Leigh on Sea News

Review: Fat Friends the musical

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.

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Southend Airport's New destinations!

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

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HistoricaLeigh: Coffe and Crackers —Elimentary Dr Watson

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

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Ready for Spring

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

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Local Man found guilty of housing benefit fraud

A local resident has been found guilty of housing benefit fraud and fined over £2,000.   

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Legal Eagle Q & A: Right's on name changing


When seperations take place, what right's are there to children's name changing?

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Jimmy Carr: The Best of, Ultimate, Gold, Greatest Hits Tour

Phew - new date added!

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Picture of the week - 16th February 2018

Does it get any better than this? 

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Foodie Rich European Tour... The Final Instalment

Pizza you’ve beaten me, I’ve really been put through the ring. I wrote last week, and I quote ‘Lou and I ate pizza every day; yeah that’s right EVERY DAY, and sometimes more than one!’

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Legal Eagle Q & A: Is a Valentines Day gift for keeps?

The most romantic day of the year is nearly upon us, but can the romance, be undone?

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Fatal hit and run driver gets 5 years

Driver who fled scene receives prison sentence

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HisotricaLeigh: Jumping the Shotgun!

Was it bigamy in Leigh in the 1700's? 

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Kids Review: 'Coco'

A little something to do this half term...

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Competition: Win tickets to Fat Friends The Musical

Win tickets to the musical of hit TV show Fat Friends

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Fat Friends The Musical

The hit TV show Fat Friends from award-winning national treasure Kay Mellor (creator of Girlfriends, Love, Lies & Records, Band of Gold, The Syndicate and In The Club) has burst onto the stage in a brand-new musical, with original music by Nick Lloyd Webber. 

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Pop-up Essex Writers House

For the whole of March, Chalkwell Hall in our dear Chalkwell Park is being turned into a pop-up Essex Writers House thanks to Metal Culture and a partnership with Essex Book Festival.  

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Competition: Win tickets to Peppa Pigs Adventure at The Cliffs Pavilion

Peppa Pig and friends are back in the brand new live show Peppa Pig’s Adventure and you lucky lot can win a family ticket!

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Foodie Rich European Tour Part 2

Here it is! Part two of my European tour! Lou and I are in Italy, Rome to be precise, and what a chic place it is. I’m sure we all have that preconception of Italians; whatever the occasion they just look extremely stylish. Gents wearing razor sharp suits, ladies in glamorous outfits, smart shoes, oh and always wearing sunglasses.

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HistoricaLeigh - The Coliseum of Leigh (not Rome)

The Coliseum stood (and still to a certain degree stands) where today is Strangeways hairdressers and flats above in Elm Road. 

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Votes for Women in Leigh on sea!

On 6 February 2018 it will be exactly 100 years since some women were granted the right to vote in the UK for the first time.

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