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 [...]

UPDATE: Regular flights from Southend to Ireland on the way

Regular passenger flights from Southend to Ireland will soon become a reality, with up to 300,000 passengers a year benefitting from the new service. The Stobart Group, which owns London Southend Airport has signed a deal to save low-cost Irish airline Aer Arann.  The company was put into administration earlier this year, but is expected [...]

SOUTHEND: Tree removals open old wounds

Three trees – which have been felled in Southend over the past couple of days – have reopened a dispute between protesters and the council. Saxon King in Priory Park (SKIPP) say the trees – along Eastern Avenue – were “apparently healthy” and have slammed Southend Council, calling the action “arboreal genocide”. But council officials [...]

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: Fears grow for missing man

Police are currently searching for 59-year- old Michael Horton who has been missing from his home address in Rutland Avenue, Southend for what is believed to be around three days.  Officers say they are growing increasingly concerned for his welfare. Mr Horton is described as white, 6ft2ins, of medium build, is clean shaven and has [...]

League 2: Chesterfield 2-1 Southend United

Southend were left shell-shocked after an injury time goal gave Chesterfield all three points. Substitute Scott Boden struck in the third minute of injury time after the Blues dominated the second half. Anthony Grant had levelled for Southend on 36 minutes, after the home side went ahead thanks to a penalty from Danny Whitaker. Matt [...]

SOUTHEND: Big Brother ‘stars’ make park visit

A smattering of Big Brother ‘stars’ were in Southend on Saturday (9th Oct). Mario Mugan – who came third in the final series of the Channel 4 reality programme – showed fellow contestants Corin Forshaw, Ife Kuku and Andrew Edmonds around his home town. The foursome spent most of the afternoon at Adventure Island, before [...]

SUFC: Blues face Charlton in cup

Southend United will play Charlton Athletic in the quarter-finals of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy southern section. The Blues – who defeated Barnet 3-1 in midweek to progress – will face the League One side, at Roots Hall, sometime in the week commencing Monday 8th November. The game is in the running to be shown live [...]

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 [...]

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