The Mayor of Southend visited Southend Pier in celebration of a record-breaking 2022. The world-famous landmark welcomed 412,300 visitors last year - the highest number that have ever been recorded in a single year.
Southend-on-Sea City Council has allocated over £396k of funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) to support volunteering, social action and local business sectors in the City.
Southend City Jam is set to return between 1 and 3 September due to the overwhelming success of last year’s debut festival, which saw over a hundred local, national, and international artists take part.
More than 800 schoolchildren from across Southend and Leigh-on-sea joined together to perform for audiences as part of the Southend Makes Music event.
A selective licencing scheme introduced in parts of Southend-on-Sea to help improve the private housing rental market, has seen more than 3,000 licences issued in the first year.
Families are being warned about fines for term time holidays after a rise in the number of unauthorised absences.
98% of year six children in Southend-on-Sea will be starting secondary school in September 2023 at one of their top three choices of school.
Thousands of people lined the streets of Southend one year ago to welcome royalty and celebrate our much-loved town becoming a City.
The agreed budget includes a range of revenue investments, most notably over £7m into adult social care and £2.5m into children's services.
Southend-on-Sea pupils transferring to secondary school in September 2023 will find out which school they have been offered a place to on Wednesday 1 March 2023
A specially chosen selection of 1,192 items recovered from the wreck of the London are now on permanent display at Southend Central Museum.
This follows on from a recent survey which found concerns for public safety due to the ongoing deterioration of the road and pavement caused largely by the presence of a badger sett underneath
City Fibre’s rollout of a fibre optic network across Southend-on-Sea continues, with phase 2 works along London Road
The nightlife of Southend-on-Sea has once again been given the thumbs up as it retains the purple flag for the tenth year
The council’s cabinet will discuss changes and new investments to the council’s draft budget for 2023/24 on 14th February.
A temporary change to the governing body at Heycroft Primary School in Southend-on-Sea, has been introduced following concerns over governance
The planned national teachers strikes could affect some schools in Southend-on-Sea.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published the latest Census 2021 data for Southend-on-Sea.
Various agencies in Southend-on-Sea will be working together to look after people sleeping rough after the Met Office announced freezing temperatures over the next few nights.
The Launchpad welcomes Oxford Innovation Space to help ambitious start-ups and small and medium enterprises flourish
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