Leigh on Sea News

Council encourages respectful and safe enjoyment of Southend seafront as civic pride grows

As Southend’s seafront gears up for another busy summer, Southend-on-Sea City Council is reminding residents and visitors of the Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) in place to help keep everyone safe and ensure a great day out for all.

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Glow for Havens - Light Up the Night for Local Hospice Care

Join Havens Hospices for its ‘Glow for Havens’ fundraiser, taking place on Saturday 20th September from 4.45pm, starting the walking routes at dusk and finishing at Little Havens in Daws Heath Road, Thundersley.

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Southend Council rectifies care costs charging error

Southend-on-Sea City Council has contacted residents affected by an error in care cost calculations. The error, which dates back to 2018, was caused when a new software system used to calculate care charges was configured incorrectly.

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New Properties from Bear this June

New Listings in and around Leigh this June.

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C2C Travel Details ahead of the Vanarama National League Play-Off Final at Wembley on Sunday 1st June

c2c will be running a full Sunday timetable with trains going into both Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street stations. They will be running as many trains, with as many carriages as possible throughout the day.

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Southend Pier to be lined with thousands of handmade poppies for Remembrance Day

Southend’s award-winning pier is set to become the centrepiece of an ambitious ‘yarnbomb’ tribute this November, as thousands of knitted and crocheted red poppies are installed along its entire 1.33-mile stretch in the lead-up to Remembrance Day.

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ReUse shop reopens at Stock Road in partnership with Havens Hospices

The newly refurbished shop is a joint initiative with local Essex charity Havens Hospices. It provides a valuable resource for residents to donate or purchase reusable items, ensuring they find a new home rather than ending up as waste.

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Southend's musicians and artists come out to launch of the Scene by the Sea at Southend

Over 300 of Southend’s musicians and artists came out on Friday 23rd May for a private view of the Scene by the Sea art exhibition and map launch at Southend’s Beecroft Gallery

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American graffiti artist returns to headline Southend City Jam 2025

Southend City Jam, the UK’s largest street art festival, returns from 29 to 31 August 2025, transforming the city centre, seafront and pier into a vibrant canvas of creativity.

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Endeavour sails to Dunkirk to commemorate the 85th anniversary of WW2 Operation Dynamo

On Wednesday 21st May Endeavour Leigh-on-sea's very own Dunkirk Little Ship and cockle boat sailed to Dunkirk from Ramsgate to commemorate the 85th anniversary of WW2 Operation Dynamo.

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Join The Leigh-on-sea Estuary Celebration Walk 23rd to 26th May

Join a four-day journey along the Thames Estuary: Jacktars and Landlubbers, part of T100’s Our River festival. Walkers and sailors move side by side, tracing the footsteps and wake of those who shaped this historic waterway.

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Explore maritime history in Southend this summer, from a local shipwreck to a legendary tall ship

This summer, residents and visitors will have the chance to explore both local and global maritime history, from newly conserved artefacts recovered from a 17th century Southend shipwreck, to stepping aboard a working replica of Christopher Columbus’s Santa Maria.

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Southend’s coastline to proudly fly Blue Flags and Seaside Awards this summer

All eight of Southend beaches have once again met the high standards required for Blue Flag and Seaside Awards, as announced in this year’s prestigious Keep Britain Tidy awards.

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REVIEW OF GHOST STORIES BY LYNN CARROLL

There were lots of ghostly, loud noises and glimpses of inhuman ‘things’ that bounced across the stage or came out of nowhere and of course this gave the audience many startling moments,

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HM Coastguard Southend-on-sea issue warning as old WW2 ordnance found in Old Leigh

HM Coastguard Southend co-ordinated a multi service response to suspected ordnance close to the public areas and businesses in old Leigh last week. After initial investigations by the Army Explosive Team the ordnance was moved offshore where the three items were prepared for detonation and safely detonated with a controlled explosion.

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Charity Receives Mayor’s Choice for 2025

Southend in Sight are excited to announce that they have just been chosen as one of the new Southend Mayor’s charities for the year.

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WESTCLIFF HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS NAMED NATIONAL NO.1 FOR GCSE ENGINEERING

Westcliff High School for Girls which is part of South East Essex Academy Trust, is proud to announce an outstanding national achievement by the Class of 2023, who secured the highest average point score in the country for GCSE Engineering.

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Councillor Nigel Folkard elected as Southend’s 104th Mayor

Councillor Nigel Folkard has been formally elected as the 104th Mayor of Southend at today’s Annual Meeting of the Council, taking over the role from Cllr Ron Woodley.

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Review: The Girl on the Train by Nina Jervis-Green

The performances are all top-notch; particularly from Louisa Lytton as Rachel, and Samuel Collings as Scott Hipwell, or ‘Jason’, Megan’s husband. Megan herself is played by Natalie Dunne in a series of moving and ethereal (read: smoky) flashbacks, and we soon discover that her life was far from the perfect fantasy Rachel has imagined.

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& Juliet at the Cliffs Pavilion Review by Lynn Carroll

As is always the case in all the shows I have been privileged to see at The Cliffs, the on stage talent was amazing: Great comedic timing, amazing and talented song and dance routines and a mishmash of costumes with a nod to both past and present modes of dress.

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