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• Residents’ parking - councillors give the go-ahead at last

  As a result of the petition submitted by Councillor Ian Gilbert, and pressure from local residents in the...

• Call for extra pedestrian crossings at busy roundabout

  Former St Lukes ward councillor and Labour candidate in next year's local elections, Mike Royston, has launched a...

• Labour challenges council with West Road action plan

  Southend Labour’s youngest activist has prepared constructive action plan for improving West Road in Shoebury. Gray Sergeant, 18,...

• Labour councillors urge residents to respond to parking surveys

  Councillors for Kursaal and Victoria wards are urging people in the Boscombe/Wimborne Road and Guildford Road/St Anns/Maldon Road...

• Southend East station improvements welcomed

  

  Kursaal Ward Councillor Judy McMahon was pleased to attend the recent formal opening of the new improvements to...

• Judy welcomes progress to make Southchurch Hall Gardens safer

  Judy McMahon, Labour councillor for Kursaal Ward, has welcomed moves by the council which finally take forward the...

• Vigil for the NHS

  On Monday 5 September there will be a vigil at Southend Hospital against the Coalition Government's Health Bill,...

• Tesco development put on hold

  After years of waiting, Tesco finally submitted plans for its development on the old B&Q site next to Southend Victoria...

• Keep Shoebury Police Station open

  

  The Conservative/Lib Dem Government is imposing massive cuts on Essex Police with its budget being slashed by around...

• Average commuter set to spend £280 more on fares next year

  Southend Labour demands government reinstate lower cap on fares. The average commuter travelling from Southend to...

• Keep Leigh Police Station open

  

  The Conservative/Lib Dem Government is imposing massive cuts on Essex Police with its budget being slashed by around...

• Action on Southchurch Hall Gardens

  A petition has been organised for an alcohol control area in Southchurch Hall Garden. Judy McMahon, Labour Candidate for Kursaal...

• Will Westcliff Library be axed?

  Kevin Robinson, Labour candidate for Westborough, warns of that massive budget cuts inflicted on Southend Council by the Conservatives and...

• Porters Grange petition

  

  Southend Council plans to increase the number of pupils at Porters Grange School next year. This will lead to overcrowding...

• Tories and Lib Dems axe athletics track at Chase High

  Plans to build a new athletics track at Chase High School have been scrapped by the coalition government. The Labour...

• Southend firm secures multi-million pound contract

  Southend Labour congratulates Ipeco on winning a multi-million pound contract to make seats for the new Boeing 787 planes. Ipeco,...

• Skills Swap Shop

  

  Skills Swapshop Councillor Mike Royston has come up with the idea of a Skills Swapshop for residents in St Lukes...

• Kevin celebrates Turning Tides success

  

  Kevin has welcomed the announcement of another year's funding for the Turning Tides project in central Southend. He said "Turning...

• BREAKING NEWS: York Road Market

  Local people are expressing shock and anger at the speed at which York Road Market could be demolished. Officers have...

• Tories divided and confused on York Road Market

  December's full council meeting revealed local Tories to be divided and confused over the future of York Road Market, which...