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The Leigh Times Series was a group of local English newspapers based in Essex owned and run by the Tindle Newspaper Group since 2008. [1] It closed in 2023. [2]
The Leigh Times was started in 1983 [3] in Leigh-On-Sea by Michael and Shirley Guy. [4] [5] The group went on to launch various local titles including Rayleigh Times, The Canvey and Benfleet Times and The Southend Times (ceased 2009). [6] The group was purchased by Tindle Newspaper Group in 2008 after Michael and Shirley Guy decided to retire. [7]
Southend historian and author Ian Yearsley began his career with the Leigh Times.
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