WHATEVER the worst of the British weather throws at us passengers flying from Southend are highly likely to still take off from Southend. Southend Airport has the kit and procedures in place to ensure flights can come in and leave despite fog,
A NEW team of bailiffs will be appointed to crack down on planning breaches and continue tackling illegal travellers’ sites in Basildon. Councillors will tonight <thurs> vote on a plan to hire bailiffs to carry out planning enforcement
THERE’S certainly plenty for the boys in the dressing room to be looking forward to at the moment, and I’m sure it’s the same for the supporters too. After beating Oxford United in the JPT we’re now just one round away from a Wembley final and
SOUTHEND United are keen to bring in Dagenham & Redbridge midfielder Michael Spillane during the January transfer window. Blues boss Paul Sturrock wants to sign a defensive midfielder after Tamika Mkandawire returned to Millwall following a
A SERIES of bottleneck junctions on the A127 could be given a £15million overhaul after council chiefs gave the project the thumbs-up. Members of Southend Council’s ruling Tory cabinet have rubber-stamped a bid for Government cash to rework the
JESSICA Judd started her 2013 from where she left off the previous year with a fine run at the Great Edinburgh Cross-Country international. Judd finished second in the junior women’s race to help her Great Britain team to an emphatic victory over
HUNDREDS of campaigners want the speed limit in their road reduced following a string of accidents. More than 240 people have signed a petition calling for change in The Fairway, Leigh. The busy street has been the site of nine incidents since
RESIDENTS from flats above were evacuated after fire broke out in a high street takeaway. Firefighters evacuated 10 residents as colleagues in breathing masks fought the fire at Yat Wong’s Chinese takeaway in Rayleigh High Street this morning.
A WOMAN sat in protest in her car for more than four hours after bailiffs clamped her and threatened to tow her away. Charity volunteer Susan Hatton, 61, of Leigh, said she would rather be impounded than pay the £695 fee which had spiralled from
BULLOWOOD Hall is one of six prisons set to close in England, the Ministry of Justice said today. The Hockley prison which houses foreign nationals will go under Government plans to build a so-called super-prison. The programme, which
SHOEBURY Train Station has reopened after a £700,000 revamp to its entrance and toilets. The 130-year-old station has been given a new easy-access entrance with sliding doors and canopy, new customer toilets have opened on the platforms and new
CONCERNED residents have been asking what our local MPs are doing to help back the Echo campaign to keep blood tests local. The non urgent screening service is set to move to Bedford from April rather than the current set up at Basildon and Southend
A BEHAVIOUR expert will be brought in to quell rowdy students at Southend’s schools. Southend Council has lined up a new scheme to tackle problem pupils before their actions get out of control. The move comes after latest figures revealed four
LEGENDARY south Essex guitarist Wilko Johnson has vowed the show will go on after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. Well-known Wilko, 65, a founding member of Canvey band Dr Feelgood, will play on and “party where he can” for the remaining
A MUM has spoken of her terrifying ordeal when three men attacked her and her boyfriend. Elizabeth Mcguire, 23, of London Road, Westcliff was punched in the face by the thugs who she says jumped her in a random attack in the early hours of Saturday
THE long-awaited £30million redevelopment of Pitsea has finally begun. On Tuesday diggers and bulldozers signalled the start of work to transform the town centre beyond all recognition. The builders started with the controversial bulldozing
