Parents say school has become 'like a prison' over 'draconian' new rules - including a ban on pupils talking between classes

found 2025 › Apr › 29 (Tue) @ 12:20 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Pupils at Southchurch High School in Southend, Essex, are now given detention for forgetting stationery or speaking in the corridor as they transfer between classes.

A train from the UK to Italy? We've heard that one before, but I'm on board | Jonn Elledge

found 2025 › Apr › 15 (Tue) @ 07:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

It’s a lot easier to tease new cross-Channel rail services than it is to actually start running trains. I’m crossing my fingers anyway

Between environmental breakdown, economic crisis and Donald Trump…

US tourist takes wrong boat, ends up Southend fan

found 2025 › Apr › 08 (Tue) @ 10:45 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Evan Johnston gets the shock of his life as his cruise turns out to be a Southend United fan party.

‘All other avenues have been exhausted’: Is legal action the only way to save the planet?

found 2025 › Apr › 08 (Tue) @ 09:35 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Monica Feria-Tinta is one of a growing number of lawyers using the courts to make governments around the world take action

In November 2024, Monica Feria-Tinta, a veteran of UN tribunals and the inter…

Is legal action our best hope for holding back the climate crisis?

found 2025 › Apr › 08 (Tue) @ 04:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Monica Feria-Tinta is one of a growing number of lawyers using the courts to make governments around the world take action

In November 2024, Monica Feria-Tinta, a veteran of UN tribunals and the inter…

The accidental Shrimper: American student becomes Southend fan after boarding wrong boat

found 2025 › Apr › 07 (Mon) @ 13:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

‘I had a blast on the boat and at the Southend game’⁠
Club invite Evan Johnston to Solihull home fixture

Accidentally boarding a boat packed with beer-swilling football fans would be some people’s idea…

‘We put all of life into the mincer’: These New Puritans on their kaleidoscopic new album

found 2025 › Mar › 18 (Tue) @ 18:54 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Adored by Björk, Massive Attack and Elton John, the cult avant-popsters are back with an album that takes in everything from Greek church bells to Ukraine. We meet the Barnett twins among the Southen…

Classical music concert killer and self-styled gangster given new jail term for stabbing prison guard with improvised DVD player weapon

found 2025 › Jan › 19 (Sun) @ 12:15 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Karl Wills was serving a life sentence at the top security HMP Frankland after being found guilty of murdering Reynald Duchene in Southend, Essex, over a decade ago.

Flights from Southend to Newquay launch just in time for Brits' summer holidays... but Cornish locals complain they're getting the rough end of the deal

found 2025 › Jan › 16 (Thu) @ 16:04 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

London Southend Airport announced on Monday that daily flights to Newquay, Cornwall will commence from April 2025 with airline partner, Eastern Airways.

Lovers' Guide star 'died a hermit': Wendy-Ann Paige was living off just £6-a-day in her tragic final years - a stark contrast to when the sex guru was a millionaire and would be mobbed by excited fans

found 2024 › Dec › 19 (Thu) @ 07:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The actress (pictured), who shot to fame in the nineties as a sex guru, was found dead at her home in Southend at the age of 61.