Day One of the Southend Air Show (“Festival of the Air”) is drawing to a close. Visibility’s been great, but the high winds have caused a couple of displays to be cancelled, including the Battle of Britain flypast. The winds have not stopped some impressive flying from various RAF aircraft, a display by the rescue [...]

In case it’s escaped your notice, this weekend is a bank holiday weekend, and in Southend, it’s the Southend Airshow. Two days of aircraft buzzing the crowds gathered below along Southend seafront.  Taking part this year wil be the Mustang, Sabra, Sea King, RAF Falcons, Kittyhawk, the Typhoon and the Tornado. There will also be a Battle [...]

Note to commuters and users of train services into and out of Southend… From Sunday 23rd May 2010, the timetables for c2c and National Express East Anglia will be changing. You can now download or browse the new timetables: New C2C Timetable: www.c2c-online.co.uk/travel_information/train_timetable New National Express Timetable: www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/travel_information/train_timetables

A new addition to our site – Southend Essentials. Southend Essentials is a handy one-page guide to visiting Southend-on-Sea. It’s intended as a single sheet that you can print out and bring with you. The guide includes train times, phone numbers, attractions, food and drink, plus accommodation. It’s available as a PDF (for one-page printing), [...]

Thanks to one of our regulars for pointing out that we’ve not posted a summary of the results of the 2010 elections. We’re sure you know the results, but a recap never hurts. In the General Election: Southend West: 46% of votes to Conservative. David Amess MP remains Rochford and Southend East: 47% of votes [...]

It can’t have escaped your notice, but the people of Essex are today voting in the General and Local Elections. We’ve checked in with a couple of polling stations in the Southend West constituency, and are told that turnout is good – higher than in previous elections. The scene at one polling station in Leigh-on-Sea [...]