Giant poppy painted above Southend High Street
A remembrance poppy artwork, to coincide with the one hundred year WW1 anniversary and Remembrance Day, has been painted on the side of a building next […]
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Pensioner dressed as a pumpkin brings Halloween cheer to Southend
A Southend pensioner named Ken has brought smiles to the faces of many local people after dressing up as a pumpkin on Halloween. Wearing the […]
Southend Airport passengers forced to find new parking
Yellow lines have been painted around parked cars on a main road near to Southend Airport as the council enforce a new parking restriction. The […]
Rooftop standoff between police and wanted man
A wanted man caused a rooftop standoff with police today after he ran from officers who were attempting to arrest him. When police originally went […]
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 into a bollard at a […]
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 three years of operation the […]
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 apparent spate of arson. The […]
Southend provides the backdrop for new Travelodge TV advert
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 […]
Rochford roadworks set to cause months of delays
Roadworks on a busy local road are set to delay motorists travelling through Rochford for 3 months. 1246 metres of gas main is being replaced […]
Icon of Southend seafront skyline is ready to turn again
One of the most iconic sights on Southend seafront, Adventure Island’s ferris wheel, will turn again this weekend after a £200,000 refurbishment. The historic ride was closed […]
Eat, drink and dance at new Southend bar and restaurant
Your Southend was invited to the preview night of a brand new bar and restaurant in Southend, East Coast Social, before it officially opened today. […]
Headliners announced for Village Green 2014
This year’s Village Green festival in Chalkwell Park will take place on Saturday 12 July. The arts, culture and music festival will run from 11am […]
Southend Airport enjoys its busiest ever summer
A total of 230,000 passengers travelled through the Southend Airport between 1 July and 31 August 2013 making it the busiest summer for the airport since […]
KFC opens new drive-through restaurant in Southend
The construction of a new £1.2million fast-food drive-through in Southend has been completed and opened to customers. Plans were first submitted to build the new […]
Thunderstorms cause chaos in Southend
Thunderstorms hit South Essex following the hottest day of of the year, bringing lightning strikes and a heavy downpour. Essex County fire and rescue service […]