POLICE in Tendring have given their top ten tips to make sure residents enjoy a crime free Christmas. The festive season often brings an increase in certain types of crime including burglary, shoplifting and purse dippings. People are being
THERE was obviously no such thing as health and safety in telly-land back in the Eighties. Syd Little can tell you that, one half of TV comedy double act Little and Large. Together, Syd and Eddie ruled Saturday night TV from 1977 to 1991, but
A BLACKMAILER who threatened to reveal that a family man was secretly cavorting with gay escorts has been ordered to serve extra time behind bars for mounting a hopeless appeal. Anthony Raymond Still, 53, received over £600,000 from his horrified
A MEMBER of public managed to snap a video of firefighters tackling a town centre car blaze in Walton. The car burst into flames in Walton High Street on Wednesday last week. A crew of firefighters from Frinton arrived to extinguish the blaze
A SEARCH was launched along the Walton coast after an abandoned angling road was reported by the sea. A passer-by spotted the rod with its line extended and called 999 after seeing no sign of an angler for more than 20 minutes. Walton coastguards
CHRISTMAS lunch was served to 70 pensioners as part of a special festive treat in Great Bentley. Restaurant 43, on The Green, dished up a delicious meal for the village’s older folk thanks to generous volunteer staff and the village’s Gibbon Farms
HIGH Tide Times Monday Dec 22nd are at: 1134 and 2358 Tuesday Dec 23rd are at: ---- and 1221 Wednesday Dec 24th are at: 0044 and 1308 Thursday Dec 25th are at: 0129 and 1355 Friday Dec 26th are at: 0214 and 1443 Saturday Dec 27th are
DEVELOPERS have been given the green light to convert a run-down seafront hotel into apartments. Tendring Council has given full approval to plans to transform the former Pier Hotel, opposite the entrance to Walton Pier. Previous plans for
LEADING councillors have told under-fire NHS bosses to make “fundamental” changes to improve Colchester General Hospital. Members of Tendring Council met Colchester hospital trust boss Dr Lucy Moore to quiz her over widely-publicised failings at
PASSENGERS are being asked to help shape the future of the region’s railways in a Government consultation. Bids open in March for a company to take over running East Anglia’s trains from October 2016. People can make their voice heard by taking
