A WOMAN gave birth to a baby girl in Southend high street before being rushed to hospital. Street Rangers from Southend’s BID rushed to help after hearing the news on their radio. Commenting on the dramatic event Southend Business Improvement
A PROLIFIC shoplifter has become the first person to be banned from shops in Basildon town centre in an ambitious bid to stop her from offending. Sally Burrows, 44, of no fixed address, was charged with stealing from B&M in Basildon’s Town Square
THE former headteacher of a Wickford school has this afternoon denied nine sex offences. Daniel Chapman, 31, the former principal of Hilltop Infant School, appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court via video link from a prison in Norwich. Chapman showed
ANYONE wanting to join Southend Council’s housing waiting list will need to have worked in the borough for at least three years under new plans. Southend’s new ruling alliance is reviewing the housing allocation policy, which determines who can
FORMER Concord Rangers boss Danny Cowley will be managing in the Premier League within the next three years, according to a former midfielder. Jacob Cleaver - who was taught by Cowley while he was a pupil at FitzWimarc School - was managed by Cowley
TRAIN bosses have apologised after commuters were faced with huge queues at Chalkwell train station after newly-installed ticket machines “took too long to work” yesterday morning. Commuters reported due to the new payment machines being installed
Patients and staff at Basildon Hospital cheered on former patient Alan Moorcraft-Sexton when he joined Soccer Aid - the world’s biggest charity football match at Stamford Bridge in Chelsea. ITV’s This Morning ran a competition and gave Alan, from
A VILE predator who subjected a woman to a series of assaults where he stabbed and raped her has been jailed. Stuart Wiseman, 46, of no fixed abode, targeted the vulnerable victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, over a period of two days
What is our part of the world coming to? A stand-up fight in a Toby Carvery restaurant on Father’s Day is a position nobody wants to be in. It is a sad state of affairs when this happens on any day of the year, let alone one on which you can
A MAN has been charged with a string of burglary offences. Robert Brindley, 43, of no fixed address, was set to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday having been charged with 20 offences in relation to incidents in Basildon and Southend
BILLERICAY Town boss Harry Wheeler is looking forward to a competitive pre-season programme. The National League South side will get their preparations for the forthcoming campaign underway by taking on an All-Star XI in a charity clash, before
A PROBE has been launched after multiple Canvey residents reported strong smells of gas overnight. Castle Point Council has confirmed its health department is investigating after numerous complaints of residents smelling gas in and around their
A man who stole a £14,000 Jaguar and crashed it in Basildon has been spared prison. Daryl Munro, 26, of Pound Lane in North Benfleet had been convicted of two counts of burglary and one count of aggravated vehicle taking at Chelmsford Crown Court
MARK Bentley believes he has signed three players that will give Canvey Island ‘an extra 20 per cent’. Michael Finneran, Sammy Knott and Albert Levett have sealed moves to the Gulls. And Bentley, who took charge of the Isthmian North side in
A YOUNG man is now pursuing his sporting dreams after coming through a heart transplant four years ago. Table tennis ace, Callum Turner, 19, from Rochford, will represent Great Britain in the World Transplant Games this summer in Newcastle.
A CYCLIST has raised £3,500 after biking a huge 871 miles from John O’ Groats to Canvey... and surprised himself by wanting to do it all again. Rotarian James Pelgram crossed the finish line on Sunday after his 12-day endurance test. took on
There are long delays at certain train stations this morning due to new ticket machines. Commuters are reporting huge queues of people at Chalkwell Station due to the new payment machines that have been installed. The Echo reported last week
MORE than 24 hours of torrential rain and thunderstorms are set to hit Essex today. The Met Office has issued a blanket yellow weather warning for the East of England, set to begin at 6pm tonight and last all the way through to 9pm tomorrow, totalling
A MAN has gone missing from Southend. Essex Police are appealing for help to find Paul Jones, 27, who was reported missing at around 8pm on Sunday, as they are concerned for his welfare. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, grey trainers, a black
TEENAGE yobs are being blamed after eight cars were targeted in a vandalism spree in Eastwood. Frustrated residents reported hearing laughing and then seeing two teenage boys and two girls on a neighbour’s driveway before a car alarm sounded.
COUNCIL bosses are threatening to evict a popular sailing club, founded in 1957, amid claims of a 400% annual rent hike. Disgusted managers at Chapman Sands Sailing Club, in Eastern Esplanade, Canvey, say Castle Point Council is imposing an increase
A BRAWL broke out in a popular restaurant as families enjoyed a Father’s Day meal. Witnesses said the fight was sparked after a disagreement at Toby Carvery, at Festival Leisure Park, in Basildon, and led to a knife being brandished as the fracas
GUNS, a Taser and other weapons were seized during raid at a Southend home. Officers found about four weapons at the property, including two guns, a Taser, gun ammunition and a suspected truncheon. Serious fears have been raised about the carnage
