The latest breaking news, incidents, events and community features for the city of Southend-on-Sea and surrounding areas of South East Essex.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Travelodge, the UK’s biggest independent hotel chain, has launched a new national television advert as part of a £25 million advertising campaign, with many of the scenes filmed […]
Southend Borough Council has taken the decision to temporarily close Shoebury East Beach, in consultation with the Ministry of Defence and the Coastguard, after a […]
After 9 months as the District Commander for Southend, Chief Insp Matt Bennet announced he was stepping down and a new District Commander would be […]
Sky Broadband and Talk customers in Southend including Leigh-on-Sea experienced a total loss of service for 14 hours over the May bank holiday weekend. Sky […]
A television advert for a new Cadbury ice cream has been filmed in Southend at Shoebury Common beach. The production crew spent a day filming the advert earlier […]
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