Southend’s infamous Millennium Clock is to be removed. The clock arrived (12 monthe late) at the top of the High Street as a celebration of the dawn of a new millennium. It was based on a design by a local schoolgirl. Over the last nine years, the clock has been a) temperamental and b) controversial, [...]

OK – Technically, this isn’t a news story worthy of inclusion on southendnews.co.uk, but it’s our site, so we can bend the rules to vent a little. My mission today was to take back a faulty Joggler to the o2 store in Southend – you know – the one that’s been on the High Street [...]

In probably the most pointless post we’ve ever made, we’ve been asked to alert our loyal readers that, err, it’s snowing. Yes – that’s right – we’ve had reported sightings of white stuff falling and settling on surfaces, in turn turning those surfaces a white, snowy colour. As a real insult to your intelligence, here’s [...]