Southend Airport passengers forced to find new parking
Yellow lines have been painted around parked cars on a main road near to Southend Airport as the council enforce a new parking restriction. The […]
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Rooftop standoff between police and wanted man
A wanted man caused a rooftop standoff with police today after he ran from officers who were attempting to arrest him. When police originally went […]
Daredevil youths disrupt seafront speedboat rides
Speedboat rides on Southend seafront were cancelled today after a group of youths refused to stop jumping off a jetty into the water. The speedboat rides […]
Flybe adds 28 extra flights per week from Southend Airport
Due to strong bookings and growing demand, Flybe, operated by Stobart Air, is adding 2,500 extra seats on its new routes from Southend Airport to […]
Busy afternoon for Southend’s RNLI lifeboat crew
Southend ‘s lifeboat crew had a busy afternoon preventing people from getting into danger on the seafront today. The volunteer crew were on duty at […]
10 amazing photos of lightning during Southend’s thunderstorms
The largest and most spectacular storm to hit Essex in years swept through Southend last night. The storm, which weather experts have confirmed was a ‘Super […]
Car crash on Westcliff seafront
Emergency services rushed to a road traffic collision on Western Esplanade this afternoon, where they found a single vehicle had crashed into a bollard at a […]
New Flybe route from Southend Airport to Maastricht takes off
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has begun the last of its six new European routes from Southend Airport. In the first three years of operation the […]
Crop circles discovered in Southend
Mysterious crop circle formations have appeared on farmland off of Sutton Road, near to Southend Airport. The first pattern was discovered on 14th June and […]
How many of these street performers have you seen in Southend?
Street performers, entertainers and buskers are regular visitors to Southend, travelling from all over Essex and further afield to entertain the crowds in the High […]
Southend lifeboat crews called out four times in one day
Today proved to be a busy day for Southend’s lifeboat crews, who were dispatched to four different rescue incidents across Southend seafront. Southend’s volunteer lifeboat crews […]
Bins in Southend High Street deliberately set on fire
Southend’s firefighters were called out in the early hours of this morning to deal with multiple bin fires in an apparent spate of arson. The […]
Community market stall in Southend High Street launches
A new initiative to help charity and community groups in Southend raise awareness of what they do has been launched today. Joining a wide selection […]
Work begins to build a second Premier Inn hotel for Southend seafront
Construction work has started to build an 80-bedroom budget hotel on Southend seafront. The five-storey building will be Premier Inn’s second hotel on the seafront, […]
Renovation of Leigh-on-Sea’s Grand Hotel begins
Work has started to transform Leigh’s derelict Grand Hotel into a boutique hotel with a restaurant, lounge bar, tea rooms and a spa. The landmark Victorian […]