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This article was written by Brad Moss from Southend Parkour. Southend Parkour is a community for movement, based in Southend-on-Sea.   What is Parkour? Parkour is a movement practice to...

Back in October 2014, Rapid Online invited over 1000 primary schools to take part in a "Young Inventor" competition to find the country's most creative young mind. The school children invited to take part...

Photo by Steve Lilly Photography I first met these lovely ladies last year at a Southend Passionate Women meetup. During a discussion with Adriana, the founder of the group, it seems that the group has since...

Love Southend's favourite pick of Instagrams this month in no particular order: 1 The seafront. This photo of Southend seafront is spectacular. The clouds look amazing, the setting sun shining through...

Had a bit of story time fun with Southend Radio 105.1 yesterday on their Facebook page. We created a fantastic story, really brightened up an otherwise glum Monday afternoon.... It's honestly a load of...

It all began after a rather dramatic minute countdown. Bruno Mars' Uptown Funk guided the flash mob onto the stage. One by one, they each emerged from their seat within the audience to form the Kayzer Dance...

Love Southend's favourite pick of Instagrams this month in no particular order: 1 @LoveSouthendUK #SeasonsGreetings from #Santa #SantaClaus #Claus #FatherChristmas #Christmas #Xmas #SaintNic #StNic...

As it draws nearer and nearer to Christmas, there still seems as though there's something missing. It's certainly not the mouth-watering smells of the street food vendors on the High Street. And we're...

Love Southend's favourite pick of Instagrams this month in no particular order: 1 A special evening for #Southend #carnival & our Mayor at Porters. Big plans for 2015. Come and be part of the...

(Previous Southend Raspberry Jams: March 2014 • June 2014 • August 2014) There was a fantastic turnout on Saturday for November's Southend Raspberry Jam! We completely packed the Tickfield Centre, with...