A SOUTHEND school has announced its swimming pool will close as it desperately tries to find half a million pounds to carry out expensive repairs. The Portico Academy Trust wrote to parents at ...

They completed 1,352 lengths of the swimming pool at Southend Leisure and Tennis Centre on Thursday, in just over seven hours. The group have raised nearly £2,000 for Prostate Cancer UK.

Mr Lloyd worked at the Lamb and Lion in Westcliff, Southend. On the crowdfunding page Mr Lloyd's sister described him as an "amazing man with the kindest of hearts" and said he lived his short ...

The swimming pool at Earls Hall Primary School, in Carlton Avenue, Southend, had become run-down and needed additional investment to ensure its continued use. In stepped swimming company Aqua ...