Southend’s KFC at Greyhound Trading Park has secured permission for 3am drive-thru opening every night, despite residents’ concerns about noise, antisocial behaviour and late-night disturbances.
Three ambulance staff were taken to hospital after two ambulances collided near Southend Hospital. One crashed into a tree.
Six Southend grammar school offers have been withdrawn after council investigators uncovered false addresses, prompting debate about school catchment areas, academic ability and fair admissions.
Two Halifax cash machines have been taped up and are set to be removed following the permanent closure of the bank’s Southend High Street branch.
More than £7,000 has been raised for the family of Southend mum Lauren Rawlinson, 32, as her partner Carl Stead, siblings and friends share heartbreaking tributes.
A classic TVR sports car was destroyed by fire on Hospital Road in Shoeburyness on Thursday. Witnesses describe the driver’s escape as concerns are raised about ageing fuel systems.
Madness will be coming to Southend for a special Priory Park concert in July 2027 as Lazydays Festival expands to four days. Here’s when tickets go on sale.
A Leigh-on-Sea man has been jailed for 13 years and six months after kidnapping an 11-year-old girl, forcing her into an alleyway and assaulting her in Woodleigh Avenue.
A total of 55 drivers have now been hit with a combined 306 penalty points following a huge car meet on Southend seafront earlier this […]
More than 22kg of illegally harvested shellfish has been seized after police and council officers joined a crackdown on unauthorised collecting from Southend’s beaches. Four […]
Drivers were left stuck for around two hours on a major Southend dual carriageway after a crash involving a motorcycle on Saturday night. Part of […]
Firefighters rushed to a Southend city centre bar on Saturday afternoon after a fire broke out in an outside area, sending smoke into the surrounding […]
A driver was arrested after police found more than 50 suspected drug deal bags during a Southend road safety operation that uncovered 95 traffic offences.
An RNLI flag has been raised above a civic building in Southend in a show of support for the charity’s volunteers following recent incidents in […]
Plans for a new Greggs in the heart of Leigh Broadway were approved despite opposition from some local residents. The arrival of the bakery / […]
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