SOUTHEND seafront looks set to be packed with day-trippers and residents this weekend as temperatures reach a scorching 29C ...

Thousands of knitted poppies are expected to turn a city's famous pier into a striking remembrance memorial. The display will ...

An outdoor cinema will arrive on Southend Pier this summer with five days of thrilling blockbusters and family classics to ...

An outdoor cinema is set to arrive at three Essex locations this summer. Between June 27 and August 17, Vision Cinema will be ...

A HISTORIC seaside town has been voted the “most boring” in the UK because its pier is too short and it lacks classic beach ...

It was nearly three years ago that Southend Pier caught fire and work will finally begin to re-build the damaged pier head in September. Southend Pier will see a new lease of life in September as ...

Southend Pier is the longest pleasure pier on the planet and juts out an impressive 1.33 miles, or 7,080 feet, out into the waters of the Thames Estuary. During the industrialisation of the ...

FIRES, crashes, deaths, disaster - no matter the knock-backs over the decades nothing has managed to sink Southend’s famous pier. And now the landmark 1.3 mile structure has been voted the Pier ...

AN iconic seaside destination is under threat as the local council faces a £200,000 loss. Southend Pier could be forced to close if Southend-on-Sea City Council goes bust. The council may have to ...

A man put out a fire on the world's longest pleasure pier by urinating on it. Thomas Watson noticed a small fire on the deserted Southend Pier and took matters into his own hands by relieving ...

The £14m redevelopment of the world's longest leisure pier is a "definite priority" with funding secured, the new leader of a council said. Labour's Ian Gilbert said work on Southend Pier should ...

A new Land's End-style signpost has been added to a resort pier to boost tourism and encourage visitors to take selfies. The "selfie signpost" has been installed on Southend Pier and resembles the ...