SOUTHEND: Local business figures bare all for charity

Twenty-four leading Southend business women and men have brazenly revealed their naked ambition – to raise money for a leading local breast cancer charity. They shed their inhibitions – and their clothes – to pose naked for a 2011 calendar called Risqué Business, with all the profits going to Southend Hospital Charitable Foundation’s Bosom Pals [...]

LEIGH: Man suffers serious eye injury in pub attack

A vicious assault – by what’s thought to be a regular drinker at the Elms pub in Leigh – has left a man with a serious eye injury. At around 8.40pm last night (Thur, Oct 14th), the 38-year-old man was apparently “glassed” inside the pub on the London Road. The man was found collapsed outside [...]

OLYMPICS 2012: Hadleigh event pricing revealed

Organisers have revealed there will be two prices for tickets for Hadleigh’s Mountain Biking event at the 2012 Olympics. Tickets will be priced at £20 and £45 for the events, which takes place on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th August 2012. A new temporary Mountain Bike course will be created within Hadleigh Farm, and work [...]

AREA WIDE: What will happen to ‘Cycle Southend’?

There’s a question mark hanging over the long term future of ‘Cycle Southend‘, after the government confirmed it will be axing national umbrella body ‘Cycling England’. In the past two and a half years ‘Cycling England’ has provided funding for a whole range of bike schemes which have been administered by the Council’s ‘Cycle Southend’ [...]

LEIGH ON SEA: Man guilty of London Road rape

A man who raped a 46 year old woman in Leigh – back in March – has pleaded guilty to the offence. 25 year old Aaron Miller from Delhi Road in Basildon appeared at his home town’s Crown Court to stand trial for two counts of rape, but changed his plea in respect of the [...]

SOUTHEND: Youngsters prepare to grill politicians

Young people from Southend are gearing up to put their locally-elected representatives on the spot. Their inquisitive minds will be seeking answers to hot contemporary issues at a special Councillors’ Question Time tomorrow (Wed 13th). The event, arranged by Southend Youth Council, will take place on 10am at Civic Centre, Southend and is being staged [...]

YOUR VIEW: ‘The Only Way is Essex’

So did you see ITV2′s much hyped ‘The Only Way is Essex’?  Many of you have been getting in touch with longpier.com to add your thoughts about the show – and now you can start the debate right here. The ten part series – which started on Sunday night – has divided opinion so far.  [...]

SOUTHEND: Fringe Festival to change format

Southend’s annual Fringe Festival is to change dramatically next year, Longpier.com understands. The month-long festival – which has been running for two years – will no longer be spread out over June, but instead over “two or three weekends” throughout the year. The eclectic range of events ran alongside the bigger ‘Southend Festival’ – which [...]

VIDEO: Southend’s offering for London 2012

In the first of a regular weekend series, Longpier takes a look at videos, created in and around the Southend area. They could range from historical clips to the very latest videos, shot just hours ago. This week, we take a look at what Southend can offer the world’s best sporting teams when they descend [...]

AREA WIDE: Your say on ambulance service

The East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST) – which covers the Southend area – is seeking views from the public to help develop its services as it applies to become a foundation trust. Under the banner ‘your service, your say’, the consultation means that patients and members of the public as well as staff [...]

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