Southend Council hopes the scheme will make it easier and more affordable for people to spend time in the city.

A disabled woman who did not think she would still be alive to see her flat's balcony fixed said she felt "reborn" now it has ...

The dispersal order covers a large area of the city centre in Southend-on-Sea Police have been granted extra powers to break-up large groups after a seafront fight involving multiple people. Officers ...

More than 110,000 handmade poppies are set to transform Southend Pier in one of the UK's largest community remembrance art displays. The poppies have been sent from across the UK and the world and ...

A city has planned its first-ever New Year's Eve seafront fireworks display. Southend-on-Sea City Council said the free event would see two displays launched from a barge east of Southend Pier on the ...

PHOTOS taken on Southend seafront yesterday show thousands of sun-seekers making the most of the mini-heatwave. Temperatures reached as high as 28C in Southend yesterday, with today's conditions set ...

AN appeal has been launched after Southend Council refused planning permission for BT to install a seafront advert in a conservation area. The telecommunications company hoped to install a “street hub ...

Ten people have been sentenced after "two rival gangs" fought with machetes on a seafront. Families watched on as the violent disorder erupted by the beach and High Street in Southend-on-Sea on 30 ...

With 362 miles of coastline, Essex boasts a huge array of pretty seaside towns and cities. But in a recent survey of the best in the country, two of the county's most popular were ranked right at the ...

When Which? published its annual list of the best seaside resorts in the country I couldn't wait to see if my home city made the cut. And that proved the case – but for all the wrong reasons. To my ...

Police have been granted extra powers to break-up large groups after a seafront fight involving multiple people. Officers were called to the disorder in Marine Parade, Southend-on-Sea, on Friday ...