HE’S one of the most respected reggae DJs in the business and Kiss FM’s David Rodigan is coming to the Kursaal on Monday. Ever since he heard My Boy Lollipop in the Sixties, he was hooked on the genre, and over the years has developed an encyclopaedic
PRISONS and health conferences are not your usual venues for stand-up comedy, but for Essex funnyman John Ryan, it’s all in a day’s work. The comedian, who is appearing in Rayleigh next month alongside award-winning Simon Feilder and Scotsman
Perma-tanned club promoter Mark Wright made headlines as viewers tuned into the Only Way is Essex to watch his on-off romance with Lauren Goodger unfold. On Boxing Day, Mark – who recently posed nude, with just a cute puppy clutched over his modesty
A UNION leader fears vital experience could be lost from the classrom after figures revealed almost a third of teachers in Southend could retire within five years. Figures obtained by the Echo under the Freedom of Information Act reveal 502
A MAN has been hailed a hero after pulling a woman from a burning car minutes before it exploded. Ian Gallagher, 49, from Thurrock, crossed the busy unlit carriageway of the M3 to get to the injured woman trapped in her Vauxhall Corsa.
A CHARITY has been thrown a Christmas lifeline, thanks to a Benfleet company. Castle Point Citizens Advice Bureau was in desperate need of a new computer system as it struggled to meet the growing demands for advice and information from its
