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  • Twitter reaction to Southend United's 1-1 draw with Bury

    I think Brown is losing the plot and he’s losing the fans support to be honest. @jamesmanktelow Worrall man of the match. Very poor referee but no excuse for few chances created and being unable to hold on to a lead. @reggiepalmer50

  • Martina Cole in Southend to promote new book

    BESTSELLING author Martina Cole is coming to Southend for a talk. The crime novelist, author of 21 bestselling books, is coming to the Forum, in Elmer Square, on Wednesday, November 19. She will be speaking about her life and her new book,

  • Plan for flats in Leigh

    A PLUSH set of flats, overlooking Prittle Brook, could be built in Leigh. T D Brown and Sons Limited have put in a planning application for eight flats off Manchester Drive, to be built in a swanky block. The site is a delipidated and graffiti-ridden

  • Jason is headed for the Cliffs in Mel Brooks role

    AWARD-WINNING comedian Jason Manford will be appearing in Southend in a new touring production of the musical, the Producers. The Broadway and West End hit adaptation of Mel Brooks’ film comes to the Cliffs Pavilion on April 11, with Manford playing

  • Ex-soldier: I helped out as rider was rescued

    A FORMER soldier-turned traffic warden has spoken of the moment he helped out after a motorcylist was trapped under a bus in Leigh. Richard Railton, 33, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan during his Army days, was taking a break in Chalkwell Park

  • Burglar stole £1,000 jewellery from elderly woman

    Police would like to identify this man in connection with a burglary in Leigh. Two men broke into the residential property, which is in a road off Stonehill Road at around 2pm on Wednesday, October 22. They woke up an elderly woman who was

  • Southend Pier’s on the up after blaze

    SOUTHEND Pier could be opened for longer after boasting its best visitor numbers since it was ravaged by fire in 2005. About 294,000 visitors have trodden the boards on the longest pleasure pier in the world this year – the highest figure since

  • Great Wakering Rovers ease to impressive away win

    Dereham Town 1–4 Great Wakering Rovers Ryman North From Aldiss Park   GREAT Wakering Rovers stunned Dereham Town to run out 4-1 winners on their travels. Rovers were crushed 4-0 by Wroxham midweek but put that performance firmly