BILLERICAY golfers Bob Turner and Steve Adkins will be aiming for national glory when they compete in Morocco next year. The Stock Brook Manor members qualified from a regional final to contest the Morocco Matchplay national amateur seniors final
BEN Coker is due to have the brace protecting his injured elbow removed in the next fortnight. The Shrimpers left-back has been out of action since early September. But his manager Phil Brown has been pleased by the progress already made by
BLUES shot-stopper Daniel Bentley will be fine to continue between the sticks against Bury this weekend. The 21-year-old had been suffering with a knee injury earlier on in the week. But boss Phil Brown has revealed the youngster suffered no
POLICE and council officers spied on youngsters at a skate park for two months...but failed to get evidence of any crimes. The undercover operation was launched by Basildon Council’s antisocial behaviour team and police community support officers
A UKIP councillor is demanding an investigation after she was accused of making “racist comments” during a council debate. Linda Allport-Hodge, Ukip councillor for Langdon Hills, has asked Basildon Council’s monitoring officer to investigate an
FORMER Stoke City striker Mamady Sidibe has ended his trial with Southend United. The 34-year-old had been with the Shrimpers for the past week. But he has now opted to return back north. “Mamady has left us now,” said Blues boss Phil Brown
DAN Burzotta feels he is in the best shape of his life ahead of his eagerly anticipated return to action this weekend. The 39-year-old former captain of Great Britain’s Ji-Jitsu team has come out of retirement to take on Brad Conway in Saturday
COMMUTERS are being consulted on plans to tackle overcrowding on trains. National Express train operator c2c launched a three-month consultation scheme with passengers on their proposed new timetable to relieve crowding and improve connections.
BUS passengers are being warned to expect delays while major roadworks are carried put. Work to widen Nethermayne, between Roundacre and Basildon Hospital roundabouts, is expected to start on Monday. The £3.4million scheme involves adding an
A CARE home previously criticised for failing has had a major turnaround. Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission found Godden Lodge Residential and Nursing Home, in Hart Road, Benfleet, met six of the seven standards required. The glowing
BURGLARS stole £600 of electrical items during a break-in. They got in to the house in Hereford Walk, Basildon between 10.30pm on Monday and 3am on Tuesday. The thieves broke in to the property by forcing a fan light window in the kitchen,
A husband and wife from the Basildon area have been jailed for theft and fraud offences following a police investigation last more than three years. Jeremy Palmer, 53, and Dawn Palmer, 50, of Brentwood Road, Dunton, were found guilty following
ADVENTUROUS fundraisers spent a week battling through 40-degree temperatures on a trek through the Sahara to support a children’s hospice. A team of 11 set off for Marrakech, in Morocco, for the start of a week-long trip, including four days of
CAMPAIGNERS fear 500 new homes in Rayleigh could cause unnacceptable delays for 999 crews because roads will not cope with more traffic. An ambulance called to an emergency was forced to turn around recently in nose-to-tail traffic in Rawreth Lane
UP-AND-COMING diver Connor Van Dal is aiming to build on a successful year as he prepares for the new season. The 13-year-old from Leigh won national and international medals in 2014 and his year has just been capped off by being crowned Southend
BOWERS & Pitsea manager Rob Small has hit out at the Essex Senior League and Enfield 1893 after a communication breakdown led to the last-minute postponement of their clash. Bowers and Enfield 1983 were scheduled to play on Tuesday night, but
CONCORD Rangers goalkeeper Jamie Butler is targeting a speedy comeback from injury – after he was told he didn’t need an operation on his serious knee injury. The 22-year-old stopper has been out of action since he ruptured the posterior cruciate
THEY were notorious for being East London gangsters, but now the Kray twins have become victims of crime themselves – after urban art of the pair was stolen from a derelict building. Dilapidated terraced houses in Southchurch Avenue, Southend,
BASILDON-BORN Danny Buchan has lined up a ride in the British Superbike championship in 2015 after winning the National Superstock 1000 crown. The Tsingtao Kawasaki ZX10 looked set to be in control after qualifying on pole position for the full-length
A MOTORCYCLIST who was trapped under a bus in a horror smash has suffered life changing injuries. Police are appealing for witnesses to the collision in Old Leigh Road, Leigh, yesterday afternoon, between a motorbike, single decker bus a Citroen
A FORMER Tory activist who campaigned for MP Rebecca Harris has defected to Ukip. James Parkin, owner of the Movie Starr cinema on Canvey, decided to part ways with the local Conservative association and join Ukip after meeting local councillors
A MAN was jumped from behind by two attackers who robbed him in broad daylight of just £15. The 53-year-old victim had just withdrawn cash from Sutton Road Post Office and had walked to Warrior Square when he was attacked at about 9am. Two
A FATHER-of-two is facing extradition to Peru in connection with a £3million drugs bust, more than two years ago. Gary Findlater, 45, of Conway Avenue, Great Wakering, is suspected by Peruvian police of being involved in an attempt to smuggle 30kg
THE so-called founder of nu-classic British soul, Omar brings his vocal talents back to the Jazz Mix evening alongside the hard-swinging Quentin Collins/Brandon Allen Quartet. It takes place at the Maritime Room at the Cliffs Pavilion on Thursday
A PUB in Little Wakering has come up with a doggy menu in an effort to attract more canines and their owners in for dinner. The Castle Inn offers the likes of scrambled eggs with ham, chicken and rice, roast beef with peas and carrots, and even
THREE suspected burglars sparked a police pursuit after one tried to escape in a taxi. Officers began following the group when they spotted a suspicious looking car in Benfleet and followed it to a block of flats, in Kents Hill Road North.
ROYAL Mail has confirmed it will close its Rochford delivery office and move services to Southend in January. The closure means people who miss signed-for and other deliveries will have to travel to Short Street, Southend, to collect them.
