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  • Youngsters show their sailing skills

    GUNFLEET Sailing Club held their annual regatta with two action-packed days of events. Thirty cadets and otters took part in a race for the Cadet Day Trophy. Powering into an early lead were Conor Williams and Dominic Milham, in their Hobie

  • £10k 'golden hello' bonus bid to save struggling surgeries

    DOCTORS will be offered massive cash bonuses to tempt them into surgeries on the brink of collapse due to staff shortages. Struggling surgeries in Frinton and Walton are the worst affected by a major doctor shortfall across Tendring. A new

  • Jones: we’re still in thick of title race

    FRINTON Cricket Club skipper Mark Jones says his side will not wave the white flag in their quest for title glory. The coastal team suffered a blow after losing by 28 runs at Marshall Hatchick Two Counties Championship rivals Coggeshall, on Saturday

  • New centre to tackle hate crime trend in Clacton

    POLICE fear hundreds of hate-fuelled crimes are going unreported in Tendring. There were more than 1,600 incidents across the county last year, but officers claim many more went unreported. Now a special centre has been set up in a bid to encourage

  • Club gets set for open day

    CLACTON Golf Club are holding a family open day. The event is being held at the club, in West Road, from 9.30am until 2.30pm on Sunday. Highlights will include a fun putting competition, light refreshments, golf tuition, membership offers and

  • Top-ten spot for Tilly

    CLACTON’S Tilly Thomas has powered into the top-ten in the UK. The 16-year-old, who went to St Clare’s Catholic Primary School, was selected for this year’s England Schools Championships, in Birmingham. And after reaching the final of the under

  • Wales makes an explosive return

    BILLY Wales is back at FC Clacton. And the home-grown talent, who emerged through the club’s youth ranks, has wasted no time in scoring goals for the Seasiders. He netted in last weekend’s 5-2 victory at Hullbridge Sports, in a pre-season friendly

  • Angry allotment owner plots to battle chicken ban

    AN angry allotment owner has hit out at plans to ban chickens from her plot. The town council has launched a bid to change the rules over allotments in Frinton and Walton. But one plot owner, whose daughter keeps chickens as pets at the Witton

  • Multi-million pound scheme to save our coast is underway

    A MAJOR £36million scheme to save Clacton from crumbling into the sea has finally started. The sea defence works, which will see 23 new fishtail groynes built from Clacton Pier to Holland Haven, got under way on Tuesday. Read the full story

  • Family's home destroyed by lightning storm

    A YOUNG family have spoken of the moment their home was turned into a fireball after being hit by a massive lightning bolt. Nick Key and his family were left homeless after a lightning strike destroyed their house. Read the full story in the

  • IN THIS WEEK'S GAZETTE

    £100k benefit cheat avoids jail sentence Nude cyclists - 'we'll be back' Lightning bolt leaves family homeless More travellers sites on way? £10k sweetener for new docs We speak to Allo Allo star Vicki Michelle Work starts on