A GRIEVING dad who raised concerns over his late son’s medical care has been banned from a doctors’ surgery. Malcolm Buckley, 62, Basildon councillor for regeneration, received a letter, yesterday, from NHS Essex Contractor Services giving him
WILKO Johnson was the surprise guest at the Village Green Festival in Chalkwell Park, Westcliff, today. The Dr Feelgood legend, who has terminal cancer, wowed fans who thought they may never see him on stage again with an hour long set.
A STANFORD-le-Hope play group has been named the most popular in a prestigious competition run by the website Netmums.com Bonkers Playgroup, based at Homesteads village hall, won the accolade following a vote on the website, one of the UK’s largest
SOUTHEND United will be holding their annual Meet the Blues Day event on Sunday. Shrimpers fans will be able to see manager Phil Brown put the club's first team squad through a training session before also getting to meet the players themselves
RUBBISH and dogs running wild are ruining East Beach, residents have complained. When sunseekers leave the Shoebury beauty spot is littered with broken glass and drink cans and owners are letting their dogs run loose despite the summer beach ban
TRADERS are concerned the closure of a supermarket car park will affect their businesss. The Waitrose store, in High Street, Billericay, will close its 250-space car park next month for five days as part of major refubishment work to the shop.
POLICE are appealing for a driver involved in a road traffic collision in Bull Lane, Rayleigh last night to get in touch. The collision happened at around 8.30pm and involved a man in his 40s on a black mountain bike and a vehicle believed to be
DO you recognise this man? Police want to speak to him in connection with a racially aggravated public order offence in Leigh. A man described as being white and in his mid 40s racially abused a staff member at the Tesco Express store in London
AN elderly man from Leigh, who has dementia and had gone missing has been found safe and well in Chelmsford.
ESSEX is preparing to bask in scorching temperatures as the hottest day of the year so far arrives. But the heat has prompted warnings from health authorities urging the public to take care in the potentially "dangerous" heatwave conditions.
POLICE investigating the stabbing of a man in Westcliff have named a man they want to speak to in connection with the incident. Eric Brophy, 18, who has links to the Southend and Dagenham areas, is wanted by detectives in connection with a stabbing
A POWERBOAT that had broken down half a mile from the end of Southend Pier was towed back to shore by an RNLI Lifeboat. Emergency services were called at around 7.35pm last night to the vessel. They towed it back to Holehaven where it was put
MIKE MacKay from Langdon Hills is no stranger to travel. As a young man in the Merchant Navy, he sailed all over the world, including to India, Pakistan, Japan, Australia and South Africa. Now aged 71, the widower and school governor is still gripped
