Leigh on Sea News

73 year old woman robbed by gang in Southend

A 73 year old lady was tracked and robbed of £1,000 by a gang in Southend on Thursday morning.

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Good news at last! The Grand latest....

After year's of uncertainty for Leigh's most iconic building, finally, some good news.....

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Gasworks site opened for temporary Saturday parking

The former gasworks site on Eastern Esplanade, recently purchased by the council as a long-term regeneration project site, has opened as a temporary car park to provide additional seafront capacity for the next two Saturday nights.

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No Village Green in 2018

The arts organisation Metal who are the masterminds behind Village Green, announced at a 'Thank you' event last night, that there will be no festival in 2018.

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Six Degrees Ultimate Street Party

This Saturday, Six Degrees Society are throwing the Ultimate Street Party in Shoreditch Studios.

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11 plus campaign passes the test

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.

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Snow wardens wanted for the nitty-gritty of winter roads

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.

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Briefing to help businesses fly high

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

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Foodie Rich: Manolys – Bento Box Lunch!

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

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Lest we forget – Remembrance Day Service

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

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

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

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

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

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Nativity! The Musical

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

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Lynn Tait Gallery Closing

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.

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Formal consultation on school admission arrangements starts

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.

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Councillors consider Southend’s low-carbon achievements

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.

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Rate rise, a Christmas treat and Mo-vember!

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%

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Foodie Rich: The Grove, Italian Night

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.

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Picture of the Week: 10th November

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Picture of the Week: 1st November

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