The crash took place at 4pm on Sunday One of the four people killed in the tragic plane crash at Southend Airport on Sunday, was a 31-year-old flight nurse who had been serving her very first day on the job. Maria Fernanda Rojaz Ortiz, a Chile-born German citizen, passed away when the twin-engine Beechcraft King […]

8 months ago

BREAKING Two children have been rushed to hospital after a tree fell in a park in what police called a ‘serious incident’ at Chalkwell Park in Southend. A further three children were later taken to hospital with minor injuries. A spokesperson for East of England Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 2.55pm to reports […]

9 months ago

It includes crunchy pieces to give it a ‘snail shell’ effect Passengers on board flights out of Southend Airport were served up a range of barmy ice cream flavours inspired by new destinations that are now operating from the airport. A new range of ‘jet-lato’ ice creams were dished out by easyJet and easyJet Holidays […]

1 year ago

They’d been to watch Wrexham away before getting rejected from the club An Essex nightclub has launched an investigation after two friends claimed they were refused entry for “being Welsh”. Jonathan Lloyd from Wrexham was heading into MooMoo Clubrooms in Southend-on-Sea with his friend on Saturday, September 17, when they were stopped by security. The […]

3 years ago

‘He was potentially the best Father of the House we will now never have’ Tory MP Mark Francois has paid a fitting tribute to his best friend, Sir David Amess, in the House of Commons. Leading the backbench tributes, he paid homage to the man who taught him “everything he ever learned about how how […]

4 years ago

The Prime Minister said the Queen has agreed to grant Southend its long-awaited city status in his memory. Southend is set to finally be granted city status in honour of the late MP Sir David Amess, who was killed at his constituency surgery in Belfairs Methodist Church on Friday. He had championed for Southend to be […]

4 years ago