The recession is biting Southend hard, as new figures highlight the problems seaside resorts face up and down the country.
Claimant unemployment in Southend has soared by 80% in the last 12 months to just over 3,300*, according to a study conducted by the trade union, the TUC. Click to continue reading...

At the risk of sounding naïve actually, check that. Embracing naïveté with two magnificently clenched thighs, riding naïveté down through the upper atmosphere like the bomb in Dr. Strangelove, I can't understand why I'm supposed to accept that "the point" of the Gold Cup was to audition players for South Africa.

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