Leigh on Sea News

Hocus Pocus Halloween London

London's Book Club are hosting a 90s Hocus Pocus themed party, with appearances from Art Macabre, a screening of the film, as well as face painting, 'Witches Brew' and classic 90s tunes.

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Hoppily….a little bit of beer tasting!

The good people behind Hoppily have one sole purpose in life, to educate the masses about beer! Praise the Lord!

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Southend Airport announces new destinations

From October 29th, Southend Airport will be providing a new service allowing you to connect to 11 north American destinations.

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Historicaleigh: Just a Drum with Strings?

On 27 December 1930 Norton Greenop passed away suddenly at his home in Leigh Road, after years of heart problems. He was 61 and had been a businessman in Leigh for 14 years.

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Southend-on-Sea unveils mini robot to help transform its social care services and inspire next generation

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council introduces Pepper, a state of the art child-size robot designed to help transform the way it delivers social care services to its local community.

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Ousted

Warning: this blog contains mice

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Legal Eagle: No Show Workers & Refunds

Q: I employed a landscape gardener to do some work for me. He quoted £3,000 for the job and asked for £750 up front for materials and has not now returned to the job and is ignoring all contact. What can I do?

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Stick Man at The Palace Theatre

How will Stick Man ever get back to the family tree?

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More short term rentals

Its obviously catching on................

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Pumpkin Forest

It's that time of year again...

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Picture of the week - 20th October 2017

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Leigh-on-Sea Sounds: DJ Chicka Wow Wow

This week's Leigh-on-Sea sound is from DJ Chicka Wow Wow

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RA Lates: Manhattan Studio Party

This Saturday (Oct 21), the Royal Academy of Arts will be hosting a New York-style avant-garde party from 7pm.

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The Royal Hotel – Afternoon Tea

This iconic building gazes down over the estuary, just as it has done for over 200 years, and looks as good as it did back in the day.

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The Dusty Sky

I've always been compelled by mad weather. I remember going to watch 101 Dalmations at Southend Odeon one Christmas as a kid, and when we came out, it had snowed massively while we were inside.

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Formal consultation on school admission arrangements to start

School admission arrangements for primary schools from September 2019 onwards will go to formal public consultation from 6 November to 15 December 2017.

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Impressive set of GCSE results confirmed

GCSE statistics published today showed the borough again performed above the national average in all headline performance measures.

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Impressive set of GCSE results confirmed

GCSE statistics published today showed the borough again performed above the national average in all headline performance measures.

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Second! First of the losers! Not this time.

Who was it? Come on own up? Who was interviewed by the survey people when they came round to find out the happiest place to live?

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Beautiful - The Carol King Musical

Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, is the Olivier award-winning West End show which has embarked on its first ever UK Tour. Clearly a popular choice given that The Cliff’s Pavilion in Southend was bursting at the seams.

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