SUPERMARKET giant Asda has been given the final all-clear for a new 24-hour store in Clacton. Legal agreements with Tendring Council have now been completed and the store is on track to open at the Co-op site, off Oxford Road, by 2016. The
BIG-HEARTED winter wonderland owners invited a Clacton youngster to their festive attraction after reading about him in the Gazette. Stanley Newman, two, has incurable muscular dystrophy. He was invited to Winter Wonderland at Marsh Farm, in South
CLACTON’S top police officer insists serious violent crime is not spiralling out of control. A shock report by Essex police and crime commissioner Nick Alston revealed some crimes have increased hugely in the past year. Overall, crime has risen
A PUB in Clacton has reopened after getting new owners. Leigh Henry and mum Loraine have taken over Hopes Bar, in Old Road, Clacton. “We had a bit of inheritance money, so we decided to buy a pub,” said Leigh, who used to work at Gala bingo
A CAROLS by Candlelight service takes place at St Paul's Church in Clacton this weekend. The service is at St Paul's, in Church Road, on Sunday from 3.30pm. All welcome.
A RAILWAY crossing closure caused traffic chaos as residents and emergency vehicles struggled to get in and out of Frinton. The crossing, which is the main route in and out of town, was shut for hours on Sunday. Network Rail arranged the closure
A DEDICATED helpline has been set up for vulnerable adults who are being abused. The Essex Safeguarding Adults Board is supporting the Ask Sal line. Anyone with knowledge of, or suspicion that a vulnerable adult may be at risk of abuse or is
CLACTON-ON-SEA Golf Club ladies played their Hi-Low Winter League. The winners were Chris Crossfield and Shelia Colman with 51 stableford points. In second place were lady captain Julia Hewett and Cath Fage with 49 points, with Gilly Cullen
A MAN has denied a sex assault on a woman in Clacton. Darren White, 43, is alleged to have assaulted the woman on July 26. He denied the charge during a brief appearance at Chelmsford Crown Court and the case was adjourned until his trial in
A DRIVER has appealed for help after another car smashed into his vehicle and sped away without stopping. Dean Gibson was driving along Hayes Road, in Clacton, on December 9 at 3.40pm when he slowed down to turn into Alexandra Road. A black Ford
