WORKERS at an animal centre are heartbroken after their star attraction was pig-napped. The guinea pig, known as Sunbeam, was taken from her enclosure at Hadleigh Rare Breeds Farm in Castle Lane. Centre staff noticed her disappearance as they
GREG Smith’s first County Championship century for Essex guided the visitors into a strong position on the opening day against Gloucestershire at Bristol. The 30-year-old South African hit an unbeaten 149 as his side ran up 333-7 after losing the
A PENSIONERS’ club is celebrating after being awarded £500 to repair their community hall. The Number 2 OAP Club was awarded the grant from Canvey Town Council to help them carry out vital repairs to their hall in Central Avenue. The hall is
THREE people had to be cut out of two cars following a head-on road traffic collision in Rayleigh today. A green Ford Fiesta and a white Mini were involved in the smash on London Road, near the junction with Little Wheatley Chase at around 12.30pm
FIVE tiny kittens narrowly escaped being mauled by foxes after being abandoned in a Benfleet car park. Heartless pet owners dumped the litter of black and white and tabby kittens in a cardboard box in a doctor’s surgery car park in Rushbottom Lane
A SHOP assistant narrowly avoided injury when a driver smashed into a Canvey shop after veering off the road at a mini-roundabout. Qaiser Khalid, 32, was working at the Seaview Mini Supermarket, on the corner of Seaview Road and High Street, when
A MAN was left with a broken jaw after he was attacked outside a pub in an "unprovoked attack". The 37-year-old had been at the Moon on the Square in Market Square, Basildon enjoying a night out with pals. For no reason he was struck in the
NEIGHBOURS of ousted antisocial couple Paul James and Sara Penlington have praised Basildon Council for taking action against them. The couple were banned from going into their flat in Clay Hill Road for three months while a case is put together
A MAN is fuming after council bosses threatened to remove his parents-in-law’s gravestone plinth because it is four inches too long. To make matters worse, Terry Simmons, the cemetery supervisor at Basildon Council, delivered the news in a letter
ANGRY residents have called on Basildon Council to clear up a park which has become a playground for drug users. Shocking pictures have revealed the full extent of drug use and drug dealing going on in an overgrown area of Mopsies Park in Basildon
STEVE Tilson has put his name forward to be the next manager of the England women’s national team. The former Southend United boss is still trying to work his way back in to management after leaving Canvey Island at the end of last season.
NEW plans to invest a further £9million in Lakeside Shopping Centre have been revealed as the retail complex aims to bring more jobs to the area. The centre, now known as Intu Lakeside, is spending the money to transform its food court area in
THUGS smashed the windows of a flat in Westcliff and tried to break down a door. The incident happened at about 12.30pm yesterday, in Burdett Avenue, near the back of the St Alban the Martyr Church. One man, who didn’t want to be named, said
WILL Atkinson insists Southend United have already recovered from their painful defeat against Chesterfield and cannot wait to take on Wycombe Wanderers this weekend. The Shrimpers were beaten 2-1 by the Spireites after conceding deep in to added
TWO of South Essex’s leading musical groups will join forces for an outdoor concert to mark the end of summer. The Orpheus Singers – the female side of one of the UK’s most celebrated choirs – will perform alongside the Southend Wind Orchestra.
SOUTH Essex’s drainage system was “overwhelmed” by the freak flash flooding, water board and highways bosses have admitted. Water rushing through the system was so powerful it blasted off drain and manhole covers in some areas. Anglian Water
SOUTHEND comedian Terry Alderton has landed a role in EastEnders as Bianca’s new love interest. The former Blues goalkeeper turned stand-up comic will play cab driver Terry Spraggan. Bianca Jackson, played by Patsy Palmer, will return to Albert
WATFORD striker Uche Ikpeazu is on the radar of Southend United manager Phil Brown. The 18-year-old forward has been watched several times by the Shrimpers boss while in action for the Hornets. And Brown is mulling over whether or not to make
POLICE have released CCTV footage of a man in connection with a robbery at a Westcliff bank. A man went into Lloyds TSB on London Road and passed a note to staff demanding money on Monday, August 19, at around 10am. He told staff he had a gun
From gutsy frontline detective to real-life Renaissance man. DC Bill Teatheredge went from “rufty-tufty” policeman to studious academic, after a chance visit to a London museum ignited his passion for art. EMMA PALMER charts his incredible journey
A MONTH’S rain fell in a single hour as parts of Southend and Canvey suffered the second wettest days since records began. The Essex Weather Centre says 40mm (an inch-and-a-half) of rain –anormal month’s rainfall – was recorded in south Essex between
A RAIL firm has agreed to make changes at Southend East station after complaints by passengers about a £500,000 revamp – but it will cost a further £30,000. Customers have criticised the extra spend needed which they say could have easily been
CANVEY’s coastguard was called to rescue two teenage girls after they got into trouble on the Chapman Sands. A member of the public raised the alarm after spotting the girls at around 2pm yesterday. The Southend RNLI inshore lifeboat was tasked
THREE men have been hailed heroes by a woman pregnant with twins after they rescued her from a stranded vehicle. Sandra Roberts, who is five-and-a-half months pregnant, was with her husband Lee when their van cut out in knee deep water yards from
UNSAVOURY sexual acts will hopefully be consigned to the past after improvements to a car park in Southchurch. Independent Southend councillors, Ron Woodley and Mike Stafford, have been seeking an end to antiscocial behaviour, particularly dogging
FEARS have been raised that Rochford’s drains can’t cope with the number of houses planned, which could lead to more flooding. Rochford District Council’s housing blueprint, due in front of a Government Inspector in September, could see 772 homes
RESIDENTS on Canvey claim they were left to fend for themselves after the flooding hit. Angry families have accused the authorities of being slow to act, after hours of torrential rain forced families out of their homes and made the roads impassable
