Leigh on Sea News

11 plus campaign passes the test

November 8, 2017 by Southend Borough Council

The council’s recent 11 plus campaign has proven a major success, with more local children registering for and passing the test compared to the year before.

Snow wardens wanted for the nitty-gritty of winter roads

November 8, 2017 by Southend Borough Council

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council are offering free gritting equipment to the first 100 people who attend the Council’s new salt depot on Saturday 18 November and sign the Snow Warden’s pledge.

Briefing to help businesses fly high

November 8, 2017 by Southend Borough Council

The final Southend Business Partnership briefing of the year is taking place on Thursday 16 November.

Foodie Rich: Manolys – Bento Box Lunch!

November 8, 2017 by Foodie Rich

It goes without saying, I like food. Correction, I love it! Who doesn’t I suppose?

Lest we forget – Remembrance Day Service

November 7, 2017 by Southend Borough Council

Southend-on-Sea’s annual Remembrance Day commemoration takes place at 11am Sunday 12 November at the Cenotaph on Clifftown Parade.

Application submitted to replace two £1million homes with retirement flats

November 7, 2017 by Leigh-on-Sea.com

Southend Council has received an application to tear down two £1million homes in Thorpe Bay and convert them into 33 retirement homes.

It's a hair & beauty kinda thing......

November 6, 2017 by Lorraine @ Ella Connor

Introducing our new hair & beauty experts to leigh-on-sea.com

Nativity! The Musical

November 6, 2017 by Jessica

Your favourite festive film is now a major new musical adapted for the stage by Debbie Isitt, the creator of the much-loved films.

Lynn Tait Gallery Closing

November 6, 2017 by Ray Morgan

I read with sadness this week that the Lynn Tait Gallery gift shop in Old Leigh High Street is to close, around 30 years after it was first opened. Its founder, Lynn, passed away in the summer of 2017 and the family have decided to close the shop this Christmas.

Formal consultation on school admission arrangements starts

November 6, 2017 by Southend Borough Council

Formal public consultation on school admission arrangements for community and some Academy and Foundation primary schools from September 2019 onwards has started and will run until 15 December 2017.

Councillors consider Southend’s low-carbon achievements

November 6, 2017 by Southend Borough Council

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council is on track to make annual savings of £700k and 3.5k tonnes of CO2 through a range of pioneering energy and sustainability projects that aim to establish Southend as a Low Carbon City by 2020.

Rate rise, a Christmas treat and Mo-vember!

November 6, 2017 by Joanna

We can’t say that we weren’t warned and it finally happened this week. Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, announced that interest rates were to rise from 0.25% to 0.5%

Foodie Rich: The Grove, Italian Night

November 1, 2017 by Foodie Rich

I’ve long been a fan of the Grove. This quaint little restaurant perched at the top of Belton Way East has surely one of the best vantage points in Leigh. With its truly enviable location, grab a seat in their garden and you’ll be spoilt with a beautiful vista across, what I like to describe as, the Thames Riviera.

Picture of the Week: 10th November

October 31, 2017 by Leigh-on-sea.com

Picture of the Week: 1st November

October 31, 2017 by Leigh-on-sea.com

November: the Month of Gunpowder, Ashes, and Remembrance

October 31, 2017 by Melinda @ Giles Wilson Solicitors

As I sat in my office in Leigh Broadway this week, I looked up to see a beautiful funeral pass by; the funeral director was walking ahead of the procession, and the hearse was beautifully valeted and full of flowers.

Ray Morgan: Parking Wars

October 30, 2017 by Ray Morgan

I was in the Broadway on Saturday and I came out of the Co-op with my Halloween balloons and my oat milk and saw that people were kind of milling around, holding shopping bags, staring at the road. Two people were having a spectacular argument in their cars, over a parking space. I mean, they were seriously effing and jeffing...

Team Matt!

October 30, 2017 by Leigh-on-sea.com

A massive congratulations to local talent Matt Linnen in his cover on last night's X factor of Alessia Cara's Scar To Your Beautiful.

Wait Until Dark

October 30, 2017 by Leigh-on-Sea.com

Wait Until Dark, made into a film starring Audrey Hepburn in 1967, is often ranked as one of the top 100 scariest films of all time and this exciting new production reclaims it for the stage.

What to do this Hallowe'en Weekend!

October 26, 2017 by Leigh-on-Sea.com

Looking for things to do this Hallowe'en weekend?