The Latest News for Southend & South East Essex

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…

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago