Today, Monday the 22nd June 2009, Essex FM was replaced by “Heart”, taking the total of Heart-branded stations in the UK to 33, and adding networked daytime programming from London. The station re-launched at 6am – first track was Janet Jackson, The Best Things in Life are Free. Here’s a short extract from today’s 6am [...]

News of a local Puppet Festival. If puppets are your thing, look out for the Puppet Festival on July 31st, August 1st and August 2nd. There will be a number of free shows on and near Southend Pier. Kids; bring your grown-ups to see Punch. Grown-ups; bring your kids to see Judy. The shows, from [...]

From Monday the 22nd June, Essex FM vanishes from our local airwaves, to be replaced by “Heart” As we’ve reported before, Essex FM is owned by the largest commercial radio group in the UK, Global Radio. Their three-phase plan to rebrand over 30 stations with a local identity to “Heart”. For the last couple of [...]

This morning we saw ten eager shoppers in the o2 queue by 8:30, and two chaps with laptops and seats outside Southend High Street’s Carphone Warehouse. These chaps have been queueing for the new Apple iPhone 3GS, which goes on sale today. The new phone, an update on last year’s 3G version, offers a faster [...]