CANVEY romped to a 3-0 away win at AFC Hornchurch in the Ryman Premier League tonight. Elsewhere in the division, BILLERICAY won 1-0 at home to Wealdstone, CONCORD recorded a 3-2 home win over Maidstone United, but AVELEY lost 2-0 at Margate. And EAST
A TALENTED young Benfleet singer is set to appear on a charity record to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Hollie McKinlay, 16, will appear on Smile, a collection of evocative, wartime songs that celebrate the 70th anniversary of Britain
PROTESTERS are bracing themselves for another green belt battle after developers demanded a judicial review into the decision to stop a 326-home plan. Colonnade has applied to London’s High Court for a top level review into the proposed housing development
SOUTHEND’S Royal Air Force Association has paid a moving 70th anniversary tribute to a man believed to be the first casualty of the Battle of Britain. Ian Clenshaw was in his early twenties, when he left his home in Shaftesbury Avenue, Southend, to train
A PROPOSED link-up between Essex and Kent hopes to make the region’s economy one of the most competitive in the world. The two counties have unveiled plans for a local enterprise partnership, a powerful regional body that will co-ordinate the
A POLICE chief is backing proposals for a “no alcohol zone” in the heart of Leigh. Insp Dave Colwell believes a booze ban is just what the town needs to stamp out problems with drunken antisocial behaviour. It has been proposed the zone would cover
AS the World Trade Center in New York crashed down on September 11, 2001, I was lying in a hospital bed after my first fit. I had been in the office the morning before, where I was a legal executive, when I started feeling hyperactive and then
A MAN who suffered serious head injuries is believed to have been attacked outside his home. Police were initially baffled as to how the man, who is in his 40s, sustained the horrific injuries. They had been called to his home in Station Road, Westcliff
WESTCLIFF staged a fine fight-back to start their season with a narrow 18-13 win at Chingford. The home-side raced in to a 13-0 lead with two unconverted tries and a penalty But, at the start of the second half, Westcliff finally adjusted their game
TWO councillors have been suspended from council planning meetings after they breached a code of conduct. Husband and wife Alan and Elaine Crystall appeared at Southend Council’s standards sub-committee where they both admitted being in breach of the
ESSEX courts ordered £2million worth of free labour to be carried out by offenders over the past year. The work was performed by 3,000 offenders given community orders instead of prison sentences. Ongoing work currently being carried out across the
BAILIFFS have started evicting travellers from the illegal Hovefield site in Wickford. Constant and Co Bailiffs, hired by Basildon District Council, arrived at the camp to clear seven unauthorised caravan pitches at 8am today. They initially
SOUTHEND centre Sonny Gay enjoyed a debut to remember as the Seasiders saw off Richmond 35-22 in their opening fixture of the season. The 20-year-old from Thurrock bagged a fine try on his first start. And that set Southend on their
THE cost to taxpayers of developing Basildon’s sporting village has nearly doubled since the project began, new figures reveal. Initial estimates when the Olympic-sized swimming pool and sports centre, in Gloucester Park, was first announced, in 2003
ANTHONY Furlonge’s late goal ensured that Southend United’s Under-18 side earned a deserved share of the spoils in their opening Youth Alliance Cup clash away to Millwall. Blues, who had lost their opening league match of the season to the Lions, enjoyed
TROUBLE hotspots were targeted by police in a successful summer-long campaign to curb anti-social behaviour. Operation Carnival ran across Shoebury over the summer holidays and led to a 43 per cent drop in bad behaviour, police say. The initiative
AS the World Trade Center in New York crashed down on September 11, 2001, I was lying in a hospital bed after my first fit. I had been in the office the morning before, where I was a legal executive, when I started feeling hyperactive and then dizzy.
IMAGINE what it would be like to take all the stress out of organising your wedding and let someone else arrange the flowers, invites, wedding cake and champagne on ice. That is exactly what one lucky couple can look forward to with the Echo’s Win Your
A MAN threatening to take his own life in the estuary off Westcliff sparked a large rescue yesterday. At around 5.35pm, Southend coastguard, RNLI hovercraft and inshore lifeboat, Essex Police helicopter and the ambulance service were called out to
RESIDENTS vented their anger at plans to sell off playing fields to fund Basildon’s new Sporting Village at the first of a series of public meetings. Controversial proposals by Basildon Council to sell fields to the south of Felmores, Pitsea
A PRIMARY school in Basildon celebrated its 50th birthday with huge back to school party. Lee Chapel Primary School’s pupils got a big shock on Friday, after their headmistress organised the welcome back party to coincide with the anniversary. All 440
TWO mums whose babies were stillborn are holding a memorial service for bereaved families. Joanne Lane’s first child was stillborn 36-weeks into her pregnancy, more than ten years ago. After the death of her son, Joanne, 39, of Lucerne Walk, Wickford
A PILOT battled through terrifying storms and sweltering desert heat to smash a world record in a homemade plane he built with his wife. Former RAF pilot Steve Noujaim, 47, arrived safely back in south Essex after successfully embarking on
A MAN who appealed against a parking fine was left completely gobsmacked after being called a “bloody retard” by a clamping firm. Andrew Foxcroft, 34, was visiting family in south Essex when he was clamped in Nelson Mews, Southend, by LBS Enforcement
THE Cliffs Pavilion is ready to welcome theatre-goers to its new-look building after seven weeks of refurbishment work. All 1,630 seats in the main auditorium have been replaced, and capacity has risen to 1,650. A total of 92,904 nuts
RYAN Hall wants to carry on being Southend United’s lucky charm when Blues head to Northampton Town on Saturday. The 22-year-old left winger has triumphed in all three of his matches since coming in to the starting line-up. And he aims
