DEVELOPERS and landowners have proposed their own huge new housing estates for thousands of homes in Tendring. Councillors have provisionally earmarked sites for 12,120 new homes across the district as part of Tendring Council’s draft development
INCREDULOUS planning bosses in Tendring have hit back at Colchester MP Sir Bob Russell following a spat over homes planned for the district’s boundary. The Lib Dem MP criticised Tendring Council after it provisionally allocated 3,000 homes for
A COMBINED 630 years of service to the NHS has been celebrated with 24 staff from community healthcare provider, Anglian Community Enterprise (ACE). The staff were presented with long service awards by ACE chairman Richard Kearton. He said:
STAFF at an opticians in Clacton spent a week raising cash to boost guide dogs. Specsavers in Station Road went all out to support the Guide Dogs charity, selling cakes and badges, as well as launching competitions for customers. The Specsavers
A SPEED watch campaign has been launched in a bid to make drivers slow down. Elmstead Parish Council has now launched Camerawatch. Volunteers, who will be trained by Essex Police, will be asked to stand in problem areas with a speed camera
HOSPITAL bosses hope a major recruitment drive will help fill a shortage in qualified nurses. Last month only 79.6 per cent of qualified daytime staff shifts at Colchester’s hospitals were filled. Director of nursing Dee Hackett left the trust
COASTGUARDS were sent out to investigate a mysterious flashing light at sea. The white flashing light was reported in the Walton backwaters at about 7.40pm on Tuesday. Walton’s coastguards searched for the light and found it to be a marker
THE countdown is on for voluntary and community groups across Essex to apply for grant funding. Grants of up to £1,000 are available to organisations across the county as part of the High Sheriffs’ Fund, run by this year’s High Sheriff, Layer Marney
