You can play mini-golf at the bar-cum-games hall H Street Country Club, grab a pastrami on rye and a Guinness at the kosher deli-cum-Irish pub Star and Shamrock, or take in a show at the burlesque-cum-punk rock venue Red Palace.

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Meg Kennedy, 82, of Westcliff-on-Sea, is currently playing a teacher in Little Red Riding Hood at the Palace Theatre in Southend.

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The Crystal Palace midfielder was shown a straight red card after a clash with Robbie Savage of Wales who was also dismissed.

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The top security "red zone" includes the city centre, the summit venue, the 13th-Century Ducal Palace, and the waterfront where hotels and cruise ships hosting 1, 500 delegates and 5, 000 journalists will be located.

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