EMERGENCY services were called to a crash after a car was wedged in to a power line. Two cars collided in Hullbridge Road in Rayleigh at around 8.45 tonight. Firefighters were called to the scene by police who were concerned about one car
ESSEX Eagles crashed to a nine-wicket defeat to Hampshire Royals as they started their Yorkshire Bank 40 campaign at Chelmsford tonight. Hampshire won the toss and put their hosts into bat. Australian opener Rob Quiney top-scored with 71 and there
RAVI Bopara is ready to grab his latest international lifeline after he was selected in England's Champions Trophy squad. The Essex all-rounder has been in and out of the international set-up in all three formats, with England consistently swayed
A WOMAN is living on £1 a day budget for food to raise awareness of poverty as part of a global challenge. Louise Frood, 27, is a support worker at the Southend Storehouse community centre and food bank, which hands out hundreds of bags of free
TRAVELLERS went head-to-head with a council in a bid to stay on green belt land in Thundersley and provde it will be another Dale Farm. Miles and Michael McCarthy took on Castle Point Council on Wednesday to fight their case for and against creating
BASILDON AC’s youngsters produced a number of stand-out performances in the first match of the brand new Youth Development League. Competing once again as a combined force with Newham & Essex Beagles, the Basildon Beagles were competing for
A CYCLIST who was killed in a road crash in South Woodham Ferrers has been named. Timothy Jennings, 52, of Burnham Road, Battlesbridge, died following the collision yesterday, May 2. Emergency services were called to the roundabout connecting
POLICE have launched a probe after a secret spy camera was found concealed in the changing room of a popular gym. The camera was set up directly facing a toilet and would have filmed gym users changing. One member of Fitness First in Festival
IT looked a perfect night for racing at the Watford Open on Wednesday night and so it proved with a whole host of personal bests tumbling to south Essex athletes. Basildon AC’s Kaylee Dodd (U20) proved she’s in super early season form by knocking
BOLLARDS put along a busy road to stop lorries turning are being removed after concerns were raised about driver safety. The bollards were put in along Courtauld Road, Basildon, by Essex County Council, to stop HGVs turning right into a building
HELP could be at hand for neighbours whose lives have been made a misery by repeated flooding in Thundersley. The day after a water main erupted in Broomfield, off Daws Heath Road, a case manager has been appointed to work with residents. Jenny
A WOMAN stole more than £745 of make-up from a Boots shop in Leigh. Police have released CCTV of a woman they want to speak to in connection with the incident. The theft was from the shop in Rayleigh Road and took place around 4.30pm on Monday
NURSES tried to give a patient the wrong medication after her notes got mixed up, it has been claimed. Carol Drury, 61, was handed tablets designed to treat patients recovering from heart operations during her stay at Basildon Hospital. She
TRAVELLERS have made a camp on a popular Southend sports ground. Six vehicles got through the unlocked gate of Victory Sports Ground, Sutton Road, at about 11.30am yesterday. Police soon moved in to block the entrance, while council chiefs
A MAN who was arrested in connection with a robbery in Southend has been released without charge. The attack happened on Priory Avenue shortly before 1:30am on Tuesday, April 2 when a box of hot chicken was stolen from the victim. The victim
WOMEN, looking to go the extra mile to raise cash for a cancer charity, are being urged to sign up for the Race for Life. A series of the five kilometre women-only races are taking place across the county, including Southend, Basildon, Chelmsford
BILEL Mohsni has not given up on his dream of playing in the Premier League, despite being released by Southend United. The fiery Frenchman’s turbulent three year spell with the Shrimpers has now come to an end after boss Phil Brown opted not to
AN army veteran who was left crippled with breathing difficulties after being blown up by an IRA bomb fears proposed home improvements will expose him to asbestos. Ian Roberts, 41, who was medically discharged after eight years in the Kings Division
ESSEX Police are cracking down on domestic abuse with tough new measures, including the possibility of wearing cameras to incidents. Figures show that a person typically suffers domestic abuse up to 17 times before making a report to the police
IT has a population of 20,000 and is the only parish within Southend to have its own town council ... and now Leigh is looking at having its own mayor. Leigh town councillors have discussed plans to remove the title of their chairman and replace it
Ukip has its first councillor on Basildon Council this term. Nigel De Lecq Le Gresley took the seat in the Wickford Castledon ward in a borough council by-election triggered by the sad death of Sylvia Buckley. He polled a narrow majority of
THE Tories have held onto three county council seats in Rochford after a bruising night. Despite losing two seats to the Greens and Ukip – and almost a third to Labour - the Conservatives held Rochford North, Rochford South and Rayleigh North.
Ukip and Labour took three seats apiece in Basildon as the Tories suffered a bruising night in the county elections. The Conservatives, they only retained two seats – both in the Billericay and Burstead ward - while they gained another in Wickford
THE Conservatives narrowly held onto two Rochford district by-elections in the face of a strong Ukip challenge. Robin Dray, already a Tory Rayleigh town councillor for Whitehouse, won the district seat by beating Ukip’s Linda Kendall by just seven
UKIP has taken the Rayleigh South seat from the Tories. Former Tory Keith Gibbs beat Conservative John Flack to win by 185 votes. This was the second of six seats in south Essex to be taken by Ukip on the night. Mr Gibbs, a retired policeman
THE Green Party has taken a seat from the Tories in Rochford. Michael Hoy won the Rochford West seat. He beat Tory Keith Hudson, also a Rochford district councillor, by 400 votes. Mr Hoy, a Rochford district councillor for Hullbridge, said
LABOUR and Ukip have taken two seats up for grabs in Laindon Park and Fryerns ward in Basildon. The Tories standing in the seat were senior members John Dornan and Terri Sargent. Ukip's Mark Ellis and Labour's Bill Archibald took the seats
THE Tories have lost more county seats in Basildon borough to Ukip. Wickford Castledon and Wickford Crouch were claimed by Ukip tonight. Ukip's Nigel De Lecq Le Grealey took seats in both wards - one Basildon borough chair and one Essex County
Two long serving Tory councillors have lost their seats in an election night shock. William Dick lost his Thundersley seat to Jamie Hunt of UKIP by around 150 votes. Meanwhile Colin Riley lost his South Benfleet seat to UKIP candidate, Alan
Ukip's Jamie Huntman has won the Thundersley county council seat from long-serving Tory Bill Dick. The win is the latest stunning victory for Ukip in south Essex after winning seats in Rayleigh, Basildon and Wickford. Results...
LABOUR has taken two county council seats from the Tories in Pitsea. Keith Bobbin and Melissa McGeorge won the two seats, despite a strong surge from Ukip. The Conservative's Sandra Hillier was ousted, four years after defeating councillor
POPULAR Tory Ray Howard has retained his Canvey West county council seat with a majority of 300 votes.
Ukip has snatched the Westley Heights seat from the Tories in Basildon, Essex County Council says. Kerry Smith, from Ukip, said it was because "anger on the streets of Essex". Ukip's candidate Luke Smith beat long-serving Tory John Schofield
