PRINCE AVENUE ACADEMY PUPILS SUPPORT THE LOCAL HAVEN COMMUNITY HUB
Pupils from Prince Avenue Academy were pleased to entertain members of the local community who gathered at the Havens Hub in Hamlet Court Road.
Pupils from Prince Avenue Academy were pleased to entertain members of the local community who gathered at the Havens Hub in Hamlet Court Road.
Heycroft Primary School, part of the South East Essex Academy Trust (SEEAT), is celebrating the re- opening of the school swimming pool following years of closure.
As Southend’s seafront gears up for another busy summer, Southend-on-Sea City Council is reminding residents and visitors of the Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) in place to help keep everyone safe and ensure a great day out for all.
Join Havens Hospices for its ‘Glow for Havens’ fundraiser, taking place on Saturday 20th September from 4.45pm, starting the walking routes at dusk and finishing at Little Havens in Daws Heath Road, Thundersley.
Southend-on-Sea City Council has contacted residents affected by an error in care cost calculations. The error, which dates back to 2018, was caused when a new software system used to calculate care charges was configured incorrectly.
c2c will be running a full Sunday timetable with trains going into both Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street stations. They will be running as many trains, with as many carriages as possible throughout the day.
Southend’s award-winning pier is set to become the centrepiece of an ambitious ‘yarnbomb’ tribute this November, as thousands of knitted and crocheted red poppies are installed along its entire 1.33-mile stretch in the lead-up to Remembrance Day.
The newly refurbished shop is a joint initiative with local Essex charity Havens Hospices. It provides a valuable resource for residents to donate or purchase reusable items, ensuring they find a new home rather than ending up as waste.
Over 300 of Southend’s musicians and artists came out on Friday 23rd May for a private view of the Scene by the Sea art exhibition and map launch at Southend’s Beecroft Gallery
Southend City Jam, the UK’s largest street art festival, returns from 29 to 31 August 2025, transforming the city centre, seafront and pier into a vibrant canvas of creativity.
On Wednesday 21st May Endeavour Leigh-on-sea's very own Dunkirk Little Ship and cockle boat sailed to Dunkirk from Ramsgate to commemorate the 85th anniversary of WW2 Operation Dynamo.
Join a four-day journey along the Thames Estuary: Jacktars and Landlubbers, part of T100’s Our River festival. Walkers and sailors move side by side, tracing the footsteps and wake of those who shaped this historic waterway.
This summer, residents and visitors will have the chance to explore both local and global maritime history, from newly conserved artefacts recovered from a 17th century Southend shipwreck, to stepping aboard a working replica of Christopher Columbus’s Santa Maria.
All eight of Southend beaches have once again met the high standards required for Blue Flag and Seaside Awards, as announced in this year’s prestigious Keep Britain Tidy awards.
There were lots of ghostly, loud noises and glimpses of inhuman ‘things’ that bounced across the stage or came out of nowhere and of course this gave the audience many startling moments,
HM Coastguard Southend co-ordinated a multi service response to suspected ordnance close to the public areas and businesses in old Leigh last week. After initial investigations by the Army Explosive Team the ordnance was moved offshore where the three items were prepared for detonation and safely detonated with a controlled explosion.
Southend in Sight are excited to announce that they have just been chosen as one of the new Southend Mayor’s charities for the year.
Westcliff High School for Girls which is part of South East Essex Academy Trust, is proud to announce an outstanding national achievement by the Class of 2023, who secured the highest average point score in the country for GCSE Engineering.
Councillor Nigel Folkard has been formally elected as the 104th Mayor of Southend at today’s Annual Meeting of the Council, taking over the role from Cllr Ron Woodley.
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