Bins in Southend High Street deliberately set on fire

12 years ago

Southend's firefighters were called out in the early hours of this morning to deal with multiple bin fires in an…

Community market stall in Southend High Street launches

12 years ago

A new initiative to help charity and community groups in Southend raise awareness of what they do has been launched…

Work begins to build a second Premier Inn hotel for Southend seafront

12 years ago

Construction work has started to build an 80-bedroom budget hotel on Southend seafront. The five-storey building will be Premier Inn's…

Renovation of Leigh-on-Sea’s Grand Hotel begins

12 years ago

Work has started to transform Leigh's derelict Grand Hotel into a boutique hotel with a restaurant, lounge bar, tea rooms…

Southend provides the backdrop for new Travelodge TV advert

12 years ago

Travelodge, the UK’s biggest independent hotel chain, has launched a new national television advert as part of a £25 million advertising campaign,…

East Beach closed after live wartime bombs found

12 years ago

Southend Borough Council has taken the decision to temporarily close Shoebury East Beach, in consultation with the Ministry of Defence…

First week of duty for Southend’s new Police District Commander

12 years ago

After 9 months as the District Commander for Southend, Chief Insp Matt Bennet announced he was stepping down and a…

Hundreds of people in Southend affected by internet outage

12 years ago

Sky Broadband and Talk customers in Southend including Leigh-on-Sea experienced a total loss of service for 14 hours over the…

New Cadbury advert filmed on Southend seafront

12 years ago

A television advert for a new Cadbury ice cream has been filmed in Southend at Shoebury Common beach. The production crew spent a…

Rochford roadworks set to cause months of delays

12 years ago

Roadworks on a busy local road are set to delay motorists travelling through Rochford for 3 months. 1246 metres of…