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REVEALED: The Lightning Seeds, Katy B and Ellie Sax are among 10 new artists joining the line up for this year’s Lazydays festival in Southend! Last summer, over 5,000 people went to one of the 4 sessions, with lots of attendees saying how it’s a great event for Southend. Katy…

Sneak preview: We were given an exclusive tour of Lazydays Festival in Southend’s Priory Park, before it opens to thousands of festival goers today! The music, craft drinks and street food festival is certainly bigger and better, now in its second year. A few tickets are…

The fourth and final person to have tragically died in the crash at Southend Airport has been named as 53-year-old pilot Captain Danny Marco Franken. Captain Franken leaves his wife and son behind. His wife Cindy said in an emotional statement: "We must say goodbye to my dearest…

🚨 APPEAL: Police are trying to identify a bare-chested man who was “acting inappropriately” towards a teenage boy on Southend seafront. The man is described as of South Asian appearance, aged between 20 and 30 years old, with black hair, a beard, and a moustache. He is…

Are you the mystery man from Southend that met this woman in Newquay? Jenni is searching for the “sweet man with tattoos and piercings” that she met while on holiday in Newquay, so that they can reconnect. Let’s help reunite them! She told Your Southend: “I hope someone can…

Breaking: Firefighters are responding to an incident in Southchurch Road, at a residential property near the TEXACO petrol station. Three firefighter crews are at the scene, along with multiple police units and paramedics. At least one person is believed to be being treated…

⚠️ We’re receiving reports that some areas of Thorpe Bay and Shoebury are flooded this evening following a thunderstorm which brought heavy downpours of rain and lightning strikes. It's reported that at least 18mm of rain fell in just 30 minutes in Shoebury. As a result,…

Meanwhile in Rochford, contractors working for Essex County Council have painted a new white line road marking straight through a deep pot hole. Local residents say they have reported the pot hole on Ashingdon Road "multiple times" but that it hasn't been fixed yet. Essex…

This is community spirit in action. A woman in Essex noticed that the footpath in her street was hazardous for people to walk down. So she took it upon herself to clear it up. Sonia Evrard-Scarola said: "This is my road and it was dangerous for the elderly and disabled to walk…

A seal pup was spotted resting in the shade on Southend beach! The pup was on the sand under the Thames Estuary Yacht Club jetty. Photos by Alice Skeats.

Firefighters were called out again last night to a fire in the central reservation area of the A127. The flames were spotted between the two crash barriers, near to Progress Road. Two fire crews attended the incident and stopped the fire from spreading further along the A127.…

The second person who sadly lost their life in the plane crash at Southend Airport has been named by friends as Dr Matthias Eyl, who regularly worked with the Red Cross. He leaves behind a son. Dr Eyl, aged 46, was from Germany, where he worked as a paramedic and was also…

The first person to be named who was killed in the plane crash at Southend Airport is María Fernanda Rojas Ortiz, aged 31. María was from Chile and had been living in Germany, working as a nurse in a hospital. She had got married last year. It was the first day of her new job…