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  • Police launch crackdown after massive rise in burglaries

    A MAJOR spike in break-ins has sparked extra police patrols as officers bid to clamp down on burglaries. Homes, businesses and even a church have been targeted in a string of raids over the past two months around Frinton, Walton and Kirby.

  • £36mil works to protect cliffs are taking shape - PICS

    A MAJOR £36million project to save Clacton’s cliffs from crumbling into the sea is making “significant progress”. Two new fish tail groynes have already been built at Holland Haven in the past few months and two others are more than 80 per cent

  • Clocks snatched by crooks in Holland-on-Sea burglary

    CROOKS snatched two clocks and a china figurine after smashing their way into a Holland-on-Sea home. The burglars broke a window to get into the house in Haven Avenue. Once inside they grabbed several items of sentimental value to the owners

  • Why not make a knight of it at Clacton theatre?

    ARGUABLY one of the most entertaining groups from the 1960s and 70s are returning to Clacton. The Barron Knights will be performing favourites and parodies, including Killer Queen spoof Will Camilla be Queen, their version of the William Tell Overture

  • Firefighters set for new strikes

    PEOPLE are being advised to attend organised firework displays rather than host their own after more firefighter strikes were announced. Fire Brigades Union members will strike for four days from 6pm today to 6pm on November 4. An Essex County

  • Proud Davies hails Tendring’s quality

    TENDRING Volleyball Club’s women’s team have never been stronger, according to proud coach Nick Davies. The Frinton side have started the National League division one campaign with two victories, most recently Saturday’s 3-1 success against Oxford

  • Band tops Spirit of the Dog fundraiser

    A LIVE band is set to perform songs from throughout the decades at a charity dance. Something For The Weekend will play at the Spirit of the Dog fundraiser on November 15 at Thorpe Social Club, in Station Road. The charity helps rehome unwanted

  • Crimestoppers plea to help find sex attacker

    CRIME-FIGHTING charity Crimestoppers is offering a reward for information after a sexual assault in Clacton. The attack, in which a young-looking 20-year-old man was accosted in Anchor Road at 8.30pm on Sunday, is being linked to a series of similar

  • Blog's credit to 'maverick' MP Carswell

    CLACTON MP Douglas Carswell has been named “backbench maverick of the decade” by an influential political blog. The Guido Fawkes blog, described as one of the country’s leading blogsites, gave out a series of awards to politicians to marks its

  • Academy continue successful run

    CLACTON Coastal Academy’s year eight netball team continued their successful run by winning an inter-school tournament. They were up against Tendring Technology College, Maltings Academy and Felixstowe Academy. Clacton were up against Felixstowe