MECTECH Motorsports hope a day’s testing at Brands Hatch will pay dividends for driver Bradley Smith. The 21-year-old Ramsden Bellhouse driver made a solid start to his 2012 Radical Clubman Cup campaign at the weekend with third and fourth placed finishes
SOUTH Essex players enjoyed mixed luck at the finals of the Essex LTA Winter Individual tournament. Four pairs won their finals at the county LTA headquarters at Redbridge on Sunday, with another three being defeated. Westcliff Hardcourts’ Matt Pearce
ROB Smith has finally returned to the Westcliff first team – two and a half years after first suffering a serious knee injury. The 23-year-old centre scored two tries in last weekend’s 41-17 defeat at Tonbridge Juddian. But that came after Smith had
THE founder of a club of volunteer lifeguards, who kept watch over Canvey’s beaches for more than 50 years, has died. Charlie Carey, 84, formed the Canvey Lifeguards with his late wife Lily in 1958, in response to the tragic death of a man and his son
CANVEY rookie Charlie Clare will tee off in his first professional tournament today. The 20-year-old will be in the last group to go out in a field of 87 at the 2012 TP Tour Series at Denham Golf Club in Buckinghamshire. The Boyce Hill club member will
IN the politest possible way I think in some ways we’re probably glad to be back in action away from home this weekend when we go to Hereford United. Our results have been better on the road than they have been at Roots Hall, but it doesn’t matter where
SEAN Clohessy is urging his Southend United team-mates to relish the pressure of a promotion push. With just 10 games of the season to go, Blues sit fourth in the League Two table. And Clohessy is keen for his side to impress when it
TEENAGE golfer Dulcie Sverdloff has grabbed a slice of national glory by winning the British Colleges Sport national championship. It was the first time the 17-year-old Southend player had entered the competition and she finished two strokes clear of
A MUM will launch a charity fundraising campaign to raise £35,000 in her daughter’s name. Heather Curtis, 34, of Canvey, aims to raise almost £2,000 a month over 18 months of fundraising. She will officially launch Hannah’s Appeal tomorrow, at an Eighties
TWO young businesswomen raised £640 for cancer research by organising a pampering evening. Lucy Jackson and Jenika Hadipour, both 21, recently started their own businesses and together put on a health and beauty night at Rayleigh Mill. More than 100
A SCHOOL is introducing its sixth-formers to the world of work by offering them jobs. The innovative scheme sees youngsters give up their free periods to do jobs at Chase High, in Westcliff. The idea came about after staff became concerned about students
MORE than 150 people turned out to pay their respects to Basildon’s deputy council leader Stephen Horgan. Family, friends and council colleagues packed St Martin’s Church, in St Martin’s Square, Basildon, for the service which was conducted
SOUTHEND United manager Paul Sturrock is mulling over a move for Rowan Vine. The 29-year-old Queens Park Rangers striker scored for Blues’ reserves against Oxford United on Tuesday afternoon. And Sturrock insists he has yet to decide if he will be trying
I received a letter from Royal Mail informing me of changes to “maintain” services in my area of Laindon. The result is a complete and utter disaster. Since previous well-documented problems with local mail a few years back, we have had the same
I agree with Colin MacLean (March 9) who suggests an outside postal box that protects mail from being eaten by snarling dogs and also ensures youngsters keep their fingers after delivering papers. It happened to me a few years ago. I put my hand
Isn’t it strange how things have a habit of repeating themselves. All this talk about regeneration and how the developers want to bring Gloucester Park into the town centre to create a feeling of Basildon once more being in the countryside. I
Although it all seems good news from Southend Airport, I am worried about the effect it is having to the environment of the town, the true cost we are not sure of yet because the flights have not yet started in full. Already we have had a church
Needing some wood for a DIY project of mine, I drove to Leigh Timber Yard, in London Road, Leigh. I spotted what looked like a potential parking place on a single yellow line outside and stopped to read the sign. It said parking was banned before
It was good to see Angela Wilson regarding Southend East Station and the lack of lifts for many users. I have been trying to get a response from c2c with regards to lifts and access for many users to no avail. During the snow it was very difficult
Basildon Council says approximately £4.8million has been spent on clearing Dale Farm. Most have just moved across to the legal site, which at a huge cost has hardly proved a solution to the problem. The £25,000 Basildon Council will spend on
I have read with interest the recent debate regarding Southend High Street. I live in Rochford, but thought last Sunday as the sun shone I would visit Southend, parking near Old Leigh to take a stroll along the front. Imagine my dismay when returning
ONE of the first residents to set up home in Basildon New Town has died, aged 92. Phyllis Martin was one of the few remaining “Redgrave Road pioneers” – the first batch of families to move to the area when Basildon was created. The great-grandmother
STUDENTS on a degree course in Thundersley are breathing a sigh of relief after “absurd” plans to shift their classes 60 miles away were scrapped. Following a heated meeting at Seevic College, in Thundersley, education chiefs vowed to axe plans
A BRAZEN thief wore a “Superman” T-shirt as he got staff at a charity shop to load a £140 sofa set into his van...then he sped away without paying. The man and his accomplice, a scantily-clad woman, targeted the Sue Ryder shop in West Road,
POLICE are keeping guard outside a family home after posters were put up falsely claiming a sex offender lived at their address. The family, who have young children, have been suffering sleepless nights since the posters were dispatched around the Grove
A TEENAGER who died when he crashed his moped into a lamp post was looking forward to a career in engineering, his devastated parents have said. Popular Cameron Phillips, 16, died instantly in the accident in Brennan Road, Tilbury. The youngster, of
HEAVY fog has caused traffic chaos across south Essex this morning. A crash near the Five Bells turn off on the London-bound A13 has caused long tail backs towards Southend. Eyewitnesses reported seeing an overturned red car and a coach
AN illegal immigrant told police he was forced to work at a multi-million pound cannabis factory where a man was found dead, a court heard. The body of Tran Duy Hai, 38, was discovered in an industrial unit in Redhills Road industrial estate, South Woodham
HUNDREDS of householders have been told they must each pay as much as £3,000 for new water pipes to be laid into their homes. About 550 homes in Langdon Hills have been sent letters telling residents the pipes need replacing. The overall cost is likely
SOUTHEND Council was tonight named Council of the Year 2012 at the Local Government Chronicle Awards. The achievement made it third time lucky for the council, which was shortlisted for the same award last year and narrowly missed out on being named
