How Wioletta earned a fresh start in life
	3:47am Wed 16 Jul 08
	WIOLETTA Pazdanska spoke hardly any English when she moved to England five years ago.
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	Student’s tasty way to transform the pier
	6:20am Tue 15 Jul 08
	A TALENTED student has revealed her own ambitious plans to transform Southend Pier with a new restaurant and brasserie.
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	Robot Titan and knights wow the crowds
	5:26am Tue 15 Jul 08
	KNIGHTS on horseback and robots were just some of the strange characters which entertained people at a festival to raise money for St Luke's Hospice.

	Is the energy solution blowing in the wind?
	1:53am Thu 10 Jul 08
	THE wind turbines are coming. Two thousand of them are slowly turning across the UK and within the next few years there could be three times as many.
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	60 years on, welcome to multicultural NHS
	8:00pm Mon 7 Jul 08
	MATRON Sharon Ali Mendes has seen a lot of changes since she joined the NHS 40 years ago after arriving in the UK from Trinidad, aged 18.
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	Taking a plunge at Essex's first diving festival
	5:54am Sun 6 Jul 08
	SCUBA diving enthusiasts from across south Essex watched frogmen take the plunge at the county's first ever diving festival.

	Snowboy drums beat into Sutton with Shopland festival
	3:25pm Thu 3 Jul 08
	THE cool beats of Latin Jazz are not the staple diet of your average barn dance. It's about as far removed from dosey-do your partner as it gets!

Pensioner helps Ugandan orphans

9:21am Monday 30th June 2008

A PENSIONER who has dedicated her retirement to helping orphans in Uganda, has raised thousands of pounds towards a permanent home for children abondoned through war and disease.

	Hospital International Day
	1:27am Mon 30 Jun 08
	HOSPITAL workers from across the world came together to celebrate their diversity.

	Town salutes its war heroes
	9:54pm Sun 29 Jun 08
	THOSE who fell in conflict, and veterans who lived to share their remarkable tales of heroism, were honoured in a three-day celebration in Southend.
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	Updated: Leigh Folk Festival
	1:15pm Sun 29 Jun 08
	THIS year’s Leigh Folk Festival is being hailed the best ever, with thousands of people enjoying open-air music, dancing and family fun.

Concert in the park

3:48pm Sunday 29th June 2008

FAMILIES tucked into picnics, wine and champagne for a concert of popular classics with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Priory Park, Southend.

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	Leigh shops close as rent and rates rise
	4:16am Sat 28 Jun 08
	LEIGH's image of a shopping area is fast being tarnished by empty shops and a sharp rise in the number of wine bars and cafes, which some fear will worsen if the economic recession bites.
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	Firms forsee return to airport’s golden age
	3:00am Fri 27 Jun 08
	BUSINESSES are looking forward to a second golden age of the once-buzzing Southend Airport.
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	My visit to Africa genocide survivors
	4:06am Thu 26 Jun 08
	IT may not seem like the most glamorous of presents but those who receive it have dubbed it the gift of life.

Let's fly to the Med, says Southend Airport boss

1:27am Thursday 26th June 2008

SOUTHEND Airport could soon be running holiday flights to the Mediterranean, as boss Alastair Welch hopes to model the airport on the success of Southampton.

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	On song to tell tales
	11:37am Wed 25 Jun 08
	SIX months ago Rachel Harrington was working as a university admissions clerk back home in the States.

	Pirate Roy sets sail for Leigh Folk Festival
	11:32am Wed 25 Jun 08
	ONE old pirate loves the Leigh Folk Festival so much he will be setting sail from Dundee overnight to take his place on stage.

	Airport's chance to fly into a brave new future
	1:50am Wed 25 Jun 08
	THE suspense at London Southend Airport is tighter than anything in the film Snakes on a Plane. The future hangs on two separate transactions, both imminent.
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	Two go off on a bike in the country
	10:01am Tue 24 Jun 08
	ON Your Bike - Essex, does just what it says on the tin! This easy to follow guide book unlocks the cycling secrets of the county's sleepy backwaters, offering a countryside escape to silent car free lanes, pretty cottages and quaint pubs.
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	No escape from school work, even in hospital
	1:09am Wed 18 Jun 08
	POORLY children are keeping on top of their education thanks to a hospital teacher.

	Prepare to chuckle
	4:17pm Tue 17 Jun 08
	FAMILY favourites the Chuckle Brothers will help conjure up a festive feast of pantomime magic, in Aladdin, at the Cliffs Pavilion this Christmas.
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	25 years of caring for people in need
	7:00am Tue 17 Jun 08
	STAFF and volunteers who have worked at Fair Havens over the years celebrated its 25th anniversary.

	18 years on, can cops finally catch the Laindon Rapist?
	1:30am Tue 17 Jun 08
	AS THE two young actresses walked through the woodland they were prepared for the masked man waiting to jump out on them.

	Palace Theatre Guild winds up
	8:44am Sat 14 Jun 08
	THEY may have fought to get the Palace Theatre's doors open once again to the public, but getting in-house productions back at the venue has proved one fight too far for its guild.
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