ESSEX Pirates began their pre-season schedule with a 94-62 defeat at home to the Mersey Tigers tonight. In a match which was played to raise money for the Mayor of Southend’s chosen charities, Andrew Thomson opened the scoring for the visitors. Andre
SOUTHEND Rugby Club ran out convincing 53-10 winners at Hinckley this afternoon. Andrew Frost scored two tries, while Lee Guess. Dan Boughtwood, Mark Billings, Chris Vaughan, Alan Barker and Danny Cleare also touched down. Frost added five conversions
EVEN the extension of Anthony Grant’s amazing scoring streak could not stop Southend United’s winning run coming to an end at Northampton Town this afternoon. Grant went 79 games and almost two years without netting for Blues. But he
PAUL Sturrock has named an unchanged starting line-up for this afternoon's match at Northampton Town. That means Blair Sturrock continues in attack with the fit-again Barry Corr on the bench. Southend United: Morris, Clohessy, Mohsni
DO you know these men? Police want to identify this pair after copper was stolen from flats in Billericay. At around 5.30pm on Saturday, August 14, suspects tried to get into a residential block in The Spinney, but were refused by a resident because
SERVICES on the c2c line are running again after problems caused by a runaway tent which blew onto a train were resolved. Trains were disrupted after a marquee at Leigh Regatta blew away in high winds and landed on a train heading for Southend
COWBOY clamper firm LBS could be charged with demanding money with menaces, after being exposed on BBC consumer show, Watchdog. The programme, broadcast last night, included film of Southend-based LBS Enforce-ment being caught out by Watchdog’s Rogue
Crime reporter LAURA SMITH joined offenders on community payback, working to create a wildlife garden, just off the A127, in Westcliff, to see what was involved COMMUNITY service has long been seen as a soft option as punishment for criminals.
