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Pokémon GO has taken the world by storm, and Southend has seen a surge of foot traffic to the seafront and central areas of towns where trainers are eagerly searching to build up their collection. People...

Following on from last year's successful Treasure Trail, Serving the Homeless has designed another walking quiz for this summer to raise money for Southend's young homeless people. Serving the Homeless are...

Imagine your hairdresser: they yawn, audibly, before fumbling for the right tools. You step on a bus, seeing the driver who, with dark rings under their eyes, reaches for their coffee before the gear...

Having seen a taster of what Hide and Shriek are capable of with their I'Scream Factory scare maze event last year, I still wasn't sure what to expect from Dead Centre. It turned out to be a lot more active,...

Room Escape Southend have opened up shop on West Street with their first interactive escape room attraction... Zombie Outbreak When first arriving at 12 West Street, you find the front of the shop boarded...

The Beach Club is the new marine activity centre opening in Southend on Good Friday! Housed in the former Southend Marine Activity Centre building on Eastern Esplanade, the centre will open on Good Friday...

Not Your Average Jo Delivery Service Using delivery services to send packages is often a headache. It’s expensive and complicated. There should be another option. Cue local entrepreneurs Matt Brown,...

Roll Up, Roll Up... The circus has arrived in town! Well, Leigh-on-Sea. And when I say circus, I mean circus workshops for the half term. So with half term upon us, parents around the UK are probably...

Wanna be an entrepreneur in 2016? Two hundred and fifty entrepreneurs and wanna-be entrepreneurs shuffled excitedly into their seats, absolutely packing the place out. There was an excited silence as the...

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council's plans to build a new museum on Southend seafront have been well-known for a few years now. But from as far back as 2012, people have been questioning whether this museum will...