 1-0 win over Bristol Rovers. The tough tackler was forced to come off in the closing stages. And Blues do not yet know if he will be fit
RICHIE Foran has had his contract with Southend United cancelled by mutual consent. The left winger, who can also play up front, endured a nightmare spell at Roots Hall –scoring twice in 23 games before falling out his favour. His last
BLUES defender Callum Whittaker has been called into Northern Ireland’s under 18 squad. Whittaker was originally placed on standby for the Copa del Atlantico tournament in Gran Canaria this week. But he now been selected and is hoping to impress manager
BLUES new boy Dorian Dervite loved his first taste of League One action yesterday. The centre-back, who has signed on loan from Tottenham Hotspur until the end of the season, looked assured at centre-back. And he was delighted to start
A MOTHER who had been reported missing has made contact with police. Michelle Cornwell, 28, had disappeared from her home in Southend with her one-year-old daughter and four-year-old son. She had last been seen on Thursday January 28
A ROBBER burst into a Canvey petrol station and fled with more than £100 in cash. The man entered the BP service station, in Long Road, and demanded cash from the 18-year-old woman cashier. He fled across the forecourt with a three figure
WEST Ham midfielder Julien Faubert has completed his loan move to Real Madrid, the Primera Liga club have confirmed. Faubert passed a medical in the Spanish capital this morning and will be officially presented later today. The 25-year-old joins
POLICE have charged a man and a woman following a cannabis raid in Southend. Long Nguyen 46 of no fixed address and Huong Pham, 41, both of no fixed address are charged with one count of being concerned in the production of a controlled class
A MOTORBIKE was set alight in fields off Royal Artillery Way, Southend. The arson happened near Kids' Kingdom at about 4.50pm on Saturday.Firefighters took ten minutes to put out the flames.
FIREFIGHTERS rescued a moggie which got stuck behind a drainpipe. The ginger cat had got itself into a pickle at a house in Tintern Avenue, Westcliff. A crew of firefighters from Leigh pitched a ladder at the front of the house and the
A shed went up in flames in Wentworth Road, Southend, after a candle set it alight. Firefighters arrived at 7.30pm on Friday to find the fire had spread to nearby fencing. It took just ten minutes to put it out.
A METAL container was set alight at roadworks in Rayleigh. Firefighters arrived at 12.15am and spent an hour tackling the flames in Eastern Avenue which came from a blue container at the roadside. The container was full of machinery used
