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  • Food drive helps 150 needy families

    MORE than £1,500 has been raised to help feed needy families across the Tendring district this Christmas. A food drive was held in Clacton on Friday in an effort to restock the district’s dwindling food banks in the run-up to Christmas. The

  • LED streetlight vote snub explained by councillor

    OPPOSITION councillors are furious after proposals for LED streetlighting across Essex were blocked. Lib Dem county councillors called for funding in next year’s budget to convert the county’s lights, in an effort to save energy and cash. It

  • Morris dancers remember historic riot

    MORRIS dancers joined forces to jig the day away to mark the almost forgotten Kirby riot. On Sunday, the Ship Inn pub was surrounded by onlookers watching a spectacular display of morris dancing arranged to remember local labourers who lost everything

  • Remembering the man who saved the West Cliff Theatre

    HE was credited as the man who saved Clacton’s West Cliff Theatre. Veteran funnyman Ken Dodd said he put the West Cliff on the map with his spectacular summer shows. Now the final curtain has fallen on the legendary Francis Golightly, who died at the

  • Clacton prove too strong for Regent's reserves

    FC CLACTON enjoyed a 6-2 victory against Brightlingsea Regent's reserves, in a friendly at Strangers Corner today. The Seasiders were 5-0 up at half-time, thanks to Adam Daniels (two), Kevin Coyle, Charlie Thompson and Matt Waters' penalty.