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  • Cop this! Old police station on the market for £175k

    HERE’S an arresting investment opportunity...the chance to buy your very own police station. Brightlingsea’s police station is on the market for £175,000, after closing more than two years ago. The Station Road building still feels like a “

  • Top harpist to dazzle with solo shows

    A CLASSICALLY trained harpist is hosting two recitals. Ilze Robertson, who is known for working with choirs in Kirby le Soken and Great Holland, along with the Choir Mania shows at the West Cliff Theatre, is turning her attention to solo performances

  • Shield success for Cooper

    FRINTON Golf Club’s men played for the University Shield. This is a medal event with a maximum handicap of 24. Forty-eight players entered and the competition was fierce. Frank Cooper won the trophy on countback, with an amazing nett score

  • Tornados to whip up a storm on stage in Clacton

    THE band who played alongside Britain’s answer to Elvis are back on tour. Billy Fury’s Tornados played live and recorded with him for more than a decade and will appear at Clacton’s Princes Theatre with new frontman Colin Gold. Fury stormed

  • Barratt and Clark celebrate a dramatic cup victory

    THERE was a thrilling finish to Clacton Golf Club’s mixed pairs Hulton Cup final. The match was settled by the last putt, with Angela Barratt and Danny Clark just getting the better of Julia and Peter Hewett. Meanwhile, Clacton’s junior section

  • Maternity unit in open day play to mums-to-be

    WOULD-BE mums are being urged to have a behind-the-scenes look at Clacton Hospital’s maternity unit in a bid to get more women to use it. The unit was threatened with closure earlier this year, but health bosses said it would remain open following

  • Joshua sings with celeb Scherzinger in fundraiser

    A BRAVE youngster from Clacton took to the stage with Nicole Scherzinger as part of a special cancer campaign. Joshua Borley, 11, performed alongside the former Pussycat Doll and X Factor judge for the Stand Up To Cancer fundraiser, screened live

  • Can you help sell poppies to boost appeal?

    AN appeal has been launched for volunteers to sell remembrance poppies in Walton. The town’s Poppy Appeal will be run from a shop in Walton High Street in the run-up to Armistice Day next month. Volunteers are needed to man the shop and distribute

  • Bryan secures the premier title

    THE Tendring Summer League held its finals and presentation night at Clacton Railway Club. Thirty-two players competed for the Tendring Premier League singles title and the winner was Bryan Margerison (Duffers). He was victorious after defeating