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A number of roads across Southend are scheduled to close for the citys Remembrance Day event.

Roads are set to be closed for the upcoming Southend Halloween event.

The number of cases of Covid in south Essex has hit nearly 5,000 in a single week.

Nearly two-thirds of adults in Southend and Basildon have now had their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.  NHS data shows 90,962 people had received a vaccine jab by April 11 – 62% of those aged 16 and over Of those vaccinated, 64,869 were aged 50 and over – 92% of the age group. It means 26,093 people aged between 16 to 49 have received a first dose of the vaccine. In Basildon, 91,005 people have had their first Covid jab – 62% of adults. A total of 64,050 of those res...

THE areas of south Essex with the best take up of Covid-19 vaccines have been revealed. More than two in five people in Southend and Castle Point have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, while more than a third have in Basildon NHS data shows 59,791 people had received a vaccine jab in Southend by March 7 – equating to 41 per cent of those aged 16 and over, according to the latest population estimates from the Office for National Statistics. In Basildon the figure is 56,...

There are now eight areas in south Essex which have recorded three or fewer cases of coronavirus in the last seven days.

Covid cases are continuing to rise across the Basildon borough - just as we approach the relaxtion of rules over Christmas. The borough is flip-flopping between the second and third worst-hit spots and council bosses are now predicting a rise to “top” spot, potentially before the end of the week. In Basildon Central and Pipps Hill the total number of cases is 93 and thats up from 42 and a 82.4% increase. Vange and Pitsea saw a rise to 45 case and this jumped up from 15 and 50.0%. ...

Covid cases are continuing to rise across the Basildon borough - just as we approach the relaxtion of rules over Christmas. The borough is flip-flopping between the second and third worst-hit spots and council bosses are now predicting a rise to “top” spot, potentially before the end of the week. In Basildon Central and Pipps Hill the total number of cases is 93 and thats up from 42 and a 82.4% increase. Vange and Pitsea saw a rise to 45 case and this jumped up from 15 and 50.0%. ...