Southend Council comes under fire for felling trees
Residents have raised concerns over mature trees being cut down during nesting season and without warning. Homeowners in Thorpedene Gardens
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Thorpe Bay residents’ group faces revolt as chairman survives calls to quit
Angry campaigners stormed out of a Southend residents’ association meeting after its chairman refused to step down and instead produced
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Thorpe Bay hotel at odds with neighbours in parking row
A Thorpe Bay hotel and residents are embroiled in a parking row, with police even knocking on doors and asking
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Calls for community bank in outlying areas of Southend
A COMMUNITY bank must be built because numerous bank closures have left some Southend residents facing a ten-mile round trip
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Thorpe Bay residents hit back over speed humps plan
Residents heckled councillors on Monday in a fiery debate about plans to install speed humps and 20mph speed limits in
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MP vows to take fight against Thorpe Bay speed humps scheme right to the top
Tory MP James Duddridge has pledged to take his fight to stop speed humps in Thorpe Bay to ministers in
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Southend councillor’s ‘nimby’ comment over road safety scheme angers residents
A leading Southend councillor has come under fire for calling residents concerned about the installation of speed bumps during a
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Pensioner completes pier walking fundraiser for hospitals
A Thorpe Bay pensioner has completed a charity challenge by walking over 53 miles up and down Southend Pier. May
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Thorpe Bay dispersal order remains in place
A dispersal order continues to remain in place today following concerns about anti-social behaviour in Thorpe Bay. The order will
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Southend resident must tear down chimney after councillor calls it “ugliest thing I’ve ever seen”
The owner of an outbuilding in Southend has been ordered to pull down a chimney attached to an outbuilding following
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