A CHARITY shop manager was left in floods of tears after burglars trashed her store and stole just £2 in loose change. The raiders smashed a window at Cancer Research UK, in Southchurch Road, Southend, before ransacking the place. They
IT costs more than £40,000 and has been almost a year in the planning but the countdown is now on for Southend’s spectacular Christmas celebrations. Each year the big Christmas lights switch-on pulls in crowds eager to be filled with Yuletide
GEMMA Kersey has revealed winning on her England debut has made her even more determined to carve out a career in athletics. The 19-year-old stormed to victory in the under-20 women’s race at the IAAF cross-country meeting in Burgos, Spain. And now
A WOMAN was refused service in a supermarket because the cashier assumed she was buying alcohol for her daughter. Samantha Worsfold, 40, of Picketts Road, Canvey, attempted to buy champagne and beer from Morrisons, off Roscommon Way, Canvey
The article “Council car park could be sold to make way for retail units and flats” (Nov 14) was misleading. To set the record straight on Wickford town centre regeneration, at last week’s cabinet meeting an outline of budget priorities, including in
Essex and Kent MPs should support John Baron MP by urging the Government to withdraw planned toll increases at the Dartford Crossing and speed up the system of technology which would do away with the toll booths. John Beckett Woodcutters Avenue Leigh
A newsletter came through my door from the Conservative party, patting Basildon Council on its back for the outcome of Dale Farm, returning the site back to green belt. It claimed the previous Labour council allowed it to happen in 2001, but at the time
Long before I became a pensioner, I was aware life is full of both negatives and positives. Thirty years ago, it was not unusual for a man to retire at 65 and die at age 70. He drew his pension for only five years, so that was a negative. Due to advances
The Echo published my photo of a Parcel Force vehicle making a delivery to my property. Royal Mail spokeswoman Sally Hopkins responded by stating: “The underside of Parcelforce Worldwide vehicles is higher”. I agree, but the Peugeot Bipper van, which
MORRISONS plans to open a new superstore in Pitsea town centre which could create up to 400 new jobs. Plans have been published for a 75,000sq ft supermarket, which would be four times the size of the current Aldi store it would replace, in
A CAMPAIGN is under way calling for a leading Southend businessman to be reinstated as head of one of the world’s biggest companies. A petition has been launched in Japan urging Olympus to allow Michael Woodford to return to his role as president and
ANTI-CAPITALIST activists could set up camp in Southend this weekend. A Facebook page has been started, called Occupy Southend, and it states demonstrators will arrive at 10am on Sunday to pitch their pop-up tents. Authors of the Facebook
A THUG has been locked up for ten months for punching a teenager in the face and attacking another man just ten minutes later. Adam Price, 20, carried out both attacks at East Tilbury rail station. Basildon Crown Court was told the first assault happened
MAKE no mistake it, tomorrow's game at Dagenham and Redbridge is going to be an extremely difficult test for us. This league is always capable of springing up surprise results and we've seen that with Crawley Town recently. They've drawn
Full name: Luke Matthew Daniels Age: 23 DOB: 5/1/1988 Birthplace: Bolton Nickname: I don’t have one I don’t think. Career highlight: Getting to play at Wembley with Shrewsbury Town when we got to the final of the
BLUES boss Paul Sturrock has injury concerns over two of his players for tomorrow’s trip to Dagenham and Redbridge. The Scotsman would not reveal who the duo in danger of missing out were. But he did confirm they both played at Preston North End last
RESIDENTS have been urged to come forward with potential sites where thousands of new homes could be built across Castle Point. Tory councillor Andrew Sheldon asked for as much help as possible from the public to identify suitable locations. The council
SOUTHEND skipper Mark Williams wants his team to keep their cool when they bid to bounce back against Lydney at Warners Bridge tomorrow. The Seasiders have had players sent off in their last two matches. And Williams wants to stop the run of red cards
METAL thieves struck seven times in the same street within the same week. The gang stripped hundreds of pounds of lead from garage roofs beside family homes in Ruskin Avenue, Southend. A woman who spotted the gang, and declined to be named, said:
EX SOUTHEND United winger Damian Scannell wants to start transforming Dagenham and Redbridge’s stuttering season with a shock victory tomorrow. The Daggers, who were relegated from League One last season, are again struggling towards the foot
POLICE have arrested someone after an attack at a towerblock which left a man with a bleed on the brain. The 45-year-old man was found unconscious in a flat at Malvern, in Coleman Street, Southend, at about 7.40pm yesterday. He had suffered
WESTCLIFF travel to Tring in National Three London & SE tomorrow looking to avoid a fourth straight defeat. But their cause will not be helped by a number of injuries. New signing Jaba Kividsi injured his shoulder while making his debut against Tonbridge
A FISHERMAN had to be rescued after being spotted on a structure more than a mile offshore in Shoebury. Thames Coastguard were called out shortly after 8.30am on Thursday morning to reports of a male being seen near the waters edge at the end of Shoebury
DAGENHAM and Redbridge midfielder Kevin Maher is fighting to be fit to face his former Southend United side tomorrow. Maher, who made 455 appearances for Blues during a 10 year spell, has missed Daggers’ last two matches with an ankle ligament injury
ROCHFORD Hundred make their first ever visit to Old Colfeians in London One North tomorrow looking to get back to winning ways. Rochford are currently third from bottom in the standings after suffering three successive defeats. But their first team
AN ACCIDENT on the London-bound A127 has left one lane blocked and long queues of rush hour traffic. The incident happened between the Rayleigh Weir and Fairglen junctions at around 7.25am this morning after a Ford Mondeo and Volvo lorry collided
PUPILS have been left devastated after yobs ripped up shrubs they lovingly planted around their school only the day before. Now the defiant youngsters have vowed not to let vandals get the better of them, by replanting the bushes. Pupils
SOUTHEND United midfielder Jean-Paul Kalala insists he is mentally and physically ready to deal with Dagenham and Redbridge tomorrow. Kalala was well below his best at Preston North End last weekend in his first start since a family bereavement. But
POLICE have vowed to clamp down on residents shining laser pens from their high-rise flats on the flightpath to Southend Airport. A 20-year-old man, who lives in Beaver Tower, Mansell Close, Eastwood, was caught shining the laser out of the
AMBITIOUS plans for a new Italian restaurant next to Thorpe Bay train station have stalled. Residents have raised concerns about the transformation of the Station House into a plush new restaurant, complete with landscaped lawns. The
A FAMILY which has twice suffered the devastating consequences of a deadly and hard to spot disease has joined a campaign to fight it. Art teacher Claire Gillen, 37, who used to teach at Chase High School in Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff, was
