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‘Tunbridge Wells sells out time and time again’: the bonkers craze for karaoke with Barry from Eastenders

With Barrioke, actor Shaun Williamson is leaning into the popularity of his much-memed singing style – and finding an audience hungry for nostalgia and silliness

The Guardian - UK

From Sheffield to Southend: football’s express ride towards chaos and crisis

In today’s Football Daily: Inequality and Chelsea needing even more players

The Guardian - UK

Man Raises Money To Save Ultra-rare 1960’s Airplane Cockpit

I knew I couldn't let it go to waste so I raised the money to ensure it's preservation.

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Man charged in connection with break-in at Chelsea star Raheem Sterling’s home

Emiliano Krosi, 23, of Ditton Court Road, Southend-on-Sea, will appear at Guildford Crown Court on September 21.

The Independent UK

Man charged over World Cup burglary of Raheem Sterling’s Surrey home

Emiliano Krosi, 23, of Southend-on-Sea has been charged with 33 counts of conspiracy to commit burglary

Evening Standard

TikTok disorder spreads to Southend as teens in balaclavas stopped by police

Essex Police set up a dispersal zone just a day after teenagers caused mayhem on Oxford Street

The Independent UK

Southend police issue warning as social media crime rumours spread

The police will have powers to move people on from the city centre and arrest them

Evening Standard

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Riders left hanging vertically on tracks of 72ft rollercoaster in Essex

The group were stuck at a 90-degree angle facing the sky after Rage at Adventure Island, in Southend, broke down

Evening Standard

Maisie Smith unrecognisable with new look as she leaves hometown after being told she's 'proof' in makeup-free images

The ex-EastEnders actress was seen alongside her lookalike mum as she headed back to Southend after moving out to Manchester

Manchester Evening News

Maisie Smith shows off drastic new look as she goes makeup-free during family day out

Maisie Smith debuted a new look which appeared to include bleached blonde eyebrows during a family trip to the theatre in her hometown of Southend-on-Sea

Daily Mirror

Brits name 'worst' UK seaside town with 'dirty streets' as tourists urged to 'run away'

The once-loved coastal resort in Lincolnshire attracted tens of thousands of visitors each year, with a boom after a Butlins first opened its doors.

Daily Record

Brits slam seaside town's 'dirty streets and brown sea' and urge tourists to 'run away'

Skegness in Lincolnshire, home of the first Butlin's holiday camp and a once booming British seaside resort, has been judged the worst in the country in a Which? survey

Daily Mirror

Archie Battersbee: Mother still fighting for ‘justice’ nearly year after tragedy

Hollie Dance, of Southend, Essex, has asked the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to consider Archie’s case.

The Independent UK

Teen sweethearts find each other on Facebook and get back together after 32 years apart

Dawn Gray and Lee Richards fell in love at first sight when they met on Southend Pier in July 1991, aged 17 and 15 but they hadn't seen each other for over three decades when Lee sent her a Facebook message

Daily Mirror

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Busted announces second show at Nottingham Motorpoint Arena due to 'incredible demand'

The English pop punk band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, have confirmed they are reuniting for a 15-show tour and a new album

Daily Mirror

Man who lost dad's ashes on drunken pub crawl reunited with them after binman saves day

Stan Blade decided to take the ashes of his dad, Stephen Jewitt, to Southend, Essex, to enjoy the pleasure rides and dodgems but ended up on a nine-hour bender where he lost them

The Independent UK

Man pleads for help after losing father’s ashes in Tesco bag on nine-hour pub crawl

Stan Blade, 39, planned to make a TikTok video of himself visiting pleasure rides at Southend, Essex, with father Stephen Jewitt’s ashes as a final farewell

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Son loses dad's ashes in Tesco bag for life after nine-hour booze-fuelled bender

Stephen Jewitt's ashes are still missing after son Stan Blade took him to Southend for one last hurrah. He planned to take him to the beach and ride a rollercoaster with the urn sat next to him

The Guardian - UK

An arty weekend in … Southend-on-Sea, Essex

The seaside town hosts a street-art festival and the world’s first digital art park, while nearby Leigh is packed with galleries

The Guardian - UK

A year ago my Essex home town was abuzz at becoming a city – now a ‘toxic’ culture war has taken over

Southend’s struggles tell us a lot about modern England, says Tim Burrows, who writes about society, culture and place

Daily Mirror

UK beach branded 'abysmal' and 'worst place on Earth' as visitors warned 'to stay away'

Visitors to Jubilee Beach in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, have taken to TripAdvisor to warn others to "stay away" due to the raw sewage, drugs and litter they found there

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