Leigh on Sea News - news

Matt Linnen is coming for ya!

For those who followed local singing sensation Matt Linnen's journey on the X Factor last year and are keen to catch him on home ground, well, you need to look no further!

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Snows days!

Bizarre really, I wait all winter hoping it is going to snow and look forward to the picture postcard landscaped under a blanket of white and then as soon as it is here, I am fed up and cant wait for it to go. 

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Belton Hill step replacement to start in April

Major work to replace steps at Belton Hill in Leigh-on-Sea is planned to start in April.   

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Waste collection suspended for the rest of the week

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has taken the difficult decision to suspend kerbside recycling and waste collections for the remainder of the week.   

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More than nine out of ten applicants get first choice for secondary schools on national offer day

More than nine out of ten Southend-on-Sea children will start secondary school in September 2018 at their first choice school.   

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I Smell Snow

"Have you seen the forecast?" people are frantically saying

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School Closures in Essex

More snow forecast in the little town that we love....

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Mothering Sunday Lunch with Joe Gibson

Give your mum a real treat this Mothering Sunday! 

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Legal Eagle Q & A: Fence boundaries and your legal rights

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Funding secured for Leigh-on-Sea fishing port study

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has secured £71,195 of funding to undertake a study to help the port at Leigh-on-Sea remain accessible by all maritime uses, including the fishing and cockling industries.   

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The Grand Latest - February 2018

An exclusive update on Leigh's most iconic building....

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Southend Airport's New destinations!

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

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

Phew - new date added!

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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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Fatal hit and run driver gets 5 years

Driver who fled scene receives prison sentence

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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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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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Enough is Enough

For those of you that aren’t aware our lovely, bubbly, confident and ever so ditzy Lisa has been knocked for six. 

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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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Restaurant fined over £6,000 for noise offences

A Portuguese restaurant in Southend has landed a bill of more than £6,000 after consistently failing to repair a noisy extractor fan.   

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