A SHOP has reopened after it was destroyed by floods. The roof of Lifestyle and Mobility, in the Knightswick Centre, Canvey, collapsed three months ago, destroying £15,000 worth of stock. The store, which sells mobility scooters, recliner chairs
Guitarist Wilko Johnson has claimed he has been ‘cured’ of his terminal cancer. Speaking at the Q Magazine Awards today the former Dr Feelgood guitarist, who was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer in 2012, claims that surgery has been successful
A FORMER Southend United youth team player who posed as a Chelsea star to live a Premier League lifestyle has been jailed. Medi Abalimba, 25, who enjoyed a champagne lifestyle by pretending to be a Premier League star has been jailed for four years
Southend Swifts 73 Hemel Storm 97 Under-18 Men’s National Cup First Round THE under 18 men saw Swifts welcomed Premier South team Hemel Storm to Seevic College for the first round of the cup. Swifts had the better of the opening exchanges
A MOTORCYLIST has collided with a bus, leaving the biker stuck under the vehicle. Drivers reported the crash happened just before 4.30pm near Chalkwell Park. Traffic is blocked in both directions at the junction with Old Leigh Road and Leigh Road
SOUTHEND Council is again trying to move rubbish bins from a car park, to make way for the entertainment complex. The authority wants to move waste storage bins from the Seaway car park, in Lucy Road, as the area is earmarked for a major regeneration
HEYCROFT Primary School have been crowned the Southend district Year 3 and 4 boys football champions. They beat Bournes Green School 1-0 in the final after a fantastic competition that involved 18 teams. But the Heycroft boys had to rely on
FISHING an overnight session with Cel boilies from the short arm, James Saunders landed his new personal best from Doggetts this week. A fantastic 26lb mirror picked up James’ bait in open water – putting up a great fight which lasted nearly 20
A HAUL of high-value watches and jewellery were stolen from a trading estate. Burglars smashed the glass in a rear door of a property on the Manor Trading Estate, in Benfleet, and fled with wedding and engagement rings, a gold bracelet and a diamond
FIVE South Essex gymnasts competed at the Regional Out of Age finals after coming through Essex qualification. Ellie Hall and Abigail Bradley both competed well in the level four, aged 12 to 13, competition with Hall finishing ninth (44.950 points
THE future of Ford Dunton has been secured after £190million of further investment was announced. The huge sum, which includes £8.9million from the Government, will fund the production of new low-carbon diesel engines for cars and vans. About
SOUTHEND United manager Phil Brown has labelled his side’s 1-0 defeat Newport County last night as ‘unforgivable’. Blues wasted a succession of clear cut chances, with Myles Weston also failing to convert a penalty before Mark Byrne bagged the
SOUTHEND’S two high schools have been given the chance of a lifetime to represent England at the World Schools Athletics Championships in China. Southend High School for Boys and their neighbours, the High School for Girls, will jet out to the
A WANTED man has admitted driving dangerously through Southend in a bid to evade the police. Mark Box, 29, of no fixed address, admitted leading officers on a highspeed chase between Bellhouse Lane and South Avenue, in Southend, on May 13.
THE remembrance service on Canvey is to take place next month. The parade will begin at the Air Training Corps centre, in Runnymede Road, Canvey, at 10.15am, on Sunday, November 9, before heading to the Paddocks, in Long Road. Rev David Tudor
A long campaigned for bus route to Bas Vegas is to be axed to save money. The 236 service, which is funded by Essex County Council, is to be stopped in January next year. The authority claims the service costs £8.13 to run per person and
SIX South Essex Gym Club youngsters competed at the Regional Levels Competition at Ipswich. In the level five competition, Ellie Petroiu won the all-around competition with a score of 51.200. She also got a gold medal on the bars and beam and silver
MAX Whitlock wants to open his own gymnastics academy once he decides to stop competing himself. The 21-year-old, from Basildon, recently won a silver medal in the all-around final at the World Championships in China. But he eventually wants
TWO swimming pools have been given a prestigious pool water quality award. Both pools at Waterside Farm, on Canvey, and Runnymede Pool, in Thundersley, were tested by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity.
ESSEX’S Police and Crime Commissioner Nick Alston has hit out at the National Crime Agency after its top boss said it was “unrealistic” to expect police to investigate all cases of paedophilia. Keith Bristow, the director general of the National
BRINN Bevan is keen to follow in the footsteps of the latest young British gymnastics star, Nile Wilson, by making a successful transition in to the senior ranks. Bevan enjoyed several titanic tussles with Wilson in junior championships. Since
MODEL and presenter Jodie Marsh turned up at a Leigh vegetarian restaurant as she began filming for a new series. Marsh, who is from Brentwood, was at the Oak Tree, in Leigh Road, for the latest episode of Jodie Marsh On... The episode, which
C&K Basildon Ladies lost their first league match of the season to an impressive Crystal Palace outfit. Despite goals from Hannah Porter and Kathleen Clifton Crystal Palace came away with the three points to claw themselves to within two points
BILLERICAY Town Ladies made it back-to-back draws as they took a point against struggling Haringey Borough. A goal from Paris Smith put Town ahead before the visitors grabbed their equaliser midway through the second half. Town goalkeeper Hollie
HAVE a grand adventure this week with magical duo Morgan and West and their time travelling magic act. Former teachers Rhys Jones and Rob Hemmens created their act of Victorian time travelling magicians as a way of keeping their students’ attention
TWENTY new jobs have been created after a fast-food restaurant was given a revamp. McDonald’s, at Basildon’s Mayflower Retail Park, off the A127, now has two drivethrough lanes, so customers can grab a bite to eat while on the move. The branch
BASILDON council voted in favour of scrapping plans to change hundreds of addresses of homes on the Five Links estate...but went on to say it does not mean the proposals will not go ahead. The Tory administration failed to stop the Ukip motion
WICKFORD has been given a new lease of life as shoppers flock to sample its revamped market. Phil Turner, leader of Basildon Council, met with traders at the newly-created Market Lane and re-paved High Street, at the weekend, to open the latest
THE long-anticipated redevelopment of a landmark Leigh hotel is finally under way after years of wrangling. The Bell Hotel, which has been empty for two decades, now has workmen on site at Leigh Hill after nine years of planning issues for developers
TWO thugs in Halloween masks smashed a young mother’s front door with a metal pole during a terrifying attempted burglary. Brave Samantha Wilson, 25, chased off the yobs who were wearing Anonymous masks made popular by the filmVFor Vendetta, as
A NEW discount store is to open its doors in Pitsea. Poundland is set to replace the former Store Twenty One clothing shop at Pitsea Retail Park, off High Road. A total of 27 new jobs have been created. Keith Bobbin, Labour councillor for
