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Southend-on-Sea, Essex
Joined July 2011
⚠️ Travel Alert: Greater Anglia train services are experiencing significant disruption this morning, due to someone trying to steal some signalling cables. The attempted theft has caused a fault with the signalling system between Brentwood and Harold Wood. This means trains
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The smell and swarming flies from the fire-damaged Metrow Foods warehouse in Southend has gone on for weeks – making the lives of local residents a misery. https://t.co/Uy6zqiduqn
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A Southend MP has described rotting food inside a fire-damaged warehouse as a serious “hygiene hazard”, after weeks of foul smells and swarms of flies have
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Urban explorers captured eerie scenes inside Southend’s former tax office before its redeveloped into 557 new flats. The development was given approval by Southend City Council, however some people are concerned that Southend’s infrastructure can cope.
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A group of urban explorers quietly gained access to the empty tower block at 21 Victoria Avenue in the city of Southend – then made their way through several
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⚠️ There is very heavy traffic currently in Southend city centre as a significant amount of people arrive for the Halloween Parade on the seafront.
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UPDATE: Police have confirmed in a statement that the collision only involved the police car:
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A police flipped onto its roof outside the police station on Victoria Avenue in Southend while responding to an incident.
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⚠️ Incident Alert: A police car has flipped onto its roof in a collision on Victoria Avenue in Southend. The crash has happened outside Southend Police station, at a junction that leads to the police station car park. Two ambulances are at the scene. It is not yet clear if
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Who's going to the parade on Saturday? It's going to be a busy event so get there early! Car parks will fill up fast! https://t.co/atZhB89te4
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A huge illuminated Halloween Parade and a free fireworks display will take place on Southend seafront this October!
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Moments like this show the best of Southend 🩵 When a young girl wanted to learn to skateboard, her mum took her to the city’s skatepark (named Skatey McSkateface) with no idea where to start. However, a group of teenage skaters noticed her struggling and stopped their own
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Urban explorers managed to get into Southend’s old HMRC office block before it becomes hundreds of flats - and they made it all the way to the roof! The explorers gained access to Alexander House on Victoria Avenue, a 16-storey tower built in the early 1970s that once served as
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A fruit fly outbreak linked to rotting food inside a fire-damaged warehouse is still affecting homes in parts of Southend. Stressed local residents report being unable to open windows or eat comfortably, and the council is now considering further legal action against the
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Residents across Eastwood and Leigh-on-Sea say they are living in “horrendous” conditions as a huge fruit fly infestation continues to plague homes and
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Broad daylight fly-tipping in Southend caught on camera. Two men were seen dumping rubbish on Progress Road around 12.30pm last week. A local resident blocked them in with his car and told them to reload it - but got “nothing but abuse and aggressive behaviour.” The van, a
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Well done to the firefighters from Hawkwell station who came out to rescue a cat that had got itself stuck at the top of a telegraph pole! Hawkwell is an on-call fire station, which means firefighters who are based there live and work within 5 minutes of the fire station.
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Plans for 2,000 homes and Southend’s ‘largest park’ have been unveiled for green belt land between Thorpe Bay and Shoebury – joining a wave of new developments that would reshape the city. https://t.co/jECwPssrJ8
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Major proposals for 2,000 new homes on green belt land between Thorpe Bay and Shoebury have been revealed, as public consultation opens on what developers
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Latest: A car "exploded" in Southend city centre last night, with local residents describing multiple loud bangs as flames took hold of the car. The car fire happened in Warrior Square, soon after 8pm. Two firefighter crews were quickly dispatched to the incident to extinguish
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Police uncovered more than 700 cannabis plants inside this Shoebury industrial unit, disrupting the supply of marijuana into Southend. https://t.co/Ft2T7TTUHM
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A man has been jailed after police discovered a large cannabis farm hidden inside an industrial unit in Shoeburyness, where more than 700 plants were being
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Latest: A Southend flat linked to drug use and constant disturbances has finally been shut down after months of complaints. Should more problem homes face closure orders like this? https://t.co/oMLBPyiW68
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A closure order has been granted for a flat in central Southend after months of anti-social behaviour, including reports of drug use, drunkenness and frequent
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Who fancies a free pizza? You can get one on Saturday in Southend at the new Twelve Pizzeria! 3pm-5pm. https://t.co/WSptRps7ZT
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A new artisan pizzeria offering bottomless pizza and drinks is opening this weekend in Southend city centre – and they’re giving away totally free pizzas to
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Southend Pier will soon be blanketed in 110,000 handmade poppies this November - each one knitted or crocheted by people from across the world in a powerful act of remembrance. From 5–16 Nov 2025, the world’s longest pleasure pier will become a 1.3-mile sea of red, with every
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Spotted on Southend beach! This spotted pink fish was seen washed up on the beach. It’s believed to be a catshark which are common in shallow coastal waters around the UK, including the Essex coast. It’s not clear why the fish died but they can be affected by pollution and
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