The Skylark Hotel in Southend remains closed to the public and in use as accommodation for people seeking asylum, more…
A Southend mum has spoken of her panic after her young autistic son was left alone on a school transport…
Chalkwell station is set to become fully step-free for the first time, following the award of a major contract by…
Train passengers travelling between Essex and London have been warned to avoid using contactless payments and go back to using…
A notorious street beggar who repeatedly harassed vulnerable people in Southend city centre has been jailed again for six months…
A woman has sadly died following a single-vehicle crash in Shoeburyness – and a man has now been charged with…
A woman from Southend has been reunited with the stranger who stepped in to protect her from a threatening man…
A woman from Southend was more than four times the legal alcohol limit when she crashed her Kia Picanto into…
An emergency operation unfolded in Southend city centre this morning after a person was seen “sitting on a ledge” at…
Plans to remove the masts of the SS Richard Montgomery — the WWII shipwreck packed with tonnes of explosives —…
A wartime bomb was detonated in a controlled explosion after it was picked up by a visitor on a restricted…
Plans to redevelop Southend’s historic Empire Theatre site into a five and six-storey block of flats, shops and community spaces…
Hundreds more NHS jobs are set to be cut across Southend, Basildon and Chelmsford hospitals, as the Mid and South…
Police are appealing for the public’s help to help find a man they want to speak to in connection with…
A 'county lines' drug operation responsible for bringing crack cocaine and heroin into Southend has been dismantled, following a major…