The 2011 Southend Airshow will not be held this May Bank Holiday as expected. As part of cost-cutting measures, this year’s airshow won’t run over the May Bank Holiday Sunday and Monday normal, but instead will take place on Saturday 28th May and Sunday 29th May 2011. One of the reasons cited of moving the [...]

It seems that Southend-on-Sea will once again be bidding to change status from a town to a city. As part of the celebrations for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012, towns around the UK are bidding for city status, and Southend’s thrown its hat into the ring for consideration. There are just 66 cities in [...]

Well done to the guys and girls at Odeon Southend, and thanks for a lovely night… of queuing. Valentine’s night is notoriously busy for cinemas, and the premiere of the Simon Pegg / Nick Frost comedy “Paul”  just happened to fall on the same night. So, on a predictably busy night, some bright spark elected [...]

It’s the year of the Rabbit, and Southend is celebrating today. All day today, Saturday the 5th of February 2011, there are a number of activities taking place to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The day’s events kicked off at 11am with a short speech by the Mayor of Southend, then an impressive display of [...]