Clacton and Essex news, sport and information from the Clacton & Frinton Gazette

10:21pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

A controversial Downing Street adviser has accused Business Secretary Vince Cable of being a socialist who "appears to do very little to support business".

7:54pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

More than 40 politicians, religious leaders and journalists have signed a letter calling for an independent inquiry into the Lockerbie bomber's conviction.

7:48pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

It's all aboard at a pub which has been turned into a ship to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee.

6:29pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

The Government should consider cutting VAT or National Insurance and increasing state investment in infrastructure to boost growth if the economic situation worsens, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.

6:04pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Reforms to the electricity market will reduce the impact of rising energy bills for consumers, the Government has claimed.

5:22pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

The Commons standards watchdog has been asked to examine claims that three former News International executives lied to MPs examining the phone-hacking scandal.

4:42pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Guests at the first Buckingham Palace garden party of the summer have basked in baking sunshine as temperatures at the royal residence soared to 24C.

4:01pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

The row over prisoners' voting rights has erupted again as human rights judges gave David Cameron six months to change the law in Britain.

3:57pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Government plans to enable residents to force police to take action over anti-social behaviour after three separate incidents or five complaints are not good enough, a victims' group has said.

3:24pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

A mother who murdered her two young children and placed their bodies in holdalls in the boot of her car has lost her appeal against her sentence.