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• Cycle sculpture takes centre stage at Village Green Festival

  Published on Wednesday, 10th July 2019 in Events and Leisure news

  Students at South Essex College worked with artist Nik Ramage to create a moving sculpture, made of recycled bikes, which will be on display in the ForwardMotion area at the Village Green Festival.

• Visitors pleased as Punch for return of puppet festival

  

  Published on Tuesday, 16th July 2019 in Events and Leisure news

  Come down to Southend Pier on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 August to see some iconic British slapstick comedy in the 31st Southend Pier Puppet Festival.

• Volunteering project celebrates 10th birthday

  

  Published on Thursday, 11th July 2019 in Jobs and Volunteering news

  A leading UK volunteering charity will be celebrating 10 years of supporting local families in Southend at an event in Southend.

• Resident faces £1,550 bill for failing to comply with ‘Untidy Site Notice’

  

  Published on Thursday, 11th July 2019 in Planning and Building news

  A local resident faces a £1,550 bill following a legal dispute with the council regarding a fire-damaged property in Chalkwell.

• Mayor to raise rainbow flag to mark start of Southend Pride week

  

  Published on Thursday, 11th July 2019 in Events and Leisure news

  Southend’s Mayor will raise the rainbow flag outside the Civic Centre this Friday in recognition of the start of the weeklong Southend Pride celebrations.

• ParkLives Southend returns for more free fitness fun

  

  Published on Wednesday, 10th July 2019 in Events news

  Southend children, young people and families can look forward to a summer of free weekly outdoor activities again, thanks to the return of the Council’s popular ParkLives Southend programme.

• Plans submitted for The Forum 2

  

  Published on Tuesday, 9th July 2019 in Planning and Building news

  A planning application for The Forum 2, the second collaborative development between Southend-on-Sea Borough Council and South Essex College, has been submitted.

• Airport Business Park Southend beginning to take shape

  

  Published on Monday, 8th July 2019 in Business news

  Work is progressing quickly at Southend-on-Sea’s new Airport Business Park, with Readie Construction now breaking ground for phase 2 infrastructure and enabling works.

• Awards event for local mentoring project students

  

  Published on Wednesday, 3rd July 2019 in Schools and Learning news

  A local mentoring project will be celebrating the success of its pupils at an upcoming event in Southend.

• Parents asked, can you see the signs?

  

  Published on Tuesday, 2nd July 2019 in Communities, Neighbourhoods and the Environment news

  No-one ever thinks their child could become embroiled with drugs, gangs and knives so an information event has been arranged to educate parents to see the signs.

• Councillors to consider measures to tackle anti-social behaviour

  

  Published on Tuesday, 2nd July 2019 in About the Council news

  Senior councillors are to consider proposals to help tackle anti-social behaviour, aggressive begging and street-drinking at a meeting of cabinet next week (Cabinet, 8 July, agenda item 3).

• Changes proposed to council’s corporate management team

  

  Published on Monday, 1st July 2019 in About the Council news

  The council’s cabinet will discuss proposals to make changes to the council’s corporate management team next week (Cabinet, Monday 8 July, agenda item 4).

• ForwardMotion asks south Essex to get on board for ‘Catch the Bus Week’

  

  Published on Monday, 1st July 2019 in Environment news

  From the 1st to the 7th of July, ForwardMotion is encouraging people across south Essex to swap one car journey for a ride on a public bus, as part of Catch the Bus Week 2019.

• Plans in place for sun and fun-soaked Southend-on-Sea

  

  Published on Friday, 28th June 2019 in Events and Leisure news

  Southend-on-Sea Borough Council and its partners are once again putting plans in place for a sunny weekend, with temperatures expected to reach up to 30 degrees on Saturday.

• Councillors seek reassurance over plans for health care changes

  

  Published on Friday, 28th June 2019 in Health and Wellbeing news

  Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has issued a response to a letter suggesting that parts of a plan to change health care in the area will be implemented ahead of a decision by the Secretary of State.

• Excitement grows as garden festival h-edges closer

  

  Published on Thursday, 27th June 2019 in Events and Leisure news

  For the tenth year running, the council will be displaying a garden at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, and now they need your support to add to the impressive RHS medal collection.

• Council property acquisitions could fund housing regeneration

  

  Published on Wednesday, 26th June 2019 in Housing news

  Councillors have agreed to spend £4.3m buying private properties for use as council housing, and create a revolving investment fund to deliver a pipeline of housing regeneration projects for Southend.

• New administration adds priorities to future plans

  

  Published on Tuesday, 25th June 2019 in About the Council news

  The council’s new joint administration has confirmed its priorities for the future, including a new focus on housing, community safety and the environment.

• Flag raising starts Armed Forces Day celebrations

  

  Published on Monday, 24th June 2019 in Events and Leisure news

  Veterans, schoolchildren and council staff stood shoulder to shoulder for the raising of the Armed Forces flag outside the Civic Centre today (Monday 24 June).

• Town centre future to be discussed by cabinet

  

  Published on Friday, 21st June 2019 in About the Council news

  Work to boost Southend town centre, including setting up a formal partnership to deliver it will be discussed by the council’s cabinet next week.

• Drug den flat served with court order

  

  Published on Friday, 21st June 2019 in Communities, Neighbourhoods and the Environment news

  A property in Southend-on-Sea has been served a closure order following a multi-agency operation into drug related activity.

• New pier entrance opens its doors to the public

  

  Published on Friday, 21st June 2019 in Events and Leisure news

  The new and improved pier entrance has officially opened its doors to the public following the completion of improvement works to the entrance of the iconic landmark.

• Southend salutes service men and women this Armed Forces Day

  

  Published on Wednesday, 19th June 2019 in Events and Leisure news

  Southend is set to salute its armed services personnel past, present and future with music, commemoration and family fun as part of national Armed Forces Day.

• Public health report sets out council’s aims for 2019/20

  

  Published on Tuesday, 18th June 2019 in About the Council news

  A report into the health and wellbeing of local people is set to be discussed by the council’s Cabinet next week (25th June).

• Housing allocation policy review following consultation

  

  Published on Tuesday, 18th June 2019 in Housing news

  More than 500 people participated in a consultation to develop changes to the housing allocation policy that will go before councillors next week.

• Volunteer numbers need a little lift for busy summer period

  

  Published on Friday, 14th June 2019 in Jobs and Volunteering news

  Volunteers are being sought to assist in operating the iconic cliff lift in Southend throughout the summer holidays.

• Traffic survey leads to road closures near The Bell junction

  

  Published on Thursday, 13th June 2019 in Parking, Travel and Roads news

  Temporary road closures are due to begin on Saturday 15 June near to The Bell junction to allow for traffic surveys to be completed.

• Notice regarding Whirlpool tumble dryers and associated fire risk

  

  Published on Thursday, 13th June 2019 in News Centre news

  The Government is to direct Whirlpool to recall tumble dryers sold under Hotpoint, Indesit, Creda, Proline and Swan brands.

• Safeguarding Southend’s Heritage

  

  Published on Wednesday, 12th June 2019 in Communities, Neighbourhoods and the Environment news

  Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has appointed heritage experts, Purcell, to review and update the Conservation Area Appraisals for a number of the town’s Conservation Areas.

• Record number of youngsters attend apprenticeship event

  

  Published on Wednesday, 12th June 2019 in Events and Leisure news

  A record-number of students attended an apprenticeship event to find out about what opportunities Southend-on-Sea has to offer.