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How did you feel when Longpier.com broke the news that Southend would be bidding to become the first UK City of Culture in 2013? Did it spark your interest? Well, if you were keen to find out more and get involved with the bid, then here's your chance. The community's being invited to a ...
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Traffic wardens in the borough of Southend dished out more than £1.2m worth of parking tickets in the past year. The figures - released by the Taxpayers Alliance - reveal fines in the borough were actually down by almost £100,000 on the previous year. For the tax year between 2007-8, the ...
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A Southend United fan - who played at Roots Hall as part of a charity match - has won the Goal of The Season, beating off competition from twenty others. 20 year old Daryl Savage scored a spectacular volley in a game back in May, raising money for 'Football Aid' - an initiative that allows ...
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Everton
Scotland
When I roll up to one of Leigh on Sea's most trendy bars, Louis XIV, I'm anxious. It's not the surroundings that I feel uncomfortable with, it's the prospect of meeting a professional photographer. I'm here to meet Jo Curtis - and as part of the feature, I have to take a photograph of her - ...
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Open Evenings at South East Essex College in Southend get more popular every year and thousands of prospective students and parents are expected to turn up to the latest one - on Thursday (26th). This time the college has recruited a pair of new student guides - two puppets. Two BND ...
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Friday (27th Nov) sees the much-anticipated return to Southend for the 2009 Battle of the Bands winners, The JONS. The south Essex five-piece will headline at the Railway Hotel in Clifftown Road as a warm-up to a series of gigs throughout the county and London. The JONS have played the ...
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Over 100 items or promises, including a week in a swanky Spanish villa - worth 1000 euros - are being auctioned off for one of Southend's biggest charities this coming Friday (27th). The auction of goods and promises takes place at the town's Leisure and Tennis Centre at Garon's Park, ...
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It's a subject often stigmatised, it's incredibly difficult to talk about and both women and MEN can become a victim. Now, a major campaign, aiming to highlight the help available for those at risk of domestic abuse in Southend and surrounding areas, is being launched. All this week, members ...
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Rail fares in Southend and surrounding areas will either be frozen or slightly reduced in the New Year. Train company chiefs from National Express - which owns and runs the two lines between Liverpool Street and Southend Victoria and the c2c service between Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness ...
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Liverpool
Plans for a massive £5m revamp of Southend's iconic pier have been thrown into chaos after the council missed out on vital government cash. The town was hoping to attract £4m worth of funding from the Department of Culture Media & Sport’s Sea Change Programme in its bid to rejuvenate ...
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Southend's Christmas-on-Sea festivities are taking place today (Sat 14th). Here's a useful timing guide: •9am till 8pm - Christmas Market with German sausages, gluhwein, gingerbread, traditional gifts and much more •8.30am till 5pm – Christmas Farmers and Craft Market with Christmas treats and ...
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BREAKING NEWS: Southend United have signed Swindon defender Sean Morrison on an one month loan deal. The 6ft 1in 18 year old goes straight into the squad for today's game at Yeovil. He's played less than 30 first team games for Swindon, but most of those appearances have come this season. It's ...
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The local charity HARP - which helps homeless people in Southend and surrounding areas - has been severely criticised by locals in Westcliff, who say a new overnight facility would cause untold problems for people living in the area. HARP currently has two centres - one on York Road, which ...
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Longpier.com is teaming up with local fab food site Essex Gourmet to give you the chance to win tickets to a cracking event in London this December. Essex Gourmet , your local guide to fabulous food and drink in Essex – tried and trusted - is giving away 3 pairs of wonderful ‘Taste of ...
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BREAKING NEWS Southend United have paid an outstanding debt of £2.135 million in full and have, therefore, avoided administration and a ten point penalty. More follows...
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This weekend sees the launch of Discuss Southend - a brand new forum for Longpier.com readers. We're teaming up with excellent resource website sarfend.co.uk to provide you with a place to air your views, comment on the stories that matter to you and read what others are thinking. Here ...
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International arts group METAL - based in Chalkwell Park in Southend - has been awarded the Guinness World Record for the longest line of continuous bunting. The continuous stream of small flags, cotton and ribbon was created by more than 50 local schools and community groups. It's the exact ...
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International arts group METAL - based in Chalkwell Park in Southend - has been awarded the Guinness World Record for the longest line of continuous bunting. The continuous stream of small flags, cotton and ribbon was created by more than 50 local schools and community groups. It's the ...
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Back in the 1950s and 60s, the Southend Odeon was THE place in south Essex to see not just nationally, but internationally famous acts and groups. Doubling up as a cinema and an auditorium, the Odeon - on Southend High Street - was consistently putting on major shows and acts to more than ...
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No decision will be taken over the future of the indoor York Road Market in Southend, until a comprehensive consultation has been carried out, longpier.com understands. The 90-year old indoor market was suddenly closed on October 17, after a structural report on the building revealed ...
