Leigh on Sea News

Competition: Win tickets to Charles Dickens Classic Great Expectations

March 5, 2018 by Leigh-on-sea.com

Winner Announced - is it you? 

Snows days!

March 5, 2018 by Rob Kahl @ Scott & Stapleton

Bizarre really, I wait all winter hoping it is going to snow and look forward to the picture postcard landscaped under a blanket of white and then as soon as it is here, I am fed up and cant wait for it to go. 

March - the month of tax saving tips!

March 5, 2018 by Melinda at Giles Wilson Solicitors

March is always a significant month in the family calendar as we cover Mother’s Day and Easter, it is the beginning of Spring, the clocks go back and we celebrate St David’s Day and St Patrick’s Day

Matt Linnen is coming for ya!

March 5, 2018 by Leigh-on-sea.com

For those who followed local singing sensation Matt Linnen's journey on the X Factor last year and are keen to catch him on home ground, well, you need to look no further!

Aurum Restaurant – Seven Hotel

March 1, 2018 by Foodie Rich

Once a rather uninteresting former old folks home, this building has been transformed in to a high-end boutique hotel, with an equally lavish restaurant.

More than nine out of ten applicants get first choice for secondary schools on national offer day

March 1, 2018 by Leigh-on-sea.com

More than nine out of ten Southend-on-Sea children will start secondary school in September 2018 at their first choice school.   

Waste collection suspended for the rest of the week

March 1, 2018 by Leigh-on-sea.com

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has taken the difficult decision to suspend kerbside recycling and waste collections for the remainder of the week.   

Picture of the week - Friday 2nd March

March 1, 2018 by Leigh-on-sea.com

Schools out, snows out, sledges out....

School Closures in Essex

February 27, 2018 by Leigh-on-sea.com

More snow forecast in the little town that we love....

I Smell Snow

February 27, 2018 by Ray Morgan

"Have you seen the forecast?" people are frantically saying

Funding secured for Leigh-on-Sea fishing port study

February 26, 2018 by Joanna

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has secured £71,195 of funding to undertake a study to help the port at Leigh-on-Sea remain accessible by all maritime uses, including the fishing and cockling industries.   

Legal Eagle Q & A: Fence boundaries and your legal rights

February 26, 2018 by Melinda @ Giles Wilson Solicitors

Mothering Sunday Lunch with Joe Gibson

February 26, 2018 by Leigh-on-sea.com

Give your mum a real treat this Mothering Sunday! 

Picture of the week - 23rd February 2018

February 23, 2018 by Leigh-on-sea.com

Another beautiful picture of the llttle town we love 

The Grand Latest - February 2018

February 21, 2018 by Leigh-on-sea.com

An exclusive update on Leigh's most iconic building....

The Market Place Beigel Bar

February 20, 2018 by Foodie Rich

After a little social media inspiration, it hit me, The Market Place Beigel Bar.  YES, I can now get myself a Brick Lane classic locally.

Review: Fat Friends the musical

February 20, 2018 by Ray Morgan

If you're familiar with red days and green days, weigh-ins and meal replacement shakes, or people telling you to "just drink a glass of water if you feel hungry", there will be wry nods aplenty for you at Fat Friends the Musical, which is showing this week at the Cliffs Pavilion.

Southend Airport's New destinations!

February 20, 2018 by Leigh-on-sea.com

Fly from Southend to Malta, Sardinia and Sicily this May!

HistoricaLeigh: Coffe and Crackers —Elimentary Dr Watson

February 20, 2018 by Carole Mulroney

The construction of Broadway West and the tea, coffee and cracker's that followed...

Ready for Spring

February 19, 2018 by Ray Morgan

I've never had a February in my flat before. We're coming up to our one year anniversary in our little ground floor gaff, our first purchase, but for now, Februarys are new here