After months of careful planning, this week sees the official public launch of the ’Moonlight Colourthon’, organised by Southend Round Table in association with the well known local company ñ KeyMed.

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More than 2,400 runners have helped raise a huge £160,000 for Havens hospices at the Southend Half Marathon. Participants travelled from across the county and beyond to take part in the fundraising ...

Tributes have been paid to a "committed father" who collapsed and died at the finishing line of Southend Half Marathon. The runner has been named as father-of-one Nick Palmer, 37, from Great Wakering.