Making Waves is free-to-enter and offers five short-listed writers a fantastic development opportunity: to have their work developed by BBC Radio Drama Producer Jessica Dromgoole and for the finished pieces to be recorded and podcast by Colchester-based Frequency Theatre.
Each month we meet a local mum or dad and check out their favourite haunts and how they spend their time enjoying Leigh. This month we meet Vicky Morris.
What an overwhelming success for Village Green this weekend. Rumours have it that numbers approaching 40,000 people descended upon Chalkwell Park for what is now the annual Village Green festival.
On July 21st, swimmers taking part in the Great Pier Swim will be able to swim under the landmark for the first time.
Two new classrooms have been opened at Lancaster School in celebration of receiving a good Ofsted report, which included outstanding ratings for behaviour and safety.
Huge congratulations are in order for Leigh North Street school whose swimming team has won the Southend School’s Swimming Gala.
Fantastic local artist Sheila Appleton has produced a beautiful collection of artwork all in aid of the charity Cancer Research.
There has been an overwhelming outcry from the local community and its residents at the prospect of Leigh Library closing.
Fe Luton, our Mums' section editor, gets to grips with the possibility of a bit of exercise . . .
Chef wanted for evenings at the Meeting Place, 1452 London Road. Under new management as of the beginning of June, the Meeting Place is a delightful cafe/restaurant on edges of both Marine and Highlands estates. Contact Julia or Lee for further details. The Meeting Place is also now open from 8am for breakfasts.
How well did you do? Here are the answers to the quiz, where is this, and polygon from the "5 Minute Read". Let us know how you did . . .
Leigh has an abundance of coffee shops. Fe Luton, who now has a raging caffeine addiction, has sampled just a few . . .
80 year old Bert Goodbourn , Leigh's very own octogenarian fund-raiser, is getting ready to make a 1,200 mile round trip from Southend to John O'Groats, then down to Land's End, and finally returning to Southend.
Sarah Jarman, a Leigh garden designer and teacher at Baron's Court primary, is exhibiting her first piece at the Chelsea Flower Show.
Got any spare time to help out with the "Save Leigh Library" campaign? The petition organisers, Leigh Town Council, desperately need some help from a computer literate bod.
A brief profile of Lester Mills, the Art Trail Chairman, without whom chaos would ensue . . .
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