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Southend-on-Sea City Council

A white and black spaniel leans over a wall which has been concealing lots of illegal cigarettes and vapes.

Thousands of illegal cigarettes hidden in shops

Trading standards officers also seize 10kg of tobacco and 1,000 non-compliant disposable vapes.

A woman in a coat and glasses standing in front of a playground

Rundown playgrounds will be spruced up with £1m

Parents say one particular playground is shabby and "neglected".

Kevin Bentley smiling with big black glasses wearing a bright blue suit and purple patterned tie.

Council opposes combined authority voting plan

Essex County Council wants a larger share of the vote on a planned combined authority.

A view of rows of houses with scaffolding around them as they are constructed. The houses have a mixture of red and grey tiled roofs.

Calls for probe into 10,000 new homes plan

Councillors say the plan may have "catastrophic consequences" for the area.

The street scene in Colemans Avenue, Southend-on-Sea. It is lined with houses and has cars parked outside them on driveways and along the road. There are trees also lining the road.

School bus driver suspended after shouting video

"This is not the way we expect our drivers to behave", the transport provider says.

A large sign for Southend United Football Club fitted above the club reception at Roots Hall stadium.

Stadium redevelopment a step closer as deal agreed

The development will raise funds to help Southend United redevelop their stadium.

Two young women in a crowd singing and waving their hands to the musical performance.

Seafront celebrates first City Day festival

DJs, singers and entertainers entertain crowds at Southend's first City Day event.

Hundreds, if not thousands, of motorcycles and people lining a seafront road as more motorcycles drive along it.

Seafront motorcycle rally to return after hiatus

The return of Southend Shakedown is "smashing" news for businesses, traders say.

A medieval house. It is a white building with black stripes on it.

Medieval manor house gets £423,000 funding

Southchurch Hall is one of several sites looked after by Southend Museums.