DO you know these people seen in this CCTV? Police wanted to speak to the pair in connection with the theft of cosmetics, worth more than £200, from Lloyds Pharmacy in Billericay High Street at about 5pm on December 12. Anyone with information
Drivers on are being warned to expect delays following a four vehicle accident at Nevendon. The collision on the A132 is causing one lane to be blocked on the A127 Southend bound carriageway.
ESSEX County Council is facing a £49million funding shortfall from central government. The £49million drop is a cut of about 15 per cent on last year's budget and follows millions of pounds of cuts in recent years. County Hall will now look
A SUPERMARKET car park was cordoned off after a man was found collapsed. The ambulance service was called to treat the man in his 40s who was found in the Aldi car park in London Road at 4.45pm today. He was taken to Southend Hospital in a
A COUNCILLOR called for the Prime Minister to help save a Basildon food bank that is more than £16,000 in debt. Tins and Things, which owes £10,000 rent for its warehouse in Seax Way, Laindon, has now received a bill for £6,000 unpaid tax from
THE Basildon Academies have come through a torrid couple of years. They were put into special measures, 76 teachers left, they lost two headteachers in the space of two years, and were investigated by the Department for Education. However, when
PEOPLE are beginning to sit up and take notice of Bowers & Pitsea. A new manager, a new kit and a new style of play has won Bowers a host of admirers this season. Currently eighth and fresh off the back of a 6-1 win against Sporting Bengal
STEVE Cawley had no trouble finding his way to goal against Barnet, but finding the ground was a whole different ball game. The 24-year-old scored twice in the Beach Boys’ 6-2 FA Trophy rout of the Conference Premier leaders but at one point Danny
A BELEAGUERED church which was facing cancelling its Christmas events because of a faulty boiler has nowbeen plunged into darkness after donated heaters blew a fuseboard and plunged it into darkness. St Marks Church, in Princes Street, Southend
Southend traders have requested that lane closures around the A127 Tesco junction are stopped next week ahead of a predicted Christmas rush. Traders believe that Monday and Tuesday next week will be some of their busiest days of the year, with
EAMONN Martin believes Adam Hickey’s run at the European Cross-Country Championships can propel him to the next level in his career. The 26-year-old was a superb ninth at the Euro Cross in Bulgaria on Sunday and Martin, who has coached Hickey for
IT WAS Christmas jumpers all round for staff at an electrical and homeware store in Rayleigh. Workers at Edes donned their finest Christmas clobber to show support for Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day. The shop, in Eastwood Road, is
A FORMER drug abuser turned born-again Christian has set up a centre for homeless people and addicts to help turn their lives around. John Hailes, 51, of Noak Bridge, Basildon, has converted a former five-bedroom student house in Pleasant Avenue
VETERANS, rugby players, taxi drivers and Conservatives gathered to pay their respects to a well-known figure in Basildon. Crowds gathered for the funeral of Stephen “Fozzy” Foster, who was director of A&B Taxis in Basildon, chairman of Basildon
ICE cream manufacturer Rossi’s has joined Harp’s campaign to serve 1,000 Christmas dinners to the homeless by supplying them in ice cream. Company director Colin Gray said he decided to donate 1,000 servings of ice cream after reading the Echo’
CORRINGHAM’S Emily Scott still believes her England sevens side are well placed to make the Rio Olympics. Scott and her Thurrock T-Birds team-mate Rachael Burford were part of the England team that won the Plate final at the Dubai sevens. But
COUNCILLORS fear Castle Point’s long-awaited local plan is going to be hit by further delays – despite a committee being set up to push it through. A cross-party task and finish group was formed earlier this year to develop the draft plan, which
A TEENAGER has been arrested following a burglary in Basildon. The 17-year-old, from Basildon, was arrested on December 8, following a break-in in Brownlow Bend, on October 24. He has been released on police bail until January 26, 2015.
TWO men have been charged after a £20,000 armed robbery in which a shot was fired. James Henry Mansbridge, 40, and Paul Alan Jones, 36, both from Dagenham, have been charged after an armed robbery at the Vanas Pharmacy and Post Office in Rectory
SINCE suffering the disappointing 4-1 defeat at Wycombe, we’ve been working on our defensive shape every single day this week on the training ground. It was very similar to pre-season when we watched Germany thrash Brazil 7-1in the World Cup and
A MUM who took on 12 gruelling challenges in 12 months has raised £3,000 for charity and made 2014 a year to remember. Kerry Gough, 37, of Greenfields Close, Billericay, was inspired by her husband Mark, 43, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes
By Jack Staplehurst FORMER Arsenal starlet Kim Little gave Billericay Town Ladies an insight to life as a professional when she put on a training session for the team last night. The 24-year-old put Town players through their paces at
By Jack Staplehurst DANIEL Brooks played down his success at the first European Tour event of the season and admitted he was happy just to be back out on the course. Brooks, from Basildon, finished tied 14th in the Alfred Dunhill Championship
A DOCTOR from Leigh has taken a flu jab selfie to encourage more people to take their free immunisation. GP Peter Long of the Pall Mall practice in Leigh took the photo while having his annual flu jab, which is offered free of charge on the NHS
A CHARITY says it has been overwhelmed by the generosity of Southend residents who responded to an appeal for food and donations for the homeless. Volunteers at the Storehouse in Southend, which works with some of the towns most desperate and vulnerable
BEN Coker could be set for a shock return ahead of schedule when Southend United host Burton Albion at Roots Hall tomorrow night. Coker has been out with an elbow injury since early September. But, with Jerome Binnom-Williams now out suspended
THREE men have appeared in court charged with domestic abuse offences as police target offenders in the run-up to Christmas. They have been sentenced as part of work by the Domestic Abuse Unit which covers Southend, Basildon, Rochford and Castle
A “PARALYTIC” man had to be pulled off a shop roof after he clambered on there in a drunken stupor. The man, in his twenties, proved it was the season to be merry when he drunkenly managed to get on top of Clinton Cards, in Southend High Street
TRAFFIC should be banned from Wickford High Street every Saturday to help the town centre and the new-look market to flourish, local people say. A councillor’s informal poll of more than 150 residents showed 86 per cent supported a Saturday ban
FEARS have been raised for train passengers’ safety after vandals and thieves plunged the area around Basildon Station into darkness. Lights on a covered walkway between the station and a taxi rank outside Trafford House, in Cherrydown East, have
SOUTHEND is squeaky clean according to the Clean Britain Awards, which gave the town a top five star rating. The borough won the prestigious national accolade after encouraging the community to get involved with making sure the town spruced up.
HEADTEACHERS and education leaders insist they are taking action to improve Southend secondary schools, after nearly a quarter of them were branded inadequate. Education watchdog Ofsted’s latest annual report is heavily critical of secondary education
SHAMED former Ukip councillor Kerry Smith claims he was “drunk” when he made homophobic and racist remarks and says he is no worse than “Del Boy”. Mr Smith resigned from Ukip yesterday just two days after having to quit as the party’s parliamentary
