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- Community slams vandals after charity shop window is smashed in attack

- Spectacular expansion hailed as Clacton Airshow prepares to introduce evening flights this year

- Haunted home set to feature on TV docu-drama

- Deprived ward given top councillor to help drive regeneration

- Family pays tribute and a suicide assist arrest is made after beach death

- Angry Tories boycott mayor making ceremony over working party protest

- Hero carer pulls his partner to safety and saves home from burning down in bed blaze

- In pictures: Clacton students tackle assault course in ‘This Girl Can’ challenge

- Raiders strike again as town centre shop is targeted

- Killer is sent back to prison after being caught lying to police

- Inquest rules death of kitesurfer was a “tragic accident” after freak gust pulled him into the sea wall

- Swear storm councillor thrown off cabinet for ‘despicable behaviour’

- Urge to sell council offices to meet budget gap

- Hope at last as marina could be sold in £5million deal

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