SOUTHEND United manager Kevin Bond is pleading for patience ahead of Tuesday night's clash with Peterborough United at Roots Hall. The Shrimpers have been beaten in their first three games of the League One season. But Bond is certain Blues
SOUTHEND United’s young goalkeeper George Murray-Jones has been handed an England under-16 call-up. The promising Shrimpers shot-stopper has been selected in a 22-man squad for games against Denmark and Ireland. And Blues’ academy manager Ricky
BOLTON'S League One home game with Doncaster on Tuesday has been postponed, amid welfare concerns for their young squad. Wanderers, currently in administration, are awaiting the completion of a takeover by Football Ventures and in the meantime
LINCOLN City’s managerial maestros Danny and Nicky Cowley would have taught many lessons while working at Rayleigh's FitzWimarc School. And the duo handed out another one to Southend United on Saturday. Blues looked steady enough during the
ROCHFORD residents have had their council tax removed from their bank account a day early due to an "administrative error". The error at Rochford council has caused the usual direct debit for August 20 to be removed today, leaving residents concerned
A man has admitted ten offences in connection with a serious crash that left a woman badly injured. Leon Turner, 20, was driving a Ford Fiesta that crashed near Leigh Road on the A13 on Tuesday November 27, last year. His passenger suffered
AN OPERATION to clamp down on antisocial drivers racing across the county has proven successful. Operation Calla, by the Road Policing Unit, has been in place since March and has targeted hotspots for cruising events and illegal motoring activity
Fire crews rushed to an accidental fire at a popular takeaway. It happened at Howard's Fish and Grill, High Road, Benfleet at about 11am today. A spokesman for Essex Fire Service said: "The fire quickly extinguished using a dry powder extinguisher
A COMMUNITY is calling for an abandoned bungalow to be purchased by the council so it can be brought back into use. West Shoebury Councillors are asking Southend Council to compulsory purchase the empty bungalow along Leitrim Avenue that has been
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse after being snared by a vigilante group on Canvey. The group, called Scales of Justice, live streamed the man after confronting him in Wilmslowe, Canvey on Saturday afternoon. A spokesman
A SCHOOLBOY who died from meningitis just four days after doctors discharged him from hospital has been named. Austin O'Dowd, nine, was rushed to Basildon Hospital on May 28 with an agonising stomach ache and a swollen eye. His father, Vince
A CARE home for people with mental health conditions and dementia has been ordered to improve its cleanliness and the care its staff takes with patients. Ravensmere Rest Home in Manor Road, Westcliff, has been rated as requiring improvement following
WILDLIFE campaigners have blasted plans to close a badger sett - after one resident complained. Natural England will shut off the animal habitat at the home in Kings Park, Thundersley, on September 10. The badgers have created the sett in a
THOUSANDS of people lined Southend seafront to watch a colourful carnival procession in all its glory. The annual Southend Carnival featured more than 60 floats and acts which organisers say is one of the largest processions in the country.
A MAN was found unconscious after being assaulted outside a popular bar. Police received a call at about 1.15am yesterday saying a man in his 30s was knocked out on the floor after being assaulted by another man. The incident happened outside
NEW bollards have been installed at a car park to stop nuisance boy racers making the lives of residents an ongoing misery. Basildon Council has spent £2,000 putting the protection around the Radford Crescent Car Park in Billericay, in an effort
