Southend parks team secure nine Green Flag Awards for 2024
Southend-on-Sea City Council’s parks team is celebrating once again, as nine of the city’s parks have achieved national Green Flag
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Council to revive huge masterplan for Basildon town centre
Major plans to transform Basildon town centre, with big retailers, bars, restaurants and a multimillion-pound youth zone, are set to
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‘Super hostel’ idea for Shoebury branded “totally inappropriate”
Calls for a former library to be transformed into a “super hostel” to house homeless people across Southend have been
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Protestors want voices heard over plans to close Havering libraries
Campaigners gathered outside Havering Town Hall on Tuesday to ensure their “voices were heard” as the council plans to close
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Controversial Westcliff teacher parking permit scheme to be replaced
Teachers could to be offered business permits in an “elegant solution” to a parking row which has left residents furious
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Cameras to target fly-tippers at Southend flats
Cameras are set to be installed to catch people dumping furniture and other household items outside a block of flats
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New rescue boat to be named after late Southend MP
Leigh Round Table has funded the purchase of a new revolutionary rescue/patrol boat for Chalkwell Lifeguards Club volunteers to be
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Reducing number of ‘NEETs’ in Redbridge will be ‘challenging,’ councillors told
Reducing the number of young people in Redbridge who are neither at school nor in work will be “challenging,” councillors
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£1.04million funding boost for 100 CCTV cameras in Castle Point
Castle Point is set to benefit from 100 new CCTV cameras, thanks to a £1million funding boost – with the
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Brass on the Grass
This year’s Brass on the Grass event takes place at The Rectory Garden, Church Road, Kelvedon Hatch, on Saturnday June
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