Southend’s Youth Mayor, Adam Connolly, and his Deputy Alex Bright are leading a campaign by young people to reduce bus fares in Southend for 14 and 15 year olds.
Arriva, one of the local bus companies, charges adult fares for passengers aged 16 and over across its entire Southern Counties operating range, apart from in...
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Funding from central government will force Southend Borough Council to make a series of harsh cuts, Council leader Nigel Holdcroft (left) announced today.
The Coalition Government has withdrawn £1.4 million of capital and revenue grants to Southend Council, which will mean that a variety of grant-aided projects and services will face immediate funding cuts.
Some of...
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Southend Borough Council’s officers have recommended that its development control committee approve plans for an £8 million primary school in Shoebury.
The development control committee will meet on Wednesday to consider the application for a three storey school south of New Garrison Road, which would replace Hinguar Primary School in Gunners Park.
The school would include...
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A survey carried out between December 2009 and January 2010 by Southend Council has revealed that the town’s elderly feel safer, more mobile and better off financially than they did in 2007.
According to the survey, 72% of people aged 55 and over feel that they can travel when and where they like.
81% of people...
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As the summer heatwave continues, Roger Hadley, Executive Councillor for Children and Learning has urged parents to be wary of health risks to babies.
Cllr Hadley (left) said: “It is so important to protect babies and young children in this warm weather, I urge all parents to take note of this advice.”
Southend Council and the...
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Southend Borough Council has signed up to a Waste Collection Commitment, which Council representatives say reinforces the authority’s dedication to providing good recycling services.
The commitment was developed by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and the Local Government Association (LGA), using the views of residents themselves.
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council’s Executive Councillor for Public Protection...
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Conservative MP for Southend West David Amess launched a series of questions into food labelling and obesity yesterday.
In a written question, Mr Amess asked the Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley, “whether he has made a recent estimate of the cost to the economy of illness, economic inactivity and premature death associated with...
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