The Grand still to be grand
With thanks to Proprietor Mick Norcross of Leigh's most iconic building, The Grand
With thanks to Proprietor Mick Norcross of Leigh's most iconic building, The Grand
It has been announced that giant clothes retailer Primark will take over the former BHS store in Southend High Street.
Local's have been left taken back as one of Leigh's longest standing pubs closed it's doors earlier this week with a simple Facebook post.
Police have majorly cracked down on people using their mobile phones whilst driving.
As I write this there is 46 days until the London marathon. It is becoming very real and very close. You may (or may not) remember that I am running for a charity called Brainwave, a charity that focuses on Cerebral Palsey, Autism and Development delay in children.
Police were called to an address in Southend after five asked men, some carrying weapons, barged their way into a house in Southend demanding cash and jewellery from the occupants.
A proposal to demolish a car dealership and replace it with a 3 storey block of flats with a retail unit on the ground floor has been approved by Southend Council.
A man was left with a black eye when he was confronted and then punched by a commuter for resting his feet on on the opposite seat.
I think that may be a bit dramatic, but the hysteria about national companies moving in to our Broadway shops is reaching fever pitch.
It's maybe time to batton down the hatches as Storm Doris has arrived in Essex
Former Belfairs Academy teacher Neil Gardner has admitted multiple counts of possession of indecent images of children after his landlady discovered them in his room.
A petition has been launched as it has been rumoured that chain Pizza Express have expressed an interest to take over the site, of what was once popular haunt, Rio Bar.
The circular building was part of a multi million pound re-development back in 2004 and has been attempted to be secured by a number of high street chains since.
Squatters have broken into and taken over what was formally Clarence Yard bar in Southend, just days after the Stockvale Group announced that they had acquired it.
A new skate park is due to be built in the centre of Southend to replace the current makeshift one outside Southend Victoria Station.
The Britannia, in Eastern Esplanade, Southend, is to be preserved and turned into a chip shop with flats above, after developers and campaigners came to an agreement following the pub’s closure in March 2015.
A 17 year old boy who was a passenger in the car that saw two youths killed in Leigh has been cautioned for possession of cannabis.
Latest statistics have revealed that Basildon Hospital are not far off hitting the national target for paitents who spend four hours or less in A & E whilst Southend continues to struggle.
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