The latest breaking news, incidents, events and community features for the city of Southend-on-Sea and surrounding areas of South East Essex.
Mimi the cat has become the newest member of staff at Thorpe Bay train station, bringing smiles to passengers every morning. According to c2c bosses, […]
Greater Anglia have issued a ‘DO NOT TRAVEL’ warning due to multiple overhead wire problems during Storm Henk. A weather monitoring station at Southend Airport […]
These brave people took a dip in the cold water on Southend seafront on Boxing Day morning! It was the annual Southend RNLI Boxing Day […]
A major fire broke out in Stambridge, Rochford, at industrial units on Christmas Eve. At least 60 firefighters were dispatched to the scene to tackle […]
The M25 in Essex will be closed “for at least eight hours” clockwise between Junction 27 for the M11 and Junction 28 for Brentwood, due […]
A group of around 50 tractor owners and employees at a tractor factory formed a special Christmas convoy to drive around the town of Basildon. […]
There was severe congestion in and around the Lakeside shopping area for a number of hours this afternoon and evening. Roads became “gridlocked” due to […]
Police, armed police, paramedics and firefighters were dispatched to a multi-agency incident in Crowstone Road, Westcliff, today. Police officers were called to an address in […]
A police cordon is on Chichester Road in Southend City Centre, following a serious incident yesterday. A man in his 30s has been taken to […]
There has been a collision by the Blue Boar pub on Victoria Avenue in Southend. The dual carriageway road has been blocked in one direction […]
Emergency services, including police, firefighters, and ambulance crews, rushed to Leigh-on-Sea railway station this morning following reports of an incident on the tracks. Network Rail […]
Storm Ciarán is expected to track towards the City of Southend-on-Sea on Thursday, from the South West of the UK, with damaging wind speeds of […]
A Southend mother has issued an urgent warning to other parents after her son was rushed to hospital last night due to complications from vaping. […]
Adventure Island on Southend seafront has begun work to prepare for a new 38-metre tall drop tower. The new Sky Tower ride is expected to […]
East Street in Prittlewell was closed for a period this evening after a collision involving a cyclist and a red car near Prittlewell train station, […]
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