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  • Campaigners' relief as avenue demolition bid is stalled

    A CONTROVERSIAL development which sparked a campaign to save Frinton’s exclusive avenues has been turned down by planners. Proposals to demolish a large house in Second Avenue to make way for modern homes had local residents up in arms. They

  • Ice warrior Jim shares Polar tales

    A POLAR explorer with more than 30 years’ experience appears at Clacton Arts and Lits next week. Jim McNeill, who has appeared on productions as diverse as Frozen Planet and Captain America, has been described as having “canoe-like thighs, hands

  • Children honour town's war heroes at graveside

    YOUNGSTERS helped commemorate Clacton’s fallen First World War heroes in a moving graveside ceremony. A special memorial service was held at Burrs Road Cemetery where 30 men who died in the GreatWar are buried. Brian Gallant, of the Royal British

  • Patients urged to get flu jabs

    PEOPLE are being urged to get their flu jabs ready for winter. The vaccine changes every year to fight the latest strains of flu. It is free for high-risk patients, including the over-65s, pregnant women and people with conditions such as asthma