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 ...

The closure of a Southend school's swimming pool has prompted calls from the city's MP for better access to sports facilities ...

A NOTORIOUS paedophile linked to a string of sadistic child killings landed jobs at a council swimming pool and an amusement arcade ...

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 ...