NEW-BOY Ben Lloyd is setting his sights high at Southend Saxons this season. The fly-half has signed after leaving London & SE Premier Division side Hertford. And Lloyd is expecting a successful first season at Warners Bridge. “People are
BURY will start the League One season with a 12-point deduction after entering a Company Voluntary Agreement, the EFL has announced. The Shakers, promoted last season, saw a winding-up petition over unpaid debts adjourned at the High Court last
AB de Villiers sparkled on debut as Middlesex started the 2019 Vitality blast with a seven-wicket win over Essex at Lord’s. The South African legend thrilled a packed house at the home of cricket with a match-winning 88 from just 43 balls as the
CAMERON Delport is confident that Essex Eagles’ luck will change as the Vitality Blast gets underway today. Delport will feature for the Eagles in the short-form of the game for the next two summers and is set to open the batting against Middlesex
A MAN has been left with temporarily paralysis in his face after a thug attacked him and stamped on his head at a train station. Detectives from the British Transport Police who are investigating the violent assault at Wickford station are now
A woman was rushed to hospital after suffering a fall at a popular park. Ambulances and the air ambulance rushed to East Street, Southend after the woman fell in Priory Park this afternoon. Jaydon Merchant and Michael Curtis said they witnessed
DANNY Scopes admits his Concord Rangers side are looking forward to a testing training camp this weekend. The Beach Boys are without a pre-season friendly and Scopes is set to put his players through four sessions over the course of two days.
A HOMELESS support group which had been operating without permission has now been allowed to keep its Westcliff shelter open. Off The Streets chose to open their shelter in London Road in September last year before being given permission by Southend
Two teenagers have been jailed for a total of 21 years after stabbing a man six times on a train. CCTV showed two attackers chasing the victim through the streets and into Westcliff train station on October 22 last year. Jailed - Abdi
THIS is the moment dozens of excited primary school children were left disappointed after a regular c2c commuter train passed in front of the eagerly awaited Mayflower steam train. More than a hundred students from St George’s Primary School, in
A MAN who was found with 15,000 indecent images of children - collected over seven years - has avoided jail. Instead Lewis Parry, 28 received a suspended sentence at Basildon Crown Court yesterday. The court heard he was arrested after electrical
MARK Bentley believes more promising Benfleet youngsters will get a chance in his Canvey Island side in the forthcoming campaign. The Gulls recorded a 2-1 win over the Eastern Counties League Division One South outfit thanks to efforts from Ryan
FIVE people have been arrested on suspicion of drug-related offences in Basildon in the past week. Officers from Essex Police's Operation Raptor team, who focus on gangs and urban street crime, made the arrests between July 3 and 17. The arrests
EAST Thurrock United boss John Coventry admits it was a proud moment for his family when he gave grandson Jack his first team debut in the 1-0 pre-season friendly defeat to Romford. The teenager came on as a second half substitute in the encounter
A WOMAN is wanted for questioning after a burglary in Southend. Essex Police released a CCTV image of a woman they would like to speak to in connection with the incident on June 29 in Oban Road. A spokesman said: “We received information that
AN APPEAL has been made to find a teenager missing from her Basildon home. Lucy Hunter, 17, was reported missing on Tuesday July 2 and her family and police officers are concerned for her welfare. A spokesman for Essex Police said: "She has been
Memorial benches will be temporarily removed after vandalism and antisocial behaviour. Southend Council will be temporarily removing the benches from Thorpe Bay Gardens after concerns over escalating anti-social behaviour. The benches, which
A MAN has been bailed after being arrested for drugs offences following a crash. The 37-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drugs and driving offences following a crash in Benfleet on Tuesday. He was arrested in Clifton Avenue at around
Two teenagers have been jailed for a total of 21 years after a stabbing on a train in Southend. CCTV showed two attackers chasing the victim through the streets and into Westcliff station on Monday October 22 last year. They were joined by
A WITNESS appeal has been made after a 73-year-old man was hit by a car. The crash involved the pedestrian and a Mini Cooper near The Co-Op Food shop in Wickford High Street shortly before 12.25pm on Wednesday. The pedestrian was taken to hospital
A MAN who broke his neck during a water park accident while on holiday has made it through his first major operation. David, Briffaut, 23, from Benfleet, is currently on life-support at a Spanish hospital after breaking two vertebrae going down
MAJOR disruption has hit trains across south Essex after damaged electricity wires have left a line blocked. The overhead wires between London Fenchurch Street and Barking have resulted in the line being closed, with multiple services between London
SOUTHEND Saxons are setting their sights on winning promotion from London One North this season, according to their director of rugby Josh Ward. Southend finished sixth in the standings last term. But Ward is certain his side - who are back
BOWERS & Pitsea are hoping to attract a bumper crowd to tonight’s pre-season friendly with Hashtag United. Since being founded by YouTube personality Spencer Owen in 2016, Hashtag have joined the non-league pyramid and got their hands on the Eastern
SOUTHEND United manager Kevin Bond is worried by his side’s defensive form ahead of the forthcoming League One season. Bond has yet to see Blues keep a clean sheet during a run which, including pre-season friendlies, now stretches to 10 games.
IN-FORM Southend United striker Stephen Humphrys is not concerned by the Shrimpers’ pre-season form. Blues drew 2-2 with National League South newcomers Weymouth on Friday before losing 2-1 at League Two side Exeter City yesterday. But Humphrys
THE PREMISES of Basildon Town Centre's JD Sports is now up for rent. Earlier this year, Eastgate announced that JD would be moving from the town centre to a brand new two floor store in Eastgate Shopping Centre, after wanting to relocate and improve
A high-rolling businesswoman caught with £1.5million of cocaine concealed within her car boot has been jailed for ten years. Stephanie Nelson, 30, who owns Porsche Cosmetics and lived in a luxury house in Cheshire, was caught with the haul in the
A young British holidaymaker could face being left paralysed for life after an accident at a Spanish waterpark. David Briffaut, 23, lost consciousness and suffered serious injuries after hitting the water in a pool at the bottom of a slide at the
A SCHOOL has voiced its opposition to a planned access road to a 600-home development over fears lives could be at risk. Bloor homes is behind the planned new estate on land off Ashingdon Road and Oxford Road, Rochford. However, access to the
A CHARITY has issued a warning after multiple reports of fake collectors in Southend. Youth Cancer Trust, a national charity that helps young people get through life after being diagnosed with the disease, claims a group of people are going around
THE driver of a car which onlookers say was “racing” in a residential road when it crashed into a garden wall has been arrested. Police also found Class A drugs inside the car when they arrived on the scene. Essex Police’s Castle Point Local
A FARE dodger with a long ‘track’ record has been jailed after being caught without a valid train ticket... FIFTY-FIVE times. Stefan Jaworski appeared before magistrates in Basildon where he admitted three of his latest offences which saw him evade
A ONE-day-old baby died after he struggled to breathe while being born, an inquest has heard. Ennis Pecaku was born in Basildon Hospital on September 27 last year, but sadly died the following day in the neonatal ward. An inquest into Ennis
