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SOUTHEND Rugby Club triumphed 15-0 at Bridgwater and Albion this afternoon. Alan Barker and Chris Green both scored tries while Hoult added a conversion and a penalty. Full report and reaction to follow.

FOR a few hours at least, Southend United manager Steve Tilson did not have the toughest task at Roots Hall. Instead, that title was temporarily passed down to the person responsible for having to conjure up highlights from this afternoon's

A BASILDON college hosted the unveiling of the Labour party's latest election poster. But within hours the Tories had stolen the idea, with their own version of the Ashes to Ashes image featuring David Cameron. Foreign secretary David Miliband

A KEY deal to allow Southend United’s stadium plans to move forward has fallen through, according to insiders. To fund the club’s move to Fossetts Farm, Sainsbury’s wants to turn the current Roots Hall ground into a supermarket and hundreds

FOOTBALL fans have been challenged to get on their bikes in memory of a teenager who died of leukaemia. Ardent Colchester United fan Emily Begg, from Wickford, died in 2006 at the age of 14 and every year since fans have taken part in a sponsored bike

SCOTT Malone has returned to Southend United's starting line up for thie afternoon's home clash with Yeovil Town. The on loan Wolverhampton Wanderers left-back has replaced the suspended Franck Moussa and will figure on the left flank.

ECHO readers have saved the life of an abandoned dog by donating hundreds of pounds for a vital operation. Big-hearted readers have ensured life is going to be sweet for terrier Toffee, who was suffering from a dangerous and extremely painful leg injury

A GREAT grandmother has wheeled her last trolley around Southend Hospital after 18 years’ voluntary service. Marjorie Smith has retired from her role as the hospital’s WRVS trolley service manager, a familiar sight to many patients. Mrs Smith, from

MORE than 83 per cent of Southend children have got a place at their preferred primary school next year. In the latest round of primary admissions, 83.6 per cent of the 1,865 applicants got a place at their school of preference, compared with

A WOMAN whose car was wrongly clamped is ready to gain revenge by using bailiffs to get her fine back. Vanessa Altin, 46, won a small claims court action against Southend-based clampers LBS Enforcement after she was wrongly targeted.

AN art lover who has bone and lung cancer has given inspiration to others by holding his own exhibition. A selection of 20 paintings by Mark Milsom have gone on show at Basildon library, in St Martin’s Square, featuring portraits, landscapes and city

A TEENAGER is putting on her running shoes to raise £2,500 for a charity which helps her autistic brother. Georgina Saunders, 18, is in serious training after signing up to this year’s London marathon. The former Billericay School pupil was inspired

A SUPERFIT postman is tackling his second London Marathon in memory of his son, who died from an epileptic seizure aged just 25. Colin Rothwell, 56, is running the 26.2-mile course on April 25 to raise money for charity Epilepsy Bereaved, which