TEN arrests were made on Canvey after police increased visibility and powers around stop and search in response to five incidents involving knives in two months. Police used the powers to search 132 people for weapons and prevent serious crime
POLICE are investigating after a swan was killed in a “brutal attack” by a dog in a park in Southend. The incident has prompted Southend Council to warn dog owners to keep their dogs under control after the shocking incident last Tuesday. Essex
A woman has been talked down from a ledge at the car park at Southend's Victoria Shopping Centre. Pictures sent to the Echo show a woman sitting on a ledge roughly three floors up. Police were on the scene and residents have reported a police
MANCHESTER United youngster Ethan Hamilton insists he jumped at the chance to join Southend United on loan. The 20-year-old midfielder, who was on loan at Rochdale last season, will spend the rest of the season with the Shrimpers. And Hamilton
SOUTHEND United have completed the loan signing of Manchester United midfielder Ethan Hamilton. The 20-year-old will be with the Shrimpers for the remainder of the season. And Blues boss Kevin Bond is pleased to have Hamilton on board.
HARRY Wheeler insists Billericay Town will not underestimate Hampton & Richmond Borough. Billericay recorded their third win of the campaign thanks to a late Jake Robinson penalty against Welling United in midweek. Hampton, meanwhile, have lost
CONCORD Rangers will be looking bounce back from their first defeat of the National League South season when they visit Dulwich Hamlet tomorrow. The Beach Boys were consigned to a 1-0 reverse at Tonbridge Angels in midweek, bringing a run of three
A DISNEY crime fighting duo delighted children when the visited a shopping centre. Catboy and Owlette, stars of the hit Disney Junior TV show PJ Masks, paid a visit to Eastgate Shopping Centre in Basildon on Tuesday afternoon. The show follows
A MAN who said he wanted “to kill English people” threw rocks at passing cars from a footbridge over the A127. Samiualahq Akbari, 32, has been jailed for a number of violent offences including four counts of criminal damage with intent to endanger
GOING up against Lewes is a totally different animal for Bowers & Pitsea, according to boss Rob Small. Bowers have made an encouraging start to their first ever Isthmian Premier League campaign, taking four points from clashes with Wingate & Finchley
JOHN Coventry wants East Thurrock United to make Rookery Hill a fortress. Rocks, who have won both of their first two matches of the Isthmian Premier League season, will entertain Potters Bar Town tomorrow. But Coventry insists East Thurrock
ECHOSPORT talks to Lincoln City fan Tony Ruby ahead of tomorrow’s game. What have you made of the season so far? “One word, it’s been used many, many times in the more recent of years and that’s unbelievable. “So far we’ve played three,
STEVE Butterworth has strengthened his options ahead of Great Wakering Rovers’ Isthmian North curtain-raiser at Felixstowe & Walton United. German striker Brandon Diau, who counts Truro City among his former clubs, and right-back Anthony Furlonge
A STATISTICAL preview of Southend United's clash at Lincoln City. ALL-TIME RECORD Southend wins: 19 Draws: 14 Lincoln wins: 12 LAST SIX MEETINGS League Two - Mar 11 - Lincoln 2 Southend 1 League Two - Oct 10 - Southend
DANNY Cowley is excited to be facing Southend United in a competitive fixture for the first time tomorrow. The former Concord Rangers boss, who was also previously head of PE at Rayleigh’s FitzWimarc School, has worked wonders since taking charge
SOUTHEND United right-back Elvis Bwomono is keen to remain on the front foot when the Shrimpers visit Lincoln City this weekend. Bwomono produced a man of the match display to help the Shrimpers see off Stevenage in the first round of the Carabao
MARK Bentley has set his sights on winning promotion during his first full season in charge of Canvey Island. The Gulls will get their Isthmian North campaign underway with an away clash against Romford tomorrow. And Bentley has challenged his
JOHN Sussex cannot wait for his first full season in charge of Basildon United to get underway tomorrow. The Bees’ Isthmian North campaign will kick-off at Bury Town. And Sussex admits he is expecting a tough battle at Ram Meadow. “I’m looking
Commuters are facing delays after a crash with three vehicles on the M25. A car, a heavy goods vehicle and van are involved in the crash and the van has overturned. It is blocking the busy motorway between junction 26 and 27. Police and
Drivers are facing delays after a crash involving a car and lorry. The Bonvills Roundabout, linking the A130 and A1245, near Benfleet is partly blocked due to the crash. Traffic is slow southbound on the A130 approaching the A1245.
DARREN Manning will be filled with ‘a lot of pride’ when Hullbridge Sports compete in an Isthmian North fixture for the first time in the club’s history. Sports are set to kick-off the new campaign by welcoming Witham Town to the Ryan’s Heating
A MEDICAL centre, which serves 6,500 people, has been ordered to improve after it was deemed as “inadequate”. Health watchdog inspectors, from the Care Quality Commission, told bosses at Clayhill Medical Practice, Vange Health Centre, Southview
A SCHOOL was threatened with losing its academy status following a damning Ofsted report, we can reveal. The King John School, in Thundersley, dropped from outstanding to inadequate in its latest report, published in April. Following the report
A LAINDON school wants to expand to allow for an additional 210 pupils. Merrylands Primary School, in Cumberland Drive, has applied to Essex County Council for permission to build a single storey building. The additional students will be on top
A MAJOR investigation is underway at Basildon Hospital after a nine-year-old boy died days after being discharged. The hospital confirmed that a review, led by Thurrock Local Safeguarding Children Partnership, is underway following the boy’s death
A MAN was mugged at knifepoint in Basildon near to the Jolly Friar pub. The victim took to social media shortly after the incident, warning residents in the area he had been threatened and robbed. During the incident, the victim had his wallet
CANVEY’S post box shutdown mystery has been resolved...the postie, has indeed, lost his keys! The Echo told yesterday how bemused residents on the island were unable to post letters as all the boxes were taped up. Social media was rife with
An innocent man was set upon by a pack of thugs who kicked, punched and stabbed him after leaving a Southend nightclub. In what was described as a “vicious and ugly” attack, the victim was targeted by a group of men and women, some of whom were
